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Xbox Live lawsuit near conclusion?

A long standing court case in which Microsoft has been sued for patent infringement over its Xbox Live service, is coming to a conclusion soon, with a settlement looming, says new reports. ...

Date: 3 Jul 2009 05:07 | 7 comments

Jammie Rasset-Thomas to appeal damage award

Jammie Thomas-Rasset will be appealing the $1.92 million judgement against her in the first RIAA file sharing case ever decided by a jury. At issue will be the constitutionality of awarding ...

Date: 2 Jul 2009 21:07

Usenet.com loses case to RIAA

The RIAA has won a case against Usenet.com, the popular company used for file sharing via newsgroups. The federal ruling, by Judge Harold Baer Jr. of New York, found Usenet.com liable for ...

Date: 2 Jul 2009 06:07 | 6 comments

Rapidshare to appeal German court decision

Last week, the file-hosting giant Rapidshare lost a case to the German copyright society GEMA. As part of the ruling, Rapidshare was told to "proactively filter" over 5000 tracks from GEMA's ...

Date: 29 Jun 2009 04:06 | 6 comments

Square Enix sued over 'hidden fees'

Square Enix has been sued today by a gamer who claims the company has been secretive about fees and late payment penalties in regards to the popular online RPG Final Fantasy XI. Esther Leong ...

Date: 26 Jun 2009 05:06 | 4 comments

A few Sharp HDTVs banned from US import

A few of Sharp's LCD HDTV line has been banned from import to the United States today, following the ruling against the company in a patent dispute with Samsung. The two companies have been ...

Date: 25 Jun 2009 07:06 | 3 comments

YouTube sued again over copyright infringement

The French independent labels collecting society SPPF has this week filed a lawsuit against giant video sharing site YouTube, alleging copyright infringement. The SPPF says that over 100 ...

Date: 24 Jun 2009 07:06 | 3 comments

Italian illegal music download sites forfeit $3.3 million USD

Following a lengthy investigation into copyright infringement, a Milan judge has this week ordered the operators of a few unauthorized music download sites to forfeit $2.4 million euros. ...

Date: 24 Jun 2009 06:06 | 1 comment

Even RIAA witness 'shocked' by Jammie Thomas verdict

Gary Wade Leak, a Sony lawyer who was a star witness for the RIAA in the recent Jammie Thomas trial has said today that even he is "shocked" by the amount of money Thomas is now being forced ...

Date: 23 Jun 2009 06:06 | 20 comments

Grooveshark sued by EMI

EMI has sued the free streaming music service Grooveshark today, accusing the site of facilitating copyright infringement. Says Grooveshark: For the past year, Grooveshark has been ...

Date: 22 Jun 2009 07:06 | 3 comments

Jammie Thomas can possibly use bankruptcy to get out of RIAA debt

On Thursday, Jammie Thomas was found to have "committed willful violation" of the copyrights of 24 songs she shared via P2P and the jury awarded the RIAA and the media companies $1.92 million ...

Date: 20 Jun 2009 23:06 | 9 comments

Online music fraud 'gang' arrested

Metropolitan Police and the FBI have announced today the arrest of 10 members of what are being called an online music fraud "gang" accused of downloading their own uploaded music thousands ...

Date: 12 Jun 2009 17:06 | 3 comments

D-Day for DTV transition in the US finally arrives

After years of planning and preparation, the remaining full power TV stations in the US will be turning off analog broadcasts and switching to all digital tranmission. The switch was supposed ...

Date: 12 Jun 2009 15:06 | 11 comments

Swedish court says Pirate Bay judge not biased

Judge Tomas Norström wasn't biased against the Pirate Bay according to a decision by a Swedish court earlier this week. Although it isn't the final word on the issue, the lower court's decision ...

Date: 12 Jun 2009 12:06 | 19 comments

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