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- Why forcing ISPs to crack down on music copyright infringers' is a bad idea
- Why forcing ISPs to crack down on music copyright infringers' is a bad ideaBull-oney![i]Independent estimates say up to 80 per cent of ISP traffic comprises distribution of copyright-infringing files,[/i]"Independent" my Aunt Fanny! Talk about fear mongering. [i]ISP cooperation, via systematic disconnection of infringers and the use of filtering...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, Internet Service Provider, infringer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Black Hat RFID talk back on, with deletions
- Black Hat RFID talk back on, with deletionsIt is OK to infringe if it is complimentary.It appears that the criticism got fast peddled to a sales demo. HID is no different than the creators of Barney or Scientology suing on infringement grounds over criticism. At least with copyright it is...
- Tags: infringer, direct infringer, Black Hat RFID, Black Hat, RFID
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- YouTube, MySpace at risk: UMG seeks millions of dollars from 'copyright infringers'
- YouTube, MySpace at risk: UMG seeks millions of dollars from 'copyright infringers'It's not that easyWhat the labels are cracking down on is not professional videos but rather FanVideos. This is not a case where they are claiming the users took their videos and posted it on YouTube but rather...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, MySpace, infringer
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- Case against Napster backers gets green light
- Case against Napster backers gets green lightwoo hoo!this is like a bunch of shark in a frenzy, feeding on anything... even each other... one RIAA affliate being sued by others...Eating their youngOkay, now this is funny. Nice to see RIAA companies wasting millions of dollars suing each other for...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, infringer, Bertelsmann AG, Napster Inc., RIAA
- Discussion threads 2004-07-14
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- Court: Open source licenses are copyright licenses
- Open source licenses create a condition on the scope of the license β and thus expose violators to injunctions under copyright law β the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled yesterday. The decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer PDF reverses a District Court holding that the a violation...
- Tags: License, Radcliffe, Open Source, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?
- (See Part 1: Buffering is not copying) Direct liability for creating playback copies The plaintiffs charged that Cablevision violated its reproduction right by creating copies for playback to customers. The question here is who made the copies. "If it is Cablevision, plaintiffs' theory of...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., VCR, Netcom, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2P
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2PSlippery Slope argumentationYep, once they have the monitoring laws in place, next they will want to monitor a whole lot more. It is a trojan horse, but then Joe McCarthy isn't too far away in US history.Of course, Good ol' Joe needed a...
- Tags: anti-P2P, monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- There are copyright infringers -- and then there are felony copyright infringers. That's a really bad copyright infringer. That's Daniel Dove, 26, the administrator of a group of "uploaders" at EliteTorrents.org a page which shows up as merely parked at GoDaddy, reports IDG. He was convicted of...
- Tags: Administrator, U.S. Department Of Justice, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Unlock PDF copy protection, free
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Unlock PDF copy protection, freeIllegal in Canada soonUnder proposed Bill C-61 bypassing a copyrighted file's digital protection will subject the infringer to a statutory $20,000 fine.nice tool, but...has anybody tested it for removing passwords?and is it available for Linux since it is using perl?Wow, 20K?I guess they...
- Tags: Unlock PDF copy protection, Weekend Gadget Guidance, Unlock, copy protection
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims
- Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claimsGlass houses...MS knows their code contains infringed upon IP. They aren't going to open a can of worms that would require them to open source their OS under one of the GPL's.Open source has nothing to worry about.Just close you're...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., patent claim, Put Up, IP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas caseI don't buy the argument......that a copyright holder should have to prove an actual distribution took place. Given the circumstances it's obvious to anyone who isn't clouded by RIAA hatred the files were there to be copied by anyone. Does this mean...
- Tags: Copiers, RIAA, actual distribution
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeks
- Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeksHmm yeah, maybeUnless they have zero credit, I'm not sure about their sinking without a trace. Operations like this have little to no overhead. I believe Psystar's problems is nothing a basic business plan and minimum preparation could of...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Psystar, OpenMac, Apple Inc., trace
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Proposed mandatory ISP infringer disconnects makes me glad I don't live in the UK
- From the U.K. Times of London come reports that new legislative proposals set to be introduced in the House of Commons next week will call for Internet disconnects for what we would call in the states, "three strikes and you're out" infringing downloaders of copyrighted films and music. ...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Government, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...
- Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Beware fake memory cards
- Beware fake memory cardsWho would've ever thought ....Thanks for the heads up. These being counterfeit never evencrossed my mind.RE: Beware fake memory cardsyea it is way too easy to do this. Just sell a 1.5 GB as a 2 GB. People wouldnt really ell because all memory has a...
- Tags: Branding, brand name, brand, card, memory card
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Google's YouTube copyright tool: Potential annoyance, Viacom settlement fodder
- Google launched the beta of its "highly complicated" YouTube copyright tool dubbed YouTube Video Identification. In its corporate blog Google notes that "Video Identification is the next step in a long list of content policies and tools that we have provided copyright owners so that they can...
- Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, YouTube Inc., Tool, Viacom Inc., Productivity, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- RIAA's so-called victory a double edged sword
- RIAA's so-called victory a double edged swordWhile the evidencewas solidly against the woman read up on the case at Ars Techinca, this was a dumb move by the labels. Thomas had purchased 100's of CDs from Best Buy as a Best Buy employee testified. So the labels sued...
- Tags: Litigation, Vanilla Ice, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Prof: footnote in eBay Patent case COULD give Vonage a break in theirs
- A footnote near the end of last week's partial remand decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, first found by University of Missouri law professor Dennis Crouch, could be interpreted as a legal recourse for giving Vonage a break in its patent disputes with...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Supreme Court, eBay Inc., Prof, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- In light of Patent woes, Vonage could be acquired by Sprint after all
- Opinions are starting to gather about what yesterday's court decision holding Vonage as infringer in six SprintNextel patents means. Noting Vonage stock's all-time low closing price of $1.30 a share yesterday, Om thinks it is only a matter of time before Vonage disappears,...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Sprint Communications, Richard, Telephony, B2B, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
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