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Why it matters what Chad Hurley watches

[caption id="attachment_300" align="aligncenter" width="184" caption="Why it matters what Chad Hurley watches"][/caption] What will it mean for YouTube if founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have, like many of us, entertained...

Mom fights music giant over DMCA takedown notice

For the Pennsylvania mother Stephanie Lenz, who has stood up to Universal Music Group after a YouTube video of her son dancing to a Prince song was taken down citing a DMCA violation, the case is gaining more and more attention...

Why it matters what Chad Hurley watches

What will it mean for YouTube if founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have, like many of us, entertained themselves by watching pirated videos found on their site? The trouble first began last year when Viacom accused Google,...

Sri Lankan judiciary gets tough on intellectual property right violations

July 17, Colombo: Bandula Saman Kumara, owner of Tec Touch International in Yogiyana, Dankotuwa, and his associates, Shantha Senarath and Gamini Padmasiri, were charged in court today under the Intellectual Property Act No. 36...

Apple sues Mac clone maker Psystar

Apple has sued Psystar Apple has sued Psystar, the computer maker that in April started selling Intel-based systems with Mac OS X pre-installed, for copyright and software licensing violations, according to court records and a...

5 ways politicians can help Hollywood

The FCC raised fines for indecency violations 10-fold in 2006, hiking a single broadcast incident fine from $32,500 to $325,000 following Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl flash. When we asked several top film industry execs what...

VeRO takedown — but not the usual way

“A home-based seller of handmade crafts has won a trademark lawsuit by default against an artwork licensing giant,” reports AuctionBytes: Jennifer Heist makes handmade collectible fabric crafts, such as checkbook covers, photo...

Viacom Gets YouTube User Data

In the ongoing copyright litigation between Google and Viacom, a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Google (PDF) to hand over data on every YouTube user, including...

RIAA 'Making Available' Argument: File Sharers 'Freeload'

The Recording Industry Association of America on Monday urged a federal judge to leave intact a $222,000 jury verdict against Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota mother of two who has become a public symbol of the RIAA's litigation...

David Swanson, "Torture Is Over (if we want it)," Democrats.com, June 11, 2008. (World Report)

from Charles Coughlan Chairman John Conyers' reasons not to impeach Bush or Cheney do not even include an assertion that they have not committed impeachable offenses or crimes. How could they, when Conyers is selling a book...