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- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17. And they point out the impact of an extended injunction can be substantial. In Real's case, however, this is just one more product; not having it doesn't fundamentally interrupt the business model. Or does it? I recall when the...
- Tags: Rights-management, Violation, Copy Protection, Robert Moore, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- TRO hearing today on RealDVD
- Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...
- Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- Here's my read of the MPAA complaint in Universal v Real PDF. The MPAA's complaint against Real over its RealDVD rip-and-view product has only two causes of action. One is a Digital Millenium Copyright Act claim; the other is a state law breach of contract claim. ...
- Tags: MPAA, RealDVD, Real, CSS, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- Something most troubling in the email exchange between Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Jennifer Granick and MBTA attorney Leuan Mahony, posted by News.com. The essence is that MBTA itself included the MIT students' confidential report PDF to MBTA on their security weaknesses as an exhibit in their complaint and it is...
- Tags: Security, Card, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MBTA, Essence, CharlieTicket, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Canadian court shutters torrent tracker
- Ruling for the first time on the legality of peer-to-peer sites, a Canadian court has issued a permanent injunction closing torrent tracker QuebecTorrent.com, the National Post reports. Not only that, it has enjoined the site's operator, Sebastien Brulotte, from working on "any technology allowing the download of any work protected...
- Tags: P2P, Site, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly laws
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly lawsPar for the courseLet someone else do all the work and try to make a buck off it.... Isn't that textbook moderm American business?I agreeIt would be quite shameful if Apple tried to make a buck off of Psystar's hard work.Then is Psystar technically...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Judge orders WikiLeaks offline, then backs off
- The WikiLeaks.org site is offline today, following a series of orders from a US District Court in San Francisco. WikiLeaks had posted numerous documents "allegedly reveal secret Julius Baer trust structures used for asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion." (WikiLeaks press release, Feb. 18, 2008.)) JB...
- Tags: Order, WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks.org Site, Taxes, Free Trade, Domain Names, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- A rational debate on Comcast traffic management
- Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Sun/NetApp patent dispute heats up
- While Oracle and BEA are duking it out over acquisition price, Sun and NetApp are suing and countersuing each other over patents related to the Unix file system, ZFS. First, Network Appliance sued Sun, claiming that ZFS infringes on seven of its patents, and asked that ZFS be pulled from...
- Tags: Software, Patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS, Storage, Hardware, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Sun fights back with patents of their own against NetApp
- Jonathan Schwartz is not spoiling for a fight, but he's not shying away from one either. That's the takeaway message in today's blog entry from Sun's spunky CEO. On September 5th, Network Appliances filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed on seven of its patents....
- Tags: Software, Patent, Storage Device, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, NetApp, ZFS, Jonathan, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next update
- Apple to nuke unlocked iPhones with next updateI wouldn't say Microsoft is any betterX-Box anyone. Just a bad as Apple if you ask me.The HILARIOUS thing about thisThe raving lunatic Apple zealots who say [b]"THIS IS MY MACHINE, HOW DARE MICROSOFT CRIPPLE MY MACHINE, BLAH BLAH, FROTH, FROTH"[/b] when their...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., computer
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- NetApp claims Sun's ZFS violates its patents
- Sun has been touting the ZFS storage software as a key advantage of its Solaris 10 operating system. Network Appliance is alleging that ZFS violates seven of its patents, and is seeking a permanent injunction that would prevent Sun from shipment or further development of the software, which has also...
- Tags: Patent, Network Appliance Inc., Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS Storage Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Judge says making files available is the same as distributing
- Defendants in RIAA copyright infringement suits got some bad news today when Judge Neil V. Wake granted summary judgment for RIAA in the case of Atlantic v. Howell. Pamela and Jeffrey Howell defended themselves in the suit and claimed simply that their file-sharing program was "not set up to share,"...
- Tags: RIAA, Judge, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Apple, others draw legal threat over media players
- Apple, others draw legal threat over media playersCopyright?!?Well lets leave it us to first say we need to protect the companies that make cds and etc. Now we are saying that we have to sue companies so that music can be pulled off of the CD that you payed...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., media player, MRT, digital-rights management, DRM Scheme
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
- Judge: Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional
- A federal judge in Philadelphia invalidated the Child Online Protection Act, which makes it a crime for websites to allow anyone under 17 to access sexual material, saying that the government failed to show that filters are ineffective and that the law infringes on free speech, The Washington...
- Tags: Web site development, Regulations, Web, American Civil Liberties Union, Child Online Protection Act, Web site
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Federal Judge bars Vonage's use of Verizon's patented technology
- Traveling today but this is so urgent I had to tell you.A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against Vonage using technology included in any of three VoIP-related patents owned by Verizon.Judge Claude Hilton said that an injunction was necessary because simply providing monetary damages "does not prevent continued...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Keep this post: here's the full text AND meat of Viacom's complaint against Google-YouTube
- Most of the text, anyway.Ive skipped the more arcane legalese. Even so, this is a very long post. But this $1 billion tiff (argument, not the graphics format) is a major event in the history of the Web. This dispute will be with us for awhile, so I hope...
- Tags: INTERNET, Intellectual property, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-15
- Excerpts from Viacom's scathing YouTube complaint
- Viacom filed a complaint against Googles YouTube and it isnt pretty. Whether Viacom is looking for leverage, a test of copyright law or the end of YouTube isnt exactly clear.One thing is certain: Viacom doesnt pull punches. GoogleWatch cooked up 18 reasons why Viacom is screaming about YouTube. The complaint...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- One fantasy that Bill Gates thankfully knows how to fulfill
- Against the backdrop of all the vendors whove been indemnifying their customers against this, that, or the other lawsuit, I keep telling people that its highly unlikely that vendors are going to sue you if the software you got from someone else (eg: Red Hat) infringes on a patent that...
- Tags: spyware, FTC, ERG, Security, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- One fantasy that Bill Gates thankfully knows how to fulfill
- Against the backdrop of all the vendors whove been indemnifying their customers against this, that, or the other lawsuit, I keep telling people that its highly unlikely that vendors are going to sue you if the software you got from someone else (eg: Red Hat) infringes on a patent that...
- Tags: General, Security, Legal, Berlind, ERG, FTC, spyware
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
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