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- Apple scores major win in Psystar case
Things just got ugly for Psystar. As MacWorld reports, District Judge William Alsup has ruled that the Miami-based start-up "violated Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works" by selling unauthorized Mac clones. Not only that, but Alsup also granted both Apple's motion for summary judgment...
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Last by End User at 7:03 PM on 11/17/09 - Report: YouTube in talks with studios over movie rentals
Could YouTube become the next major online service to offer movie rentals? Maybe so, according to CNet News, which quotes a Wall Street Journal report as saying the Google subsidiary is in talks with movie studios over the possibility. YouTube has reportedly been chatting with Lions Gate Entertainment, Sony Pictures,...
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Last by UberGerbil at 12:15 AM on 09/07/09 - RealNetworks' DVD backup software ruled illegal
RealNetworks fought the movie industry, and the movie industry won. According to the Associated Press, a federal judge has upheld an injunction barring sales of the firm's RealDVD software on the grounds that it breaks copyright law. Not just any federal judge, either. U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 9:07 AM on 08/13/09 - Firm buys The Pirate Bay, seeks to make it legal
In the wake of the Pirate Bay founders' controversial trial, a Swedish software firm has purchased the popular torrent site with the aim of turning it into a legit operation. No, really. There's even a press release and everything. The buyer, Global Gaming Factory X, wants to "launch new...
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Last by sigher at 10:57 AM on 07/05/09 - Virgin, Universal to offer unlimited MP3 downloads
Filling up an iPod with tracks from the iTunes Store may set you back 30 grand, but traditional subscription services essentially cost infinity dollars if you want to keep all your music. What's a cheapskate to do? In a surprising move, two entertainment giants, Virgin and Universal, have...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 6:32 PM on 06/17/09 - French Constitutional Council neuters piracy law
France's "three strikes and you're out" piracy law will be dead on arrival. Well, mostly. Although both chambers of the nation's parliament approved the bill in May, the French Constitutional Council has destroyed some of its core elements, ruling them unconstitutional. According to Le Figaro, the Council took issue...
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Last by StuffMaster at 9:33 AM on 06/15/09 - French three-strikes bill gets legislative approval
After being ratified by France's lower house yesterday, the controversial "three strikes" anti-piracy bill received the French senate's stamp of approval earlier today. That leaves one final step before the bill can become law: review by the French Constitutional Council, which will determine whether it's at odds with the nation's...
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Last by AKing at 5:18 AM on 05/15/09 - Pirate Bay lawyer claims bias, wants retrial
The lawyer representing The Pirate Bay's founders intends to demand a retrial due to alleged bias from the judge, according to the Associated Press. As we wrote last week, Judge Tomas Norstrom deemed the founders of the notorious BitTorrent tracker guilty of helping users violate copyrights. He sentenced...
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Last by Byte Storm at 9:29 PM on 04/26/09 - The Pirate Bay founders get jail time
Long known for its lenient copyright infringement laws, Sweden now seems to have made an example out of the folks behind the famous The Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker. As Telegraph.co.uk reports, The Pirate Bay founders Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg along with two of their employees have been...
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Last by becubed at 7:36 PM on 04/19/09 - Ignorance, legislative stupidity, and the French three-strikes piracy bill
Yesterday, French MPs approved a portion of a new copyright bill that would see suspected online pirates get their Internet access disabled after two warnings. I'm sure many of you couldn't care less about French law, but the...
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Last by d2brothe at 10:26 AM on 04/09/09 - Pirate site preps cheap VPN service to cloak users
The battle between content publishers and online pirates will soon reach a new level in Sweden. The country, long known for harboring infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, should start implementing the European Union's IPRED directive on April 1. In a nutshell, IPRED will give courts the power to...
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Last by alex7xl at 2:04 PM on 04/26/09 - iTunes DRM-free upgrades are now available track-by-track
Apple has quietly updated its DRM upgrade policy on iTunes. According to iLounge, folks wishing to strip digital rights management protection from their songs no longer have to convert their entire music library—they can now do it track by track. Upgrades still cost 30 cents a track, and as far...
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Last by Wirko at 3:37 PM on 01/30/09 - Apple announces king-size MacBook Pro, less DRM for iTunes
How many exciting new goodies did Apple have in store at its latest Macworld keynote? Not too many, apparently. Phil Schiller announced only one notable hardware product this morning: the 17" MacBook Pro, a bigger and badder version of the 15.4" model that came out in October. The 17" MacBook...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 8:24 AM on 01/08/09 - RIAA to stop suing file sharers, work with ISPs instead
No, hell hasn't just frozen over. However, as the Wall Street Journal reports, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has decided to abandon its strategy of massively suing alleged online pirates. Instead, the trade group plans to cooperate with Internet service providers to warn and potentially boot off...
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Last by NeronetFi at 3:01 PM on 12/24/08 - Walmart postpones DRM server shutdown indefinitely
Surprise, surprise. Barely two weeks after announcing plans to shut down its digital-rights-management authentication servers, Walmart has backpedaled. Engadget says the company has sent customers an e-mail to announce that the DRM servers will be staying up for the time being. Here's an excerpt: Based on feedback from...
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Last by xii at 6:18 PM on 10/10/08 - Apple threatens to shut iTunes if artist royalties increase
The iTunes Store has made Apple the top music retailer in the United States, and it has likely played no small part in promoting iPod and iPhone sales. Now, BBC News says Apple has threatened to close the business over a disagreement on artist royalties. According to BBC News,...
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Last by derFunkenstein at 12:52 PM on 10/03/08 - Like Yahoo, Walmart plans to shut down DRM servers
Remember back in July, when Yahoo announced the impending demise of its DRM servers and urged customers to burn their music to CDs? Despite the ensuing backlash and Yahoo's subsequent change of policy, Walmart has decided to follow in the controversial footsteps of its competitor. According to ZDNet, Walmart
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Last by BenBasson at 11:53 AM on 09/30/08 - Industry coalition pushes flexible, 'domain-based' DRM
After years of attempting to shove digital rights management down users' throats, the music industry finally got the message. Today, "DRM-free MP3" is the new buzzword for online music vendors, and even Apple sells unprotected music on its iTunes Store. According to the LA Times, the movie industry is looking...
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Last by clone at 3:58 PM on 09/17/08
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