New wave of lawsuits to hit 'illegal song-swappers'

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Lawsuits readied against UK
song-swappers

Lawsuits readied against UK
song-swappers 06/08/2004 12:18 PM
ZDNet UK Jun 8 2004 4:53PM GMT

Song-swapping cut in half since lawsuits
began

Song-swapping cut in half since lawsuits
began 01/05/2004 09:47 AM
USA Today Jan 5 2004 9:35AM ET

Music Industry Readies Fresh Wave of Net
Lawsuits (Reuters)

Music Industry Readies Fresh Wave of Net
Lawsuits (Reuters) 06/08/2004 04:38 AM
Reuters - A new wave of lawsuits is being prepared against the most prolific Internet song-swappers as part of an expanding global crackdown on Internet piracy, music industry officials said on Tuesday.

Rival supplier reports BT for 'illegal
subsidy'

Rival supplier reports BT for 'illegal
subsidy' 04/16/2004 03:29 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 16 2004 7:45AM GMT

US sues 477 more 'song-swappers'

US sues 477 more 'song-swappers' 04/29/2004 04:48 AM
The US recording industry sues hundreds of people for online music copyright infringement.

'Vote swappers' aim to wipe out leading
Conservatives in internet campaign

'Vote swappers' aim to wipe out leading
Conservatives in internet campaign 03/29/2005 09:08 AM
News.independent.co.uk - Tue Mar 29, 10:58 am GMT

Toy Palace News: Medal of Yavin, Ozzel
Wave, Jabba Ultra Wave IN STOCK

Toy Palace News: Medal of Yavin, Ozzel
Wave, Jabba Ultra Wave IN STOCK 04/16/2004 01:06 PM
Just like the weather, Toy Palace is hot this weekend with plenty of new additions and even the return of some old favourites. Check out their latest stock announcement and then visit their website.

Wave 1 Coming In, Wave 2 ETA 5 Minutes

Wave 1 Coming In, Wave 2 ETA 5 Minutes 11/10/2003 11:14 PM
Did you know toys are release in ?waves?? Star Wars action figures come to use in boxes labeled like the following: Release 3 Wave 4....

Linspire Looking for More Lawsuits

Linspire Looking for More Lawsuits 04/20/2004 10:11 AM

Linspire's lawyers (formerly Lindows) apparently need work after their losing battle with Microsoft. Now they're testing Apple's resolve by announcing LPhoto and LSongs . Two applications that bear more than a little resemblence to iPhoto and iTunes. Apple may be smaller than Microsoft, but it doesn't take too much research to find that they take their intellectual property very seriously. Unlike their last battle with Microsoft, I have a feeling they'll get to keep the names, but the apps will no doubt look vastly different by the time they are released.

Via /.

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iTunes And Lawsuits

iTunes And Lawsuits 05/03/2004 07:40 PM
The labels still don't get it. By Steven Levy, Newsweek (via MyAppleMenu)

More Music Lawsuits

More Music Lawsuits 02/17/2004 06:20 PM

531 more music file sharers sued: Settlements in these cases are averaging $3,000 each. If the music industry is trying to intimidate people, it's working. I don't have Kazaa on my home machine anymore, and these news reports are a big reason why.

The recording industry sued 531 more computer users Tuesday it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet in what has become a routine reminder that college students, teenagers and others can face expensive lawsuits for swapping music online.

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EA hit with shareholder lawsuits

EA hit with shareholder lawsuits 03/29/2005 04:31 PM
Class action suits accuse the leading game publisher of inflating sales forecasts.

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits 02/11/2004 04:26 PM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 7:57PM GMT

IBM settles lawsuits

IBM settles lawsuits 06/23/2004 05:31 PM
USA Today Jun 23 2004 9:51PM GMT

McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO

McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO 08/03/2004 05:47 PM

Google hit by lawsuits

Google hit by lawsuits 04/26/2004 06:14 AM
New York Daily News Apr 26 2004 9:53AM GMT

SCO: No plans for new lawsuits

SCO: No plans for new lawsuits 08/04/2004 11:39 AM
There's work enough to be done in pending cases against IBM, Novell, AutoZone and others, CEO says.

Lawsuits in Paradise

Lawsuits in Paradise 12/31/2003 10:50 PM

Apple Users Threaten to Sue Over IBook, IPod: Cracks in the unified front of Apple users.

...at least two online petitions have collected hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs seeking to file lawsuits over claims of defects in the iBook laptop.

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RIAA lawsuits mount

RIAA lawsuits mount 06/22/2004 05:09 PM
USA Today Jun 22 2004 9:51PM GMT

Microsoft, Gateway end lawsuits

Microsoft, Gateway end lawsuits 04/12/2005 03:27 AM
stuff.co.nz Apr 12 2005 7:17AM GMT

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway 12/22/2003 07:43 PM
Given the weekend to think about the fact that they can't just send out a blizzard of subpoenas any more, the RIAA has decided, what the hell, they'll just file a blizzard of lawsuits instead, and then get the subpoenas to discover the identity of anonymous file sharers. Of course, filing incorrect lawsuits probably looks worse (and is more expensive) for the RIAA than filing incorrect subpoenas.

