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Will DVD acquittal mean tougher copyright laws?
News The acquittal of a Norwegian programmer charged with breaking Hollywood's DVD encryption scheme could lend new urgency to the entertainment industry's efforts to enact tougher global copyright laws.
The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace
News newsmaker U.N.'s Zhao Houlin says the world body should be given more influence over the Internet.
Enforcing laws in a borderless Web
News Executives are increasingly landing in foreign courts for conduct that is legal in their own countries.
In remembrance: DRMs
Blogs Last week, I was at a WIPO-organized forum on copyright and related rights in Singapore. Several persons spoke about...
SIA, SCV win cyber-squatting cases
News Singaporegirl.com is set to return to her rightful place--the cyber-domain of Singapore Airlines Ltd.
NSW's "cybersquatting" claim taken to town
News The owner of a number of Australian state domain names has hit back at the New South Wales government’s move to “protect” geographical sites from commercial interests, saying a recent decision by the WIPO proves private entities can be legitimate owners of such sites.
Web address disputes deemed unfair
News eResolution, a Canadian domain-name arbitrator, will no longer accept any new cybersquatting cases as part of its move to leave the dispute-resolution service behind.
Storm brewing over new domain names
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names.
Cybersquatting OK for 'freedom of speech' sites
News Registering a domain name similar to that of another organization and then using the URL to protest against its namesake's products or services is acceptable, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites
WIPO sends message to AOL in ICQ domain-name dispute
News An arbitrator hired by the UN-backed World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says America Online won't be getting ICQPlus.org--a domain reminiscent of the company's ICQ instant-messaging software.
Political cybersquatting scores a win
News A dispute-resolution panel refuses to hand Web addresses to a politician, saying it will no longer rule on such cases unless a personal name is being commercially exploited.
Madonna.com embroiled in domain ownership spat
News A pornographer who has registered hundreds of domain names could lose one of the biggest gems in his collection: Madonna.com.
MikeRoweSoft sell-off bids going, going...down
News Sky-high bids for papers associated with the trademark dustup between Microsoft and MikeRoweSoft.com came crashing to earth yesterday, after the seller put a curb on who could bid.
Parody sites sucked into cybersquatting squabbles
News Protest and parody sites that register Internet addresses based on trademarked corporate names are increasingly coming out on the losing end in domain name disputes, according to a review of arbitration records.
File sharing ruled legal in Canada
News A judge in Canada says making copyrighted music available on a computer network is not a crime.
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