As ACTA support falters, treaty referred to European court
The prospects for quick European approval of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement dimmed Wednesday as the European Commission, the EU's executive branch, announced plans to seek an opinion from the European Court of Just...
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom granted bail, barred from Internet
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—File-sharing magnate Kim Dotcom was granted bail Wednesday morning New Zealand time, after the judge hearing his application ruled that the Megaupload founder has no access to funds to help...
Obama signature could bring surveillance drones to your backyard
President Obama last week signed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2012. Tucked inside the legislation is a provision that could have far-reaching implications in the coming decade: wide...
Google now facing class-action suit over Safari cookie circumvention
A class-action complaint has now been filed against Google for its circumvention of Safari's privacy features. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for Delaware, accuses Google of willfully violating of the Federal Wiretap...
iPhone 4 antenna lawsuits settled with choice of free Bumper or $15
Multiple class action lawsuits filed over the iPhone 4's antenna design flaw have been settled, with those that suffered from reduced reception being offered their choice of a free iPhone Bumper case or $15. The settlement is ess...
Pirate Bay ruled to infringe copyright, could be blocked in UK
The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK, after a High
Court judge ruled that the torrent site and its users are
committing copyright infringement.
The case was brought before the court by...
Google tricks Internet Explorer into accepting tracking cookies, Microsoft claims
Google was caught last week bypassing default privacy settings in the Safari browser in order to serve up tracking cookies. The company claimed the situation was an accident and limited only to the Safari Web browser, but to...
Updated: FTC dropped security requirements from contract for sites hit by Anonymous
Update: Fleishman-Hilliard is disputing the facts of the hack as presented by hosting provider Media Temple. Bill Pendergast, general manager of the Fleishman-Hillard DC office, told Ars Technica, ""For Media Temple to claim ign...
ACTA is part of a multi-decade, worldwide copyright campaign
Last week, we observed that major content companies have enjoyed a steady drumbeat of victories in Congress and the courts over the last two decades. The lobbying and litigation campaigns that produced these results have...
Feature: Why LightSquared failed: It was science, not politics
The seeds of LightSquared's failure to win government clearance to build a 4G-LTE network can, ironically, be found in the "approval" the company received just 13 months ago.
In January 2011, the Federal Communications Co......
Feds urge court to reject laptop encryption appeal
The government is urging a federal appeals court not to entertain an appeal from a bank-fraud defendant who has been ordered to decrypt her laptop so its contents can be used in her criminal case.
Colorado...
Feds urge court to reject laptop encryption appeal
The government is urging a federal appeals court not to entertain an appeal from a bank-fraud defendant who has been ordered to decrypt her laptop so its contents can be used in her criminal case.
Colorado...
