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Spam King Surrenders to FBI
Even if you don’t know the name Sanford Wallace, you’ve received email from him. Often referred to as “the Spam King” due to his...
The Pirate Bay Offline Following Injunction Against ISP
Los Angeles - Notorious
file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay has been knocked offline by its Internet
service provider, following a court ruling in Germany last week...
Protect IP Act Will Cost Taxpayers $47M
The proposed Protect IP Act law will cost taxpayers $47 million through 2016, according to estimates from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The controversial...
Sony Music, mSpot Execs Debate Cloud Music Services
Cannes, France - Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music is "uncomfortable"
with cloud-based music services like mSpot, which do not require a license to
ensure songs being uploaded by...
ASCAP Licenses Turntable.fm and Spotify
New York — Turntable.fm, the latest popular music start-up that has generated a lot of buzz, is now licensed by the American Society of...
Google Acquires Over 1,000 IBM Patents
Mountain View, Calif. — Google is shoring up its intellectual property fortifications. After failing to get the Nortel patents it wanted, this time it...
ISP Chief Denounces Copyright Law
Allan Freeth, chief executive of TelstraClear, has spoken out against his country's Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011, which comes into effect Sept....
Google reports growth of infringing content allegations [with chart]
Google has expanded its Transparency Report to include requests from copyright owners and their representatives to remove Google Search results because they allegedly link to infringing content.
Motorola Files Patent Claims Against Apple
Libertyville, Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) on Wednesday filed patent
infringement claims against Apple (NASD: AAPL), alleging the company's iPhone, iPad, iPod
touch and Mac computers...
Patent Holder Seeks Cloud Service Licenses
A low-key patent grant announced Thursday could lead to legal clashes with several major players in the digital media arena. Kevin Bermeister, CEO of...
