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Viacom perks up at Google Books settlement: Google's settlement with authors could be good news for Viacom, the New York Times' Miguel Helft says. That's because the authors at least think Google has conceded that it needs prior permission in order to scan books. Under the agreement authors must give permission for works to...; Tags: Google Inc., Permission, Settlement, Books, Agreement, Viacom Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-10-30
Will Google book settlement solve orphan works?: Google and book authors have settled over Google Book Search. The $125 million settlement will create a fund to pay royalties to authors and, Google, thinks cause orphan works copyright holders to come forward and claim their share. by Richard Koman; Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-10-28
Google settles book scan suit for $125 million: Google and The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers said Tuesday that they have settled a book scanning lawsuit for $125 million. The agreement ends a two-year class action suit over Google's scanning of in-copyright books and other written property for its Google Book Search. The...; Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, Agreement, Litigation, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-28
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations: On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (HR 7084). Once the House voted in favor of the bill...; Tags: Settlement, Negotiation, Webcaster, Pandora, Free Trade, Team Management, Finance, Management, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-09-30
Debt Settlement and Calls from Creditors (zip): One of the most important drawbacks of debt settlement program is that calls from creditors and collection companies will persist while the client is in the debt settlement program. Debt settlement typically operates wherein the client stops making payments to his creditors directly. Moreover, most of the debt settlement companies...; Tags: Settlement, Creditor, Litigation, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Finance; Software downloads 2008-09-04

Interconnecting Eyeballs to Content: A Shapley Value Perspective on ISP Peering and Settlement: Internet Service Providers ISPs must interconnect to provide global Internet connectivity to users. The payment structure of these interconnections are often negotiated and maintained via bilateral agreements. Current differences of opinion in the appropriate revenue model in the Internet have on occasion caused ISPs to de-peer from one another, hindering...; Tags: Settlement, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Business Services; White papers 2008-08-22
Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you: Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...; Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?: Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?They are hosed.They have no leg to stand on, and obviously, they are using GPLed software with proprietary methods that they don't want to disclose. Since the long term relief is simply that they must stop using BusyBox or release the full...; Tags: SFLC; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlement: MySpace has won a $6 million spam settlement against an affiliate network called Media Breakaway and its CEO Scott Richter. The MySpace victory comes a month after it won a $230 million settlement against well-known spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines. In its latest victory,...; Tags: Settlement, MySpace, Cyberthreats, Spam, Litigation, Security, Spam And Phishing, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-16
Interbank Settlement Network Security Architecture: This paper describes the security architecture that applies to the interbank settlement network and should be viewed in the context of the publication: Interbank Settlement Network, (Position Paper number: 02/2008), which describes the architectural design of the interbank settlement network component of the interbank settlement system. SWIFT has recently implemented...; Tags: Network, Settlement, Network Security, South African Reserve Bank, Security; White papers 2008-05-15
Reports: Apple close to a deal for Beatles catalog: Reports in several British newspapers say that former Beatle Paul McCartney has given his approval to make the Fab Four's song catalog available on Apple's iTunes in the coming months according to CNet's News.com blog. Britain's Telegraph reports that the deal could be worth $600 million. A spokesman for...; Tags: Settlement, Apple Inc., Litigation, Business Operations, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-03-09
More EDS issues over botched IT project in UK: According to a recent report from Parliament, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs HMRC in the UK continues to pursue EDS for compensation over a major failed IT implementation. The settlement totals £71.25 million and includes a direct cash payment along with £26.5 million in credits from EDS against future...; Tags: Information Technology, Settlement, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Government, Litigation, Purchasing & Procurement, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Palm settles lawsuit for excessive Treo 600/650 repairs: I just received the following notice in my email inbox from an email address (Palm__Inc@news.palmnewsletters.com) with Palm Inc. in the header. Apparently there was a class action lawsuit that was settled out of court and all the details can be found on the Palza Settlement website. The detailed email is...; Tags: Repair, Lawsuit, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Settlement, Palm Treo, E-mail, Treo 650, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Vonage infringement settlements could unleash patent trolls: Over the now-and admit it, so totally over Holiday weekend, Vonage settled patent disputes with AT&T and then Nortel. The agreement with AT&T was announced on December 21. Not much details, except to report that the arrangements were "definitive." Then on December 31, Vonage and Nortel...; Tags: Patent, Nortel Networks Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-01-03
Vonage Survives Patent Dispute, But Can it Run a Reliable Phone Service?: Vonage has settled another patent dispute this time with Nortel, Reuters is reporting. The case involved a counter-claim filed by Nortel against Digital Packet Licensing, a company Vonage acquired two years later in 2006. The dispute centered on patents behind emergency and information call numbers in addition...; Tags: Phone, Patent, Vonage Holdings Corp., Settlement, Litigation, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2007-12-31
Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent: ThinkSecret and Apple have settled a long running lawsuit with a terse statement. The upshot: ThinkSecret protects its sources good. The bad news is that ThinkSecret shuts down. Here's the statement: December 20, 2007 - PRESS RELEASE: Apple and Think Secret have settled their...; Tags: Lawsuit, Settlement, Apple Inc., News, ThinkSecret, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Busybox takes another step up GPL protection ladder: The Software Freedom Law Center, acting on behalf of Busybox, has won a second settlement of GPL infringement charges and now faces Verizon's lawyers. Pictured is the Busybox logo with a hint for last-minute Santas who have very small children. They will prefer the box to whatever...; Tags: GPL, Router, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Busybox, Litigation, Routers & Switches, Open Source, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Angst over Mozilla's money is misplaced: Angst over Mozilla's money is misplacedMozilla ResourcesI'm told that the whole idea behind Open Source is that it be Free. But wait a minute. Developing software is difficult, incredibly difficult. Are all these open source developers rich people who don't need a pay check? I'm a programmer and I always...; Tags: Developing Software, settlement, Ubuntu, Mozilla Corp., open source, anti-Trust, software, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-12
Will Merck settlement kill drug innovation?: Merck's $4.85 billion settlement of claims against its Vioxx pain reliever is getting a big work-out in the blogging community. The Scientific Misconduct blog notes the agreement comes three years after The Lancet published an angry editorial against Vioxx, saying problems were evident in 2000 and the...; Tags: Innovation, Settlement, Merck Co., Research & Development, Blogging, Litigation, Federal Government, Business Operations, Internet, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-09
Medsphere settlement reached: Medsphere, the open source hospital software company which sued its founders for releasing the code, has settled the suit. No details were announced. Medsphere was founded by Steve and Scott Shreeve to produce an open source version of the Veterans Administration's VistA system, which...; Tags: Settlement, Insurance, Open Source, Litigation, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-19