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Labels Petition Swedish Court Make Pirate Bay Pay Fines
Stockholm, Sweden - The four major record labels have petitioned
the courts in Sweden to compel two operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay
to pay...
Court Revives Antitrust Suit Against Major Record Labels
New York
- A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that alleges the major
record labels have engaged in the fixing of prices and terms...
Google Mulls China Exit; Will Cease Censoring of Results
Washington
- Daunted by a series of security breaches and continuing government censorship
of its search results, Google (NASD: GOOG) said that it is considering exiting...
DOJ: No Kindle in Classroom Until Support for Blind Added
Washington
- Several universities that had begun using Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader in
classrooms have agreed, under the terms of a settlement with the Justice...
U.K. Copyright Bill Sees Amendments, Proposal From Labels
London - A provision that
would have empowered U.K.
ministers to change copyright law to address new technologies used for
infringement has been stricken from a sweeping...
China Says Web Firms Must Respect its Laws
Beijing - China has indicated that companies
doing business in the country must abide by its laws, in response to Google's (NASD: GOOG)
announcement that it...
Kodak Sues Apple, RIM Over Camera Phone Patents
Rochester,
N.Y. - Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) has filed
patent infringement claims with the U.S. International Trade Commission against
Apple (NASD: AAPL) and Research in Motion (NASD:...
OiNK File-Sharing Network Admin Found Not Guilty
London - A U.K. court jury has voted
unanimously to acquit the administrator of music file-sharing network OiNK on
charges of "conspiracy to defraud" the recording...
Consumer Group: 25K Ask DOJ to Block Ticketmaster-Live Nation
Washington - A consumer advocacy group called
TicketDisaster.org announced on Tuesday that nearly 25,000 consumers have
directly contacted the U.S. Justice Departent, to urge the antitrust...
U.S. Malware Expert Finds China Link in Google Attack
San Francisco
- Evidence has emerged that purports to show that Chinese programmers were
behind the recent attacks on Google's (NASD: GOOG) Gmail service that targeted...
