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  • Secret copyright treaty draft leaked after Washington talks

    Another round of negotiations, another leak: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published what it says is the latest draft of the secret Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) over the weekend.

    Written by Peter Sayer07 Sept. 10 02:56
  • Google calls Oracle lawsuit 'baseless,' vows to fight it

    Google will put up a fight in response to the patent- and copyright-infringement lawsuit that Oracle filed over the use of Java in the Android mobile phone platform.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez and Chris Kanaracus14 Aug. 10 06:20
  • Linux Foundation offers open source compliance checklist

    Organizations that are interested in using open source in their own products but are wary of intellectual property issues might want to examine a new, mostly free, assistance program just launched by the non-profit Linux Foundation.

    Written by Joab Jackson11 Aug. 10 04:52
  • Time to give up on The Beatles on iTunes

    If there was any hope left that The Beatles' music would appear on iTunes in this lifetime, Yoko Ono just killed it.

    Written by Jared Newman07 Aug. 10 06:08
  • Why not to jailbreak the iPhone

    The United States Copyright Office ruled that jailbreaking an iPhone is not a copyright violation under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). Be that as it may, there are still some very good reasons not to jailbreak the iPhone.

    Written by Tony Bradley28 July 10 06:14
  • Hollywood pushes movie streaming standard, UltraViolet

    The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a group of 58 Hollywood studios and technology companies, is pinning its hopes for the future of entertainment on UltraViolet, an online digital locker that would allow you to buy a movie once, and stream it over the Internet for free on any other compatible devices.

    Written by Daniel Ionescu21 July 10 02:17
  • Disagreements on transparency fail to stop ACTA treaty leak

    Disagreements between the European Union and the US over whether to release the current negotiating text of a secretive international copyright treaty became moot this week, with the publication on a French website of a leaked version of the latest draft of the treaty.

    Written by Peter Sayer17 July 10 01:56
  • UK royalty society suggests ISPs pay for pirated music

    A U.K. music royalty collection society has suggested charging ISPs for pirated content traded on their networks, as the organization claims piracy will worsen with faster broadband speeds.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk15 July 10 23:23
  • Uni CIOs call for greater copyright law protection

    In the wake of the AFACT versus iiNet decision, and the pending Federal Court appeal, university CIOs are calling for more legal protection from potential cases of copyrighted content distribution in their networks.

    Written by Rodney Gedda09 June 10 15:17
  • US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

    The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

    Written by Grant Gross20 May 10 05:12
  • Photographers sue Google over book scanning

    Google's years-long attempt to create an online library and store with millions of books will face yet another legal hurdle with the filing of a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit by the American Society of Media Photographers.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez08 April 10 03:32
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