Litigation

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  • Copyright settlement leaves questions
    Wed, Jan 28, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    A closely watched copyright-infringement lawsuit with important implications for schools, newspapers, and other organizations that aggregate news content from other sources on their web sites or in eMail newsletters ended in a settlement Jan. 26--leaving open, for now, the question of how much content news aggregators can post from stories they link to from other sites. Key concepts: copyright infringement, GateHouse, The New York Times, Boston Globe, scraping [ Read More ]

  • Judge delays hearing in file-sharing case
    Thu, Jan 22, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    A federal judge has postponed a hearing in a high-profile music file-sharing case that would have been the first in federal court in Massachusetts to be streamed online. Judge Nancy Gertner postponed oral arguments set for Jan. 22 in the copyright infringement lawsuit that pits a Boston University graduate student against the music recording industry. Proceedings will resume Feb. 24. Key concepts: file share, p2p file sharing, file sharing programs, copyright infringement, boston university. [ Read More ]

  • File-sharing hearing to be shown online
    Wed, Jan 21, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    With oral arguments set to begin this week in a copyright-infringement lawsuit that pits a Boston University graduate student against the music recording industry, the federal judge overseeing the case has authorized the use of live video streaming to make the proceedings public. Key concepts: RIAA, music file sharing, Boston University, copyright infringement [ Read More ]

  • RIAA drops effort to sue song swappers
    Tue, Dec 23, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    Marking a shift in its efforts to clamp down on illegal file sharing, the group representing the U.S. music industry says it will only bring lawsuits against college students who are the most egregious violators of music copyrights--but higher-education officials still will be expected to block students' internet access if they use campus networks illegally. [ Read More ]

  • Missouri begins prosecuting under cyber bullying law
    Mon, Dec 22, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation , Safety & security
    A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old girl is one of the first cases brought under a new Missouri state law against cyber bullying that was prompted by the suicide of a teenage girl after she received cruel online messages. Key concepts: Cyber bullying, Megan Meier, internet safety [ Read More ]

  • Music 'tax' proposed as file-sharing solution
    Fri, Dec 19, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    The music industry is floating the idea of a compulsory royalty fee for U.S. college students that would allow for file sharing on campus computer networks without the threat of a legal backlash. Key concepts: RIAA, file sharing, music industry, student fee, computer networks, Warner Music Group, University of Colorado Boulder. [ Read More ]

  • Harvard law professor fires back at RIAA
    Tue, Nov 18, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    A Harvard Law School professor has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at the heart of the music industry's aggressive anti-piracy campaign, which has wrung payments from thousands of online song-swappers -- including many college students -- since 2003. [ Read More ]

  • Will 'wisdom of crowds' reform patent process?
    Thu, Sep 18, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Patent infringement
    Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken, putting too many patents of dubious merit in the hands of people who can use them to drag companies to court. And that, in turn, raises software costs and adds uncertainty for schools and consumers. Now, an experimental program launched with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and backed by the technology industry aims to change that. [ Read More ]

  • Colleges push back against RIAA's methods
    Fri, Aug 29, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    Administrators and IT chiefs at public universities nationwide say the recording industry's search for students accused of online piracy is cutting into their faculty's work day. In recent months, some universities have refused to forward "pre-litigation" letters to students offering them a settlement to avoid further legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [ Read More ]

 

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