by mmconrad | Apr 26, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The advent of the internet has accelerated the evolution of business models by creating the possibility for countless novel companies with low start-up costs. One need only look at the fate of newspapers across the country and the pains of the music industry to...
by robinska | Apr 25, 2012 | Cases, Commentary
The death of Tyler Clementi in 2010 stocked the country as it added another example of bullying of LGBT teenagers ending in suicide. Last Friday, Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, was found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, evidence tampering and...
by anickow | Mar 22, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Wrapping up six years of heated litigation, Sony offered an $8 million settlement this week in a class action lawsuit led by The Allman Brothers and Cheap Trick, accusing Sony of underpaying the bands’ digital record royalties. Originally filed back in 2006,...
by aoshagan | Jan 25, 2012 | Cases
A law providing that millions of works created by foreign authors that had been in the public domain qualify for U.S. copyright protection was upheld on Saturday, January 18, 2012, when the Supreme Court decided Golan v. Holder (No.10-545). The case involved the...
by aveglia | Nov 27, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Apple’s litigious business strategy has been the source of discussion in the past, and the company seems to be continuing that trend in the iPad context. Android-based devices appear to be the biggest threat to Apple’s market share dominance, and new competitors...
by aperl | Nov 17, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legislation/Regulations
Five nonprofit groups recently filed an amicus brief (PDF) in FCC v. Fox urging the Supreme Court to strike down the FCC’s policy of fining broadcast television stations for airing indecent content. The groups argue that the FCC’s policy violates the First Amendment’s...