More Overture Breakup Lawsuits

More Overture Breakup Lawsuits 11/05/2003 02:55 AM
When Yahoo bought Overture, one of the first things we mentioned was that people shouldn't just add Overture's revenue to Yahoo's because plenty of Overture's partners would bail out as quickly as possible, since they saw themselves as competitors to Yahoo. It hasn't taken long for that scenario to play out - but it's proving to be a pretty litigious situation. First, T-Online ditched Overture for Google, but Overture sued and won. Now, the same thing is playing out with Lycos, except that Lycos is striking first. They've both dumped Overture for Google and proactively sued them for breach of contract. They claim that Overture needed Lycos' permission before agreeing to the Yahoo acquisition. This might seem like a bit of a stretch at first, but it was apparently in the contract because Lycos wanted to make sure their private info never got into the hands of a list of competitors - with Yahoo at the top of that list. The complaint also alleges (just to make matters more fun) that Overture still owes Lycos nearly a million dollars, and they'd like to see the check pretty damn soon.

IBM settles cancer lawsuits

IBM settles cancer lawsuits 06/24/2004 11:37 AM
USA Today Jun 24 2004 3:36PM GMT

SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year,
And More

SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year,
And More 11/19/2003 02:05 PM

SCO plans more Linux lawsuits

SCO plans more Linux lawsuits 11/18/2003 11:19 PM
The Linux antagonist vows to widen its legal battle against the open-source operating system, saying it intends to sue large-scale Linux users for copyright infringement.

SCO lawsuits funded by Microsoft?

SCO lawsuits funded by Microsoft? 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

Wow: thi s one from Damien Barret:

"Color me not surprised. It appears that Microsoft is paying SCO to file all those ridiculous lawsuits against the users of Linux. I've seen low before, but this is pretty damn low. Scumsucking low."

I have no idea if any of that is true, but, it's truly sad that I could easily believe it's true... that's how much I trust the Microsoft corporate brand.

Court Clears Way for More Age Lawsuits
(AP)

Court Clears Way for More Age Lawsuits
(AP) 03/31/2005 03:34 AM
AP - The Supreme Court expanded job protections for roughly half the nation's work force Wednesday, ruling that federal law allows people 40 and over to file age bias claims over salary and hiring even if employers never intended any harm.

i2 settles shareholder lawsuits

i2 settles shareholder lawsuits 05/10/2004 10:01 AM
The software company, which has been plagued by accounting problems, will pay a total of $84.9 million, half of which will come from its insurance policy.

Are The RIAA Lawsuits Working?

Are The RIAA Lawsuits Working? 11/06/2003 12:25 PM
Ever since the RIAA started suing their customers, there's been an upturn in CD sales. It's no surprise, of course, to find out that record industry execs now believe the legal slapdown strategy is working wonders. There are, of course, plenty of other explanations (such as the economy rebounding), but I'd actually buy into the idea that, in the short term, the RIAA's legal strategy was likely to boost CD sales. The bigger question is whether or not it is a long term strategy that can work. Despite efforts by people to boycott the RIAA (which just doesn't work), most people are still going to go out and get the music they want. However, increasing the negative impression customers have of the established recording industry just sets up an opportunity for other, more customer friendly, options to come along. When consumers have no other choice, they'll hold their nose and stick with what's given them - but given some choice, they'll run like bandits. The music industry may have won a short term battle, but they've opened up a huge opportunity for a new model in music distribution. Now, the question is who will fill it?

Google lawsuits guiding the way

Google lawsuits guiding the way 03/27/2005 11:36 PM

New York Times

Growing Number of Lawsuits Could Hurt Google's Ad Revenue

PARIS, March 27 -

[...]

This month, Mr. Dariot triumphed in his year-and-a-half-old lawsuit against Google's French subsidiary, which has been ordered to pay him $97,000 in fines and legal costs.

Dariot and his travel companies, Luteciel and Viaticum, successfully challenged Google's practice of selling Internet advertising from rivals designed to appear with Web searches for his trademarked Web site name, Bourse des Vols, which means flight exchange.

[...]

Mr. Dariot's company is one of the first to win against Google; similar cases in the United States and Germany that challenged the search engine's use of keywords have failed.

But more companies are piling on. France is home to as many as 15 cases, according to lawyers involved.

[...]

In a recent California case, Norm Zada, the chief executive and founder of Perfect 10, a publisher of nude photographs and adult material based in Beverly Hills, said he started sending legal notices to Google about the unauthorized use of his images in 2001.

"After 16 notices, they said they couldn't do anything," Mr. Zada said.

Since then, he said, his attorney has issued a blizzard of 44 notices in the past two years that covered 9,000 unauthorized images. In January, he sued Google in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet. I personally like that Google is pushing the envelope on fair use and other issues. For instance, I think Google Images "thumbnails" are no larger than 150x150 pixels. Because of this, I use 150x150 as my own "safe zone" for "fair use thumbnails". If someone sues me, at least I can point at Google. The other thing that Google, Yahoo and others are involved in is transborder lawsuits, which are a very interesting issue from an Internet governance point of view.

Maybe Google should get into the legal advisory business too. ;-)

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New Flurry of RIAA Lawsuits

New Flurry of RIAA Lawