As the VeriSign lawsuit has shown, it is critical that ICANN does not shoot new entrants on the foot and cripple them from innovating and competing both in the domain industry and other industries if their model is suited for that function. Falling prey to the antiquated concept of Vertical Separation will create anti-trust problems. Top-level domain (TLD) new entrants already have all odds stacked up against them.
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...
What is music piracy and what does the law say?
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Bill Gates blasts Chinese companies for using software they don't pay for and described how profits from companies that DO pay for software have allowed him to help millions of children around the world.
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- By Website Administrator
- September 25, 2009
- Copyright
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...
ASCAP call ringtones "public performances" of music under the Copyright Act. They claim a license is required as a result. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the telecoms AT&T, Verizon and others claim that idea is ludicrous. If this stands would you need a public performance license every time you drive and the public can hear your music?
- Blog
- By Website Administrator
- September 24, 2009
- Movies
Guardian: Bob Johnson
Social publishing website Scribd has been hit with a lawsuit which claims that it profits by encouraging internet users to illegally share copyrighted books online.
The complaint, brought by American author Elaine Scott, alleges...
