Supreme Court to decide if journalists can sue over warrantless wiretaps
Lawsuit argues that 2008 FISA bill violates the Fourth Amendment.
Music labels force pioneering MP3tunes into bankruptcy
The latest in the recording industry's ten-year grudge match with Michael Robertson.
Top judge: ditching software patents a "bad solution"
Former Federal Circuit Judge Paul Michel sees no "magic bullets" for patent reform.
Judge nixes "Oil Orgy" scheme to scare P2P users into quick settlements
The federal judge hearing a Massachusetts file-sharing case has struck down a proposal to send all defendants a notice urging them to contact the plaintiff to work out a settlement. The...
Seized site’s lawyer: US breaking the law by taking domain names
Dajaz1, the hip hop blog whose domain was seized and then held for a year by the United States government before being returned without any charges filed, came out swinging against...
Waiting on the RIAA, feds held seized Dajaz1 domain for months
Documents unsealed this week reveal that the year-long delay in returning the seized Dajaz1 domain name occurred in part because the government was waiting for copyright holders, including the Recording Industry...
Oracle v. Google judge asks for comment on EU court ruling
The copyright phase of the Oracle v. Google trial is winding down. While the world waits for a jury verdict on the facts, the judge overseeing the case is wrestling with...
Furious judge decries "blizzard" of copyright troll lawsuits
Courts around the country are being flooded with mass copyright lawsuits. In a typical case, the owner of a pornographic film sues dozens of anonymous defendants in a single lawsuit, obtains...
EU’s top court: APIs can’t be copyrighted, would "monopolise ideas"
The European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that application programming interfaces (APIs) and other functional characteristics of computer software are not eligible for copyright protection. Users have the right t......
Sony: Internet video service on hold due to Comcast data cap
An executive from Sony said Monday that concerns about Comcast's discriminatory data cap are giving the firm second thoughts about launching an Internet video service that would compete with cable and...
Not just the pirates: Brazilian rights holders indicted for ripping off artists
Fifteen officials of ECAD, the Brazilian organization in charge of collecting copyright licensing fees for music, face indictment after a Senate investigation there. The organization is the Brazilian counterpart to Ame......
TV Now is the latest Internet-based DVR service to find courtroom trouble
Consumers around the world want a hassle-free way to record free, over-the-air television and play it back on any Internet-connected device. But every time a company creates such a service, it...
