Internet Copyright

30/07/2009
The Associated Press

Mass. student on trial admits sharing tunes online

Brisbane TimesMass. student on trial admits sharing tunes onlineThe Associated PressIn the Minnesota case, the jury ruled Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs and awarded damages of $80000 per song. ...BU student in downloading case concedes he infringed on copyrightsBoston GlobeJoel Tenenbaum follows in Jammie Thomas' footstepsCNET NewsDefendant's lawyer puts on a show in illegal downloading caseBoston GlobeBoston Globe -Boston Globeall 753 news articles »

29/07/2009
CNET News

Joel Tenenbaum follows in Jammie Thomas' footsteps

Ars TechnicaJoel Tenenbaum follows in Jammie Thomas' footstepsCNET NewsIf applied to such individuals as Joel, who has made no commercial use of plaintiffs' copyrights, the statute violates the Constitution. ...Defendant's lawyer puts on a show in illegal downloading caseBoston GlobeTrial set to begin in Mass. music downloading caseistockAnalyst.com (press release)Trial to begin in music copyright caseBoston GlobeBoston Globeall 574 news articles »

28/07/2009
Boston Globe

BU student faces major record labels

Ars TechnicaBU student faces major record labelsBoston GlobeRecords Inc., Arista Records LLC, and UMG Recordings Inc. have sued Tenenbaum for using Kazaa, a Peer-to-Peer network, to infringe copyrights on 30 songs ...Record labels battle BU grad studentBoston Globeall 16 news articles »

26/07/2009
Korea Times

New Copyrights Law Alerts Bloggers

New Copyrights Law Alerts BloggersKorea TimesBut despite enjoying all the fun that comes from a growing online readership, she is now deciding to close her Blog on Naver (www.naver.com). ...

24/07/2009
eWeek

Apple Drops Legal Threat Against BluWiki

Apple Drops Legal Threat Against BluWikieWeekIn a later letter, Apple also alleged that short excerpts of decompiled code on the pages infringed its copyrights, despite the fact that the code fragments ...and more »

24/07/2009
Boston Globe

Google Books causes concern

Boston GlobeGoogle Books causes concernBoston GlobeIt would be a shame if there was this hole in the collection of online books available, because we couldn't work out how to handle the copyrights. ...and more »

23/07/2009
CNET News

Disney's Iger: Content need not be free

CNET NewsDisney's Iger: Content need not be freeCNET News"There's plenty of room for people to spend more money on for things they are doing online," Iger said. "I think it is wrong to assume that because there is ...and more »

21/07/2009
Los Angeles Times

Barnes & Noble launches e-bookstore

MSN SingaporeBarnes & Noble launches e-bookstoreLos Angeles TimesThe New York retailer, which operates 777 stores in the US, boasted that its online bookshop has more than 700000 titles. Included in the tally are about ...Barnes & Noble launches eBookstoreLos Angeles Timesall 382 news articles »

20/07/2009
Wall Street Journal

A Writer's Tale

A Writer's TaleWall Street Journal"Had I built a business, a farm or a law firm instead of a series of copyrights, this would not be so. It seemed, as simply as I can put it, unfair. ...

18/07/2009
PokerNews.com

Antiguan Firm ZookZ to Take Advantage of WTO Online Gambling Ruling

PokerNews.comAntiguan Firm ZookZ to Take Advantage of WTO Online Gambling RulingPokerNews.com... of file transfer used by prominent online sites that has been the target of legal efforts by US entertainment companies defending their copyrights. ...Downloading service Zookz comes under more fireLos Angeles TimesGad-Zookz! WTO to Allow Copyright Infringement?ReadWriteWeball 13 news articles »