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Breaking Digital Media Law NewsOnline Gambling Bill Passes House Financial Services CommitteeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 28, 2010 - 8:48am.
 Washington - A bill that would legalize some forms of online
gambling in the U.S. has passed a vote in the U.S. House Committee on Financial
Services. Introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chair of the committee,
the Internet Gambling Regulation and Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act
was approved by a 41-22 vote in the committee.
Apple Faces Class Action Over iPad Overheating in SunlightAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 28, 2010 - 8:17am.
 Oakland, Calif. - A class action lawsuit has been filed
against Apple (NASD: AAPL) over charges its iPad can overheat and malfunction in direct
sunlight, Bloomberg reported. Filed on July 23 in federal court in Oakland, Calif.,
the lawsuit alleges that in direct sunlight the iPad "turns off, sometimes
after just a few minutes of use.
Study: 0.3% of Files Shared on BitTorrent Are LegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2010 - 8:05am.
 Los Angeles - Just 0.3% of files shared using the BitTorrent
file-sharing protocol were confirmed to be legal, according to a recent study
from researchers at the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory at Australia's
University of Ballarat. The researchers looked at data from 23 BitTorrent
trackers, and found 89% of the files being shared were infringing copyright,
while 11% were ambiguous but believed likely to be infringing, and 0.3% were confirmed to be legal.
Federal Government Rules in Favor of iPhone "Jailbreaking"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2010 - 7:37am.
 Washington - A new ruling by the Library of Congress'
Copyright Office will let iPhone owners legally download and run apps from
sources other than Apple's App Store. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said
that the practice, known as "jailbreaking," already has been carried
out by more than 1 million iPhone owners in violation of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA), either to change wireless providers or use unauthorized
apps.
Netflix Payments to Studios Up for Streaming, Down for DVDsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2010 - 12:32pm.
San Francisco - Netflix's (NASD: NFLX) payments to the movie studios and
TV networks for the rights to stream their content were $116 million for the
first half of 2010, up from $31 million, CNET News.com reported. The company
was able to increase its payments to content providers without raising prices
on subscribers in part through savings in its DVD business. The company spent
$61 million to acquire DVDs in the first half of 2010, down from the $89
million from last year.
Google Search Once Again Blocked in Mainland ChinaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2010 - 11:17am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) search engine has once
again been blocked from users in mainland China, the company said on Thursday.
U.K. ISPs BT, Talk Talk Challenge Digital Economy Bill in CourtAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2010 - 10:42am.
London - U.K. Internet service providers BT and Talk Talk
plan to challenge the country's new Digital Economy Act before the High Court,
over provisions that require them to police file-sharing on their networks.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Copyright | BT | Safe Harbor | Digital Economy Bill | Talk Talk |
Court in Far East Russia Bans YouTube Over "Extremist" ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2010 - 10:15am.
Moscow - A court in the Far East of Russia has banned
Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, along with four other websites, citing "extremist"
content, the Moscow Times reports.
UFC Targets Justin.tv, Ustream Over Illegal Pay-Per-View StreamsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2010 - 10:15am.
Las Vegas - The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is
taking legal action against individuals who post their pay-per-view TV events
for free viewing on live streaming sites.
Report: Google, Harry Fox Agency in Talks on Music ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2010 - 7:54am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) is reportedly in
"accelerated" negotiations with music publishers' licensing group the
Harry Fox Agency, for rights to offer its repertoire on a forthcoming music
store, the New York Post reported, citing music industry sources.
German Court Nixes Injunction Against File Host RapidshareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2010 - 7:10am.
 Cham, Switzerland - A court in Germany has overturned a
lower court's order that free file-hosting service Rapidshare must install a
keyword filter to block the sharing of copyrighted media. The lower court
issued a preliminary injunction against Rapidshare last year, after film
distributor Capelight Pictures sued the site when copies of its
"Insomnia" and "Inside a Skinhead" movies were made
available for download from the service.
RIAA Appeals 90% Reduction of Damages in File-Sharing CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2010 - 6:52am.
 Boston - The Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) has appealed a federal judge's reduction of a file-sharing copyright
damages award from $675,000 to $67,500, the Recording Industry vs. the People
blog reports. A jury last year ordered Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum
to pay $675,000 in copyright infringement damages for sharing 30 songs online.
Social Wagering Service Betable Raises $3 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2010 - 6:22am.
London - Betable, an online wagering service that lets users
create their own bets, has raised $3 million in first round funding led by
Atomico, the venture capital firm launched by Skype and Kazaa creators Niklas
Zennstrom and Janus Friis, PaidContent reported.
Admins of U.K. BitTorrent Site Filesoup Face Copyright ChargesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2010 - 11:52am.
Los Angeles - Two administrators of veteran U.K.-based
BitTorrent file-sharing site Filesoup have been charged with conspiracy to
infringe copyright, TorrentFreak reports.
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Google's Lobbying Spending Rises 41% in Second QuarterAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2010 - 8:48am.
Washington - Internet giant Google (NASD: GOOG) spent $1.34 million on
federal lobbying during the second quarter, up 41% from the same period a year
ago, according to nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog.
Appeal of Veoh Ruling to be Heard Before Viacom-YouTubeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2010 - 8:10am.
Los Angeles - Universal Music Group's (UMG) appeal to the
Ninth Circuit of its loss in a copyright infringement case against video-sharing
site Veoh is likely to be heard before Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) appeal to the Second Circuit of
its similar loss of a suit brought against Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
Pirate Party-backed ISP Launching in SwedenAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 20, 2010 - 9:29am.
Los Angeles - Sweden's file-sharing-friendly Pirate Party is
partnering on the launch of a new ISP in the country, which promises to offer
anonymity to file-swappers while financially supporting the Party, TorrentFreak
reported.
tags: Video | P2P | Piracy | Music | Sweden | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | The Pirate Party | Pirate ISP | ViaEuropa |
FanFeedr Gets Funding for Sports News, Virtual WageringAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 20, 2010 - 6:27am.
Los Angeles - FanFeedr, a service that provides sports news
aggregation and a social game that includes virtual betting, has raised
$450,000 in seed funding from friends and family, PEHub.com reported.
Rapidshare Wins Cybersquatting Claims Against Linking SitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 19, 2010 - 12:55pm.
Los Angeles - Free file-hosting service Rapidshare has won
more than two dozen cybersquatting claims at the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), and been awarded the domains of sites with names similar
to its own, TorrentFreak reported. Part of the company's campaign "against
individuals who abuse our trademark to distribute copyright protected
content," the domains seized included EasyRapidshareDownloads.com and
Music-Rapidshare.com.
Dutch Courts Order Pirate Bay Blocked, Exempt ISPsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 19, 2010 - 12:24pm.
Amsterdam - A Dutch court last week upheld copyright
infringement-related convictions of the operators of file-sharing hub The
Pirate Bay, who had claimed they no longer had ties to the operation, having
sold the site to a Seychelles-based company called Reservella, TorrentFreak
reported.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | MPAA | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Reservella |
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