TorrentSpy Loses Case Against MPAA | TorrentFreak
A Los Angeles court decided against TorrentSpy in their ongoing legal battle with the MPAA and terminated their case. According to the ruling, TorrentSpy was sanctioned for destructing evidence.
Lane Hartwell » Blog Archive » My statement regarding the new version of the Richter Scales video
I will be sending the band an invoice for their use of my image in the first version of the video.
YouTube: The fatal misstep that got Perez Hilton banned
This time though, says our tipster, Idolator editor Maura Johnston, it "was a 'repeat offender' thing". No surprise there. Hilton has built his entire site on images of questionable legality. Our timeline after the jump.
Microsoft gets sued by Philippine college, gets taste of own medicine « Geek of All Trades
So apparently Microsoft and its local subsidiary Microsoft Philippines has been slammed with a lawsuit by SEC (southeastern college) over the use of a manual that they created to teach people how to use Office XP
Paper: disregard for customers, DMCA led to Sony CD rootkit
In a new paper examining the Sony BMG rootkit fiasco, a pair of lawyers argue that the music company didn't just damage itself—it unwittingly struck a blow against DRM in general.
Songza feels so wrongza from shift control
Beyond the service being really stupid cool, its interface is so basic that I was able to get my mom to search for her fav Vietnamese pop songs.
Copyfight: Fox tests fair use in Simpsons YouTube parody
Thing is, Kalina doesn't have much of a case. Not only is the video a parody, and therefore likely to be found fair use, it's also only a small portion of Carly Comando's whole original. Watch the two and judge for yourself.
CC is a protocol to enable a simple way for users to get rights beyond the rights granted by a CC license.
Blawg IT-Internet Patent, Trademark and Copyright Issues with Attorney Brett Trout
Instead of calling in the lawyers, sending a DMCA take-down notice, suing the pants of the designer and waiting months for a resolution, the website owner took a little more direct approach.
melodic.net: Did McDonalds Steal Nine Inch Nails Artwork?
A side-by-side comparison of art found at a UK McDonald`s look very similar to the screenshots art from a Nine Inch Nail`s teaser trailer of "The Fragile".
Paint.NET » Blog Archive » Freeware Authors: Beware of “Backspaceware”
They download the source code for something, load it up in to Visual Studio (or whatever), hit the backspace key over the software’s name and credits, type in a new name and author, and re-release it.
globeandmail.com: Kapica's Cyberia - Why copyright laws must get even tougher
Washington and Ottawa aren't being bullied by lobbyists. They're actually leading the lobbyists into the future, one in which intellectual property will be the coin of the realm.
The Year The Industry Broke - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
Make no mistake about it, 2007 was a b-a-a-a-d year for the industry. According to Nielsen SoundScan, album sales were down 15 percent from 2006
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