Tag: Legal

SOPA Author Lamar Smith: Copyright Violator?
Our chief SOPA correspondent is out of the office today but this story from VICE magazine was really too good to leave uncovered here at WPN, so I'm tagging in to share the story....
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Ben Stein Sues Kyocera Over Climate Change Discrimination
Ben Stein is suing Kyocera and their ad agency. He alleges that Kyocera had contracted him to do some...
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EMI Sues Ireland For Not Blocking Pirates
EMI, one of the three big music companies and a vocal supporter of SOPA, has filed suit against the Republic of Ireland for fai...
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Homeland Security Monitors Blogs, Twitter, Facebook
Reuters announced yesterday that the Department of Homeland Security...
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Is SOPA’s Bipartisan Support Due To Legislators’ Ignorance?
SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R. 3261) is perhaps the biggest news on the Internet lately. It is certainly t...
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CES 2012: Issa, Wyden Blasting SOPA, Promoting OPEN
Two congressmen are at CES proclaiming the good news of OPEN and the evils of SOPA....
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eBay Targeted By Class Action Suit Over Automatic Bidding
eBay is the target of a new class action lawsuit over its automatic bidding (also referred to as “proxy bidding”) feature. The suit, led by a seller from Phoenix, alleges breac...
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Paul Ceglia Ordered To Pay $5,000 For Contempt
Everybody's favorite Facebook troll is back and this time, he's the one paying. The Buffalo News...
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Google Pays Fine Over AutoComplete Suggestion In France
A Paris court found in favor of a local insurance company against Google last month regarding a dispute offer the search engine's AutoComplete search results. Apparently, when u...
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Bangladesh Seeks Punishment for Facebook Comment
An Australian professor, who is a native of Bangladesh, posted this message on Facebook: "Many die, why should not Sheikh Hasina Die?". (image)...
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Poor Email Management Could Put Companies at Legal Risk, Report Says
A study from Oasys Software found that many businesses are lacking in their email management systems, which could potentially put them...
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Righthaven Domain Sold In Auction
We recently reported that Righthaven.com was up for auction on Snapnames, and it has now s...
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No More World Wide Web in Iran?
Iran may be in the process of switching off the Internet as we know it and switching over to an nationwide "intranet" that is controlled and approved by their cleric-run government...
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U.S. Gov’t Wants To Censor Twitter
EFF published an article earlier today detailing the U.S. government's growing demand that Twitter shut down accounts that are affiliated with alleged terrorists. Citing several re...
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Grooveshark sued by EMI Music
Well, this will probably going to be detrimental to my future work productivity. Due to what it claims is a failure to receive any royalty kickbacks, EMI Music Publishing has fi...
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