by ghans | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary |
Wired and the Wall Street Journal have reported that Google has accused Bing, Microsoft’s Internet search engine, of copying Google’s search results. Google reports that Microsoft initially denied this claim; later, Wired revealed that Microsoft was...
by Jennifer Wertheimer | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
Now that a month has passed since the Federal Communications Commission issued their long-awaited order on net neutrality, the lawsuits have begun. Two companies, Verizon Communications and MetroPCS, have already filed suit in federal court, arguing that the FCC...
by kavouras | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary |
During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama (predictably) spent a great deal of time outlining a strategy for modernizing the U.S. economy and enhancing American competitiveness in an increasingly global market. In his speech, the President...
by julzb | Feb 2, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
Since the RIAA ended its campaign against music file sharers, a new group of lawsuits targeting users of p2p networks like BitTorrent have been making headlines. Private law firms representing copyright owners of motion pictures have, to date, served notices on...
by judikong | Jan 30, 2011 | Commentary |
The New York Times recently reported that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against an employer for firing an employee over a Facebook post. According to the article, the employer, American Medical Response of Connecticut, fired one of...
by lacealex | Jan 30, 2011 | Commentary |
Egypt has taken the dramatic step of shutting down internet and cellular phone access in an effort to stop social networking from facilitating the protest movement across the country. Much like Tunisia last week, and Iran after the 2009 election, social networking...
