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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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- Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft
- Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...
- Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages award
- More high drama in the Tenenbaum trial, as defendant Joel Tenenbaum cheerily admitted illegal downloading and uploading of the 30 songs for which he's accused of copyright violations. Ben Sheffner reports for Ars Technica on Joel's witness box revelations: ...
- Tags: Tenenbaum, Filesharers, Piracy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- 'Insane' $1.9 million verdict could prove RIAA's downfall
- So Jammie Thomas-Rasset is a thief - a willful copyright infringer - who uploaded 24 songs to the Internet. At least, the jury in her second trial so found in delivering a $1.9 million verdict: $80,000 per song. Under the law the jury...
- Tags: Damage, RIAA, Public Relations, Government, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegal
- Class action lawsuit says Google's sales of keywords illegalproof reader anyone?Richard , what does the following mean?"since anyone searching on the word will the sponsored links of her competitors at the top of Google results page, The New York Times reports."Any chance of me working as your proof reader?RE: Class...
- Tags: Sales strategy, sales, Google Inc., class action
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Software and business method patents may still be valid
- Software and business method patents may still be validNot meaning to be picky, but...The real questions are:1. Was State Street rightly decided? In other words, are software and business method patents really valid, or did the Federal Circuit call it wrong? I think it's the latter.2. ...
- Tags: Wieder, patent, business method patent, software, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Fearing reversal, RIAA opts for the money in Harper case
- Ars Technica reports that the RIAA has changed course in the copyright infringement case of a teenage girl who downloaded 37 songs over Kazaa. The judge in Maverick v. Harper had held that Whitney Harper, 16 at the time of her offenses, was an "innocent infringer" and awarded a...
- Tags: RIAA, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- Court: Open source licenses are copyright licenses
- Open source licenses create a condition on the scope of the license â€" and thus expose violators to injunctions under copyright law â€" 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
- Lessig: Bill to fix orphaned works is 'unfair and unwise'
- Larry Lessig championed the need to fix copyright law with regard to "orphan works" â€" those works that are covered by copyright but whose owners are unknown. He was a guiding force behind the Internet Archive's 2004 suit to get the courts to address the issue. (See Free the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Work, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 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
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