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AMD, Nvidia Get Subpoenas in Justice Dept. Antitrust Probe

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2006 - 1:05pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nvidia announced this week that they have received subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice, which is investigating potential antitrust violations related to graphics processors and cards.
tags: Video | Law | Tech | NVIDIA | Investing | AMD | Regulation | Video Tech | DOJ | Antitrust | Chips | Subpoenas |

CNET Networks Gets Subpoena Over Stock Option Grants

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 28, 2006 - 8:14pm.
San Francisco - CNET Networks, a publisher of technology news and information, said on Tuesday that it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, seeking documents related to its stock option grants.
tags: Internet | Law | Online Publishing | Investing | CNET | Stock Options | Subpoenas |

Take-Two Subpoenaed by New York County Over "Grand Theft Auto" Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 27, 2006 - 2:41pm.
New York - Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" video game that was pulled from shelves last year after sexually-explicit content was discovered hidden within its source code, announced on Tuesday that it has received grand jury subpoenas from New York County's district attorney, requesting documents related to the incident.
tags: Games | Law | Investing | GTA | Take-Two | Censorship | ESRB | New York | Subpoenas |

Spitzer Sends Labels New Subpoenas in Digital Music Pricing Probe

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2006 - 10:37am.
New York - Record labels have received a new round of subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who is investigating the pricing of digital music downloads, CNET News.com reported on Tuesday. Warner Music Group disclosed in an SEC filing today that it received a second subpoena, while "music industry sources" told News.com that labels complained to Spitzer that earlier subpoenas they received were too broad. In addition to record labels, Spitzer has also sent subpoenas to a number of digital music retailers. Some label executives have recently said that they favor changing the current 99-cent pricing for digital songs, so that new releases could be sold at higher prices while library titles would sell for less.
tags: Music | New | Subpoenas | Spitzer | Pricing Probe |

SBC, RIAA in Court Friday Over Subpoenas for File-Swapper Identities

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2003 - 7:13am.
San Francisco -- Internet service provider SBC Communications and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will be in court on Friday, battling over whether SBC should be compelled to turn over the identities of certain of its Internet subscribers the RIAA believes infringed copyrights on music file-sharing services. The RIAA filed subpoenas for the users' identities, and SBC sued, arguing that the process by which the RIAA obtained the subpoenas was unconstitutional. Fellow ISP Verizon also sued over similar subpoenas, but a federal judge agreed with the RIAA and ordered subscriber identities turned over to the RIAA, which promptly sued many of the individuals for copyright infringement. CNET News.com reported that on Friday Judge Susan Illston will hear arguments for both the RIAA's motion to dismiss the suit, as well as SBC's motion for summary judgment. Lawyers told News.com a ruling is not immediately expected.
tags: Law | RIAA | Subpoenas | File-Swapper | SBC |

Charter Files Lawsuit to Block RIAA Subpoenas for Subscriber Identities

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2003 - 5:07am.
St. Louis -- Charter Communications, the nation's third-largest cable TV operator and a provider of high-speed cable Internet services, has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block subpoenas seeking the identities of some of its subscribers that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) believes are online music pirates, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. "We are the only major cable company that has not as yet provided the RIAA a single datum of information," Tom Hearity, vice president and associate general counsel for Charter, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The company said that it is asking the court to quash RIAA subpoenas for the identities of 150 Charter Internet subscribers. Charter reported having 1.38 million broadband Internet subscribers as of June 30. In addition to Charter, fellow ISPs Verizon and Pacific Bell Internet Services, a division of telco SBC, have filed lawsuits to block RIAA subpoenas for their subscribers' identities.
tags: RIAA | Subpoenas | lawsuit | Subscriber Identities |

Verizon Asks Appeals Court to Block RIAA Subpoenas for File-Swapper IDs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2003 - 6:53am.
Washington -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday heard arguments from Internet service provider Verizon, which is appealing a lower court's ruling forcing it to comply with subpoenas from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), seeking the identities of Verizon subscribers the RIAA believes are music copyright infringers. Verizon argued that the subpoenas, authorized by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, are too easily obtained without a judge's approval, unnecessarily endangering the privacy and free speech rights of its subscribers, and should also be confined to website servers offering copyrighted music and not end-users' PCs. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit did not make any ruling Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) may soon introduce legislation called the "Digital Consumer Internet Privacy Protection Act," which would ban such subpoenas except in pending civil cases or instances where believed copyrighted files resided on website servers. http://makeashorterlink.com/?F32925BE5
tags: Verizon | RIAA | Subpoenas | File-Swapper | IDs |

RIAA Subpoenas Verizon for Data on Two More Alleged File-Traders

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 24, 2003 - 4:26am.
Boston -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed two additional subpoenas asking Internet service provider Verizon for the identities of subscribers who have allegedly used file-sharing networks for copyright infringement, Boston.internet.com reported. The new subpoenas -- which Verizon is contesting -- follow Verizon's refusal to comply with an earlier subpoena. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ordered Verizon to comply, and an appeal of his ruling is currently pending. Judge Bates consolidated the new subpoenas into the original case and will rule on them, in addition to Verizon's request to stay his order to turn over subscriber data while the appeal is underway, in a hearing scheduled for April 1.
tags: RIAA | Subpoenas | File-Traders |