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RealNetworks ups ante in DVD backup case
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-14 13:53:45
RealNetworks has added a new countersuit in its battle with the movie industry over the company's RealDVD disc backup software.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-14 13:53:45
RealNetworks has added a new countersuit in its battle with the movie industry over the company's RealDVD disc backup software.
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The true cost of software piracy revealed
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-12 05:59:36
Ever wondered just how much the abuse of intellectual property rights is costing the software business in real money?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-12 05:59:36
Ever wondered just how much the abuse of intellectual property rights is costing the software business in real money?
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Ding! Round 1 to iiNet against copyright cops
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-11 09:09:09
iiNet has scored a stunning round 1 knock-down against the consortium of movie studios and a TV channel trying to sue it because some of its users illegally download copyrighted movies, with some important charges dropped after the presiding judge ruled they had no merit.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-11 09:09:09
iiNet has scored a stunning round 1 knock-down against the consortium of movie studios and a TV channel trying to sue it because some of its users illegally download copyrighted movies, with some important charges dropped after the presiding judge ruled they had no merit.
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BSA warns consumers to resist pirated software in downturn
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-05-04 16:52:58
The financial crisis and the consumer need for lower costs products has brought about a rise in temptation to purchase pirated goods in Australia, and drawn a warning from industry groups for consumers to resist the temptation to buy counterfeit products.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-05-04 16:52:58
The financial crisis and the consumer need for lower costs products has brought about a rise in temptation to purchase pirated goods in Australia, and drawn a warning from industry groups for consumers to resist the temptation to buy counterfeit products.
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Conroy jumps out of filter fire into iiNet ire
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-04-02 08:50:06
Senator Stephen Conroy's watch as Communications Minister seems to be going from bad to worse after publicly making comments that could land him legal hot water. The comments at a public telecoms conference about a high profile court case involving ISP iiNet have been deemed by a number of sources as inappropriate, defamatory and potentially prejudicial to the case.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-04-02 08:50:06
Senator Stephen Conroy's watch as Communications Minister seems to be going from bad to worse after publicly making comments that could land him legal hot water. The comments at a public telecoms conference about a high profile court case involving ISP iiNet have been deemed by a number of sources as inappropriate, defamatory and potentially prejudicial to the case.
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NZ Gov't scraps Internet copyright legislation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-22 23:38:39
After months of intense lobbying by industry the New Zealand Government has finally abandoned its plans for new copyright laws that would have required ISPs to terminate users' access based on allegations they had illegally downloaded copyright material.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-22 23:38:39
After months of intense lobbying by industry the New Zealand Government has finally abandoned its plans for new copyright laws that would have required ISPs to terminate users' access based on allegations they had illegally downloaded copyright material.
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TelstraClear clobbers NZ copyright law
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-11 15:12:53
New Zealand's controversial new online copyright legislation has been declared dead after TelstraClear refused to be party to a planned voluntary code being developed by the Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF)
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-11 15:12:53
New Zealand's controversial new online copyright legislation has been declared dead after TelstraClear refused to be party to a planned voluntary code being developed by the Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF)
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NZ Gov't backs down on Internet copyright law
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-23 18:14:00
Under intense industry lobbying the New Zealand Government has backed down on plans to introduce a controversial copyright law amendment that would have required ISPs to disconnect customers on the basis of mere allegations that they had downloaded copyright material without authorisation.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-23 18:14:00
Under intense industry lobbying the New Zealand Government has backed down on plans to introduce a controversial copyright law amendment that would have required ISPs to disconnect customers on the basis of mere allegations that they had downloaded copyright material without authorisation.
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Zuckerberg backs down over Facebook copyright grab
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-18 12:54:11
After some 70,000 Facebook users complain about revised terms and conditions, Chief Facebooker Mark Zuckerberg admits defeat - for now.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-18 12:54:11
After some 70,000 Facebook users complain about revised terms and conditions, Chief Facebooker Mark Zuckerberg admits defeat - for now.
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Is The Pirate Bay Still a Safe Harbour?
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-16 20:48:04
Although occurring in Sweden, the commencement of the trial of the four founders of The Pirate Bay will help to answer many of the murky legal questions regarding the legal standing of Torrent index sites.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-16 20:48:04
Although occurring in Sweden, the commencement of the trial of the four founders of The Pirate Bay will help to answer many of the murky legal questions regarding the legal standing of Torrent index sites.
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Jail for iPhone Jailbreakers?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 17:11:31
Apple has done everything, apart from waving the copyright infringement red card, it can to make life difficult for iPhone jailbreaker pwnage developers. Until now, that is.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 17:11:31
Apple has done everything, apart from waving the copyright infringement red card, it can to make life difficult for iPhone jailbreaker pwnage developers. Until now, that is.
