A letter from 170 businesses, trade associations and professional organizations was sent to members of the U.S. Senate voicing support for the PROTECT IP Act that follows the footsteps of COICA (Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act)....

For precaution, now is the time to take a few minutes to change the password and any security questions for your e-mail account. The scam was highlighted when several lists, detailing more than 30,000 names and passwords from Hotmail, Google and Yaho...

Nintendo made a major move today in its ongoing fight against piracy. Joined by 54 game publishers, including such giants as Square Enix and Capcom, the company filed suit in Tokyo District Court seeking the halt in import and sale of Majicon devices...

Viacom may have emails proving that YouTube knowingly uploaded unauthorized videos. These emails can help Viacom with its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Youtube. Emails show that YouTube managers were aware of the copyright infring...

Microsoft gets a patent for a distributed DRM system that works in P2P networks. The Patent number 7,594,275 is labeled: "Digital rights management system" using encrypted public and private keys as the licensing mechanism.   The patent was filed in...

Three months after performance rights organization the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers filed suit against AT&T, alleging that each time a musical ringtone goes off in public the mobile phone melody constitutes a performance...

Software developer SpeedTrack has filed a lawsuit against major online retailers, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Overstock.com, Nike, Costco and Dell. SpeedTack accuses the major online retailers of infringing their patent alleging that it covered a...

Now that he’s facing formidable opposition from Sir Elton John and Captain James Blunt, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has finally spoken out about the pseudo showdown between the Featured Artists Coalition and Lily Allen’s “It’s Not Alright” b...