We already noted that the cable industry is really trying to stick its head as far in the sand as possible when it comes to the fact that many customers are starting to drop their cable TV subscriptions. First, they pretended it wasn’t happening at al… Continue reading →

For all the recent talk of “cyberwar,” with particular emphasis on the idea that hackers in foreign countries were bombarding US gov’t and military institutions with constant internet attacks, it now turns out that “incidents of malicious cyber activit… Continue reading →

For a few years now, people have talked about Spotify as the “next great hope” for the recording industry. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s effectively an “iTunes-in-the-cloud.” I’ve played around with it, and it’s definitely a hell of a lot nicer… Continue reading →

It’s always impressive when you see lawyers file lawsuits which suggest they’re not entirely familiar with the law. Eric Goldman points us to a lawsuit filed by a Nevada lawyer, Jonathan Goldsmith, suing Facebook and two Facebook users for defamation,… Continue reading →

While we’re still dealing with people losing copyright lawsuits and being told to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for sharing a handful of songs, a court in Germany has ordered a guy to pay a grand total of 30 euros ($41) for sharing two music tra… Continue reading →

Righthaven famously started suing lots of websites earlier this year for having some materials from the Las Vegas Review-Journal posted on their sites. In some cases, the content was posted by the owner of the sites in question, but in many cases, it … Continue reading →

We’ve pointed out in the past, that one of the reasons why ACTA was done outside of the existing infrastructure for such agreements set up under WIPO and the WTO was to craft an agreement without involving the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and … Continue reading →