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BBC coughs up over Flickr image copyright breach
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-11 09:45:02
The BBC is more often in the news for hassling others over the misuse of BBC copyrighted material on the web. Imagine our surprise when we learned that the BBC was on the other end of the copyright infringement stick for a change.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-11 09:45:02
The BBC is more often in the news for hassling others over the misuse of BBC copyrighted material on the web. Imagine our surprise when we learned that the BBC was on the other end of the copyright infringement stick for a change.
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Since When was Copyright Infringement 'Theft?'
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-02-08 13:58:57
When a person takes the property of another person, with the intention of permanently depriving them of the use of it, that's "theft." And in the eyes of the law, it's only theft after a conviction is recorded.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-02-08 13:58:57
When a person takes the property of another person, with the intention of permanently depriving them of the use of it, that's "theft." And in the eyes of the law, it's only theft after a conviction is recorded.
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iiNet – the Federal Court defence begins
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 19:04:51
iiNet, the Australian ISP under attack from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for allegedly not doing enough to prevent piracy over its network, says its defence in the Federal Court has finally begun.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-16 19:04:51
iiNet, the Australian ISP under attack from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for allegedly not doing enough to prevent piracy over its network, says its defence in the Federal Court has finally begun.
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iiNet to “vigorously” defend claims it is a piirateNet
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-20 07:23:14
Australian ISP iiNet is the subject of Federal Court action over claims it is supporting or encouraging the illegal downloading of pirated content, despite a “terms of service” agreement with its users that prohibits the infringements of other’s rights, and intends to vigorously defend itself in court.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-20 07:23:14
Australian ISP iiNet is the subject of Federal Court action over claims it is supporting or encouraging the illegal downloading of pirated content, despite a “terms of service” agreement with its users that prohibits the infringements of other’s rights, and intends to vigorously defend itself in court.
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Harry Potter Lexicon website disappears as JK Rowling wins court battle
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-08 17:15:26
A US Judge has handed victory to JK Rowling in her legal battle to prevent publication of a Harry Potter encyclopedia, but there are only losers as the Harry Potter Lexicon website goes down...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-08 17:15:26
A US Judge has handed victory to JK Rowling in her legal battle to prevent publication of a Harry Potter encyclopedia, but there are only losers as the Harry Potter Lexicon website goes down...
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Lazy Ass Google Lawyers: All Your Chrome Files Were Belonged To Us
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-09-08 05:11:35
In the mad rush to download and install the Google Chrome browser, who actually read the End User License Agreement before agreeing to it? Thankfully a few people did, and discovered that Google had claimed legal ownership of everything displayed by it. But it is the reason why that really makes you want to spit blood and feathers...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-09-08 05:11:35
In the mad rush to download and install the Google Chrome browser, who actually read the End User License Agreement before agreeing to it? Thankfully a few people did, and discovered that Google had claimed legal ownership of everything displayed by it. But it is the reason why that really makes you want to spit blood and feathers...
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Midnight Sun extinguished by Internet Vampire Queen
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-31 06:19:30
It was to be the final installment of the internationally bestselling Twilight Saga series of vampire books, so beloved by teenage girls the world over. But author Stephanie Meyer has thrown a hissy fit and put the project "on hold indefinitely" after a partial draft of the book was leaked onto the Internet...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-31 06:19:30
It was to be the final installment of the internationally bestselling Twilight Saga series of vampire books, so beloved by teenage girls the world over. But author Stephanie Meyer has thrown a hissy fit and put the project "on hold indefinitely" after a partial draft of the book was leaked onto the Internet...
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Universal Music was wrong about YouTube dancing baby
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-21 15:22:43
A US federal judge has ruled that fair use rules do apply to YouTube video clips and must be taken into account before issuing takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Which means the dancing baby can keep going crazy to Prince after all...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-21 15:22:43
A US federal judge has ruled that fair use rules do apply to YouTube video clips and must be taken into account before issuing takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Which means the dancing baby can keep going crazy to Prince after all...
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Viacom: All your YouTube viewing data are belong to us
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-03 05:14:32
A judge has ordered that YouTube must hand over every record of every video watched by YouTube users to Viacom. That's the user name, address and IP address relating to every video clip you ever watched. The data, contained on a set of four terabyte hard drives, is to be used to help Viacom prove that copyright infringing material is more popular than user-generated video content. And increase the liability of Google if Viacom wins its $1 billion copyright infringement case, of course. Meanwhile, it seems, all your YouTube viewing history belongs to Viacom...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-03 05:14:32
A judge has ordered that YouTube must hand over every record of every video watched by YouTube users to Viacom. That's the user name, address and IP address relating to every video clip you ever watched. The data, contained on a set of four terabyte hard drives, is to be used to help Viacom prove that copyright infringing material is more popular than user-generated video content. And increase the liability of Google if Viacom wins its $1 billion copyright infringement case, of course. Meanwhile, it seems, all your YouTube viewing history belongs to Viacom...
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