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Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
SMBs get help against software piracy
News Singapore government and trade associations launch campaign to help small businesses better manage their software licensing assets.
Tags: Piracy, Software, Small And Medium Enterprise, Business Software Alliance, Safe Harbor, Software Piracy, IPO, Singapore, ASME, software company
Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too?
News Accused by the largest music label of violating its copyright, Veoh wins court decision that says such sites are protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, Safe Harbor, Video, copyright violation, YouTube Inc., Web Site
Swedish ISPs vow to erase users' traffic data
News In more fallout from a Swedish antipiracy law that went into effect April 1, some of the country's ISPs say they will erase IP data to protect their customers' privacy.
Tags: Lawsuits, Piracy, Privacy, Traffic Data, Safe Harbor, IP, computer, Sweden, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
Data protection laws vital for outsourcing hubs
News Countries positioning themselves as outsourcing hubs must show they have stringent security regulations that protect customer data, say Symantec execs.
Tags: Data security, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Security, India, Safe Harbor, Asia-Pacific, Malaysia, Government
A series of unfortunate layoffs
Blogs Despite the depressing economic outlook around the world, most Filipinos that I've talked to still view the Philippines ...
Google Book settlement faces legal assault
News The Google Books settlement has not only brought new attention to the issue of orphaned works. It's also brought a set of legal attempts to derail it.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Consumer Watchdog, Settlement, Work, Books, California, U.S. Congress, Copyright
Congress fears European privacy standards
News The European Union is moving forward with strict new protections for personal data on the Internet, but some on Capitol Hill fear the rules may grind e-commerce to a halt.
Bush admin asks EU to tone down privacy standards
News The Bush administration says the current blueprint would make it difficult for US financial institutions to conduct business abroad.
YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law
News The high-profile DMCA, written long before the Web video revolution, could determine whether the Google property disappears or not.
Tags: Video, Copyright, Lawsuits
Legal troubles mount for YouTube
News NBC Universal, English soccer league and Thailand's government are among the video-sharing site's growing list of possible courtroom foes.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Web 2.0
French sports groups join suit against YouTube
News A music publishing company also joins the class action lawsuit filed last month.
Google denies Viacom copyright charges
News Search giant says it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and says Viacom suit threatens video-sharing sites.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Copyright
Free-software lawyers: Don't trust Microsoft's Open XML patent pledge
News Prominent legal counsel the Software Freedom Law Center said that the legal terms covering Microsoft's Open XML document formats pose a patent risk to free and open-source software developers.
Tags: Open source
