Items tagged with law

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DVD-Ripping Appeal Intersects Real's Ruling Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - 13:53:32 - Ehud Rattner While RealNetworks waits for a federal judge's decision on whether it can sell its DVD-ripping software, several California appellate judges must... read more

Facebook 'Breaches Canadian Law' Sunday, July 19th, 2009 - 16:01:19 - Ehud Rattner Popular social networking site Facebook is breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal information indefinitely, a report has concluded... read more

RIAA Wins Copyright Case Against Usenet Monday, July 6th, 2009 - 17:51:00 - Ehud Rattner The recording industry was handed a victory Tuesday when a federal court found that the company overseeing the Usenet user group is guilty of... read more

Pirate Bay Retrial Call Rejected Sunday, June 28th, 2009 - 09:47:40 - Ehud Rattner A Swedish court has thrown out a request for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay website. The four were found guilty of promoting... read more

Court Convicts 11 in Microsoft Piracy Case Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 - 10:28:15 - Anuradha Menon A court in southern China convicted 11 people on Wednesday of violating national copyright laws and participating in a sophisticated counterfeiting... read more

Fare's Fair For Hackers? Sunday, August 17th, 2008 - 16:04:31 - Ehud Rattner Researchers warn of ‘devastating effect’ of computer-science gagging order. A legal ruling on a student project in the United States has thrown the... read more

GPS Devices Tabs on Stalkers Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 - 12:14:06 - Ehud Rattner Michigan's new law allows judges to order domestic violence suspects to wear GPS devices - even before they go to trial. The idea is to alert victims... read more

Europe Votes on Anti-Piracy Laws Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 - 18:12:35 - Ehud Rattner Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels. The powers are... read more

YouTube Law Fight 'Threatens Net' Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 - 16:46:35 - Ehud Rattner A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google's claim follows Viacom's move to sue... read more

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