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| Programmer Contends Motorola Violates GPL |
| on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 09:31 AM Posted by: admin |
This week an open-source programmer, Harald Welte, told Motorola and 12 other companies at the CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany, that he believes they're using Linux in violation of the general public license that governs the software. Read the CNET article here.
Welte has gone to bat for this issue before and stated he's settled more than 25 cases so far. Additionally, he's won two rounds in a court case against one company, Sitecom, in Munich, Germany. Read about this case at CNET here. |
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| Spector Spyware Violates State and Federal Wiretap Laws |
| on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 05:46 AM Posted by: admin |
On February 11, 2005, Florida's 5th District Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's decision to suppress captured real time communications in O'Brien v. O'Brien, Case Number 5D03-3484, a dissolution of marriage case. The use of Spector software or other spyware to monitor real time chats and/or communications on a computer without all parties' consent constitutes an illegal intercept under Florida's Security of Communications Act (Chapter 934) as well as the Federal Wiretap Act found at 18 U.S.C. § 2501, et seq., as amended by Title I of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-508, Title I, 100 Stat. 1848 (1986). |
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| New FL Talent Agency Statute Proposed |
| on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 12:47 PM Posted by: admin |
Florida Senate Bill 750, submitted by State Senator Baker, removes talent agencies from DBPR's authority, sets business and bonding requirements for talent agencies, and provides for civil and criminal remedies for violations of the act. Click here to view.
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| First Federal Convictions for P2P File Sharing |
| on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 09:44 PM Posted by: admin |
Two men plead guilty to violating copyrights on peer-to-peer networks, marking the first federal criminal convictions for file sharing. According to the Justice Department, William R. Trowbridge, 50, of Johnson City, N.Y., and Michael Chicoine, 47, of San Antonio, each operated an online hub that let people exchange video games, computer programs,digital music and movie files. Both were members of the Underground Network which used Direct Connect software to copy files. The Justice Department stated that the men pleaded guilty because they operated the hubs to obtain valuable infringing works from others. Each faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. |
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| Court Orders More Requirements for P2P Subpoenas |
| on Friday, January 07, 2005 - 05:52 AM Posted by: admin |
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today that will stop entertainment corporations from gaining access to the names of people using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks unless the companies file lawsuits against them and furnish actual evidence of copyright infringement.
Read the decision here.
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| BeWarez! |
| on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 05:10 AM Posted by: admin |
Jathan Desir, 26, of Iowa City, pled guilty on 12/22/04 to copyright infringement and conspiracy charges stemming from his part in "Warez," which is a web ring that distributes pirated software, games, music and movies over the internet. Desir faces up to 15 years in prison and will be sentenced in March, 2005. |
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| U.S. Supreme Court to Hear MGM v. Grokster Appeal |
| on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 11:31 PM Posted by: admin |
On December 10, 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court decided it will hear MGM's appeal in MGM Studios v. Grokster, No. 04-480. Oral argument is set for March, and a decision is expected by July.
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| Liability for CyberLibel? |
| on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 07:28 AM Posted by: admin |
In Barrett v. Rosenthal, California Supreme Court [No. S122953], the Supreme Court of California is presently reviewing a decision by the California Court of Appeal, First District, Div. Two [No. A096451], which held Illena Rosenthal, a woman's health advocate, liable for posting a controversial opinion piece on a Usenet news group. The piece was written not by Rosenthal, but by Tim Bolen, a critic of plaintiff Terry Polevoy. |
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| Movie Studios Can't Sue File Sharers Collectively |
| on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 07:37 AM Posted by: admin |
Judge William Alsup, in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al. v. Does 1-12, Case No. C 04-04862 WHA in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, ruled on November 16, 2004 that plaintiffs, several movie studios, couldn't sue several alleged "John Doe" defendant file sharers collectively in one suit. Instead, they must sue each defendant individually. |
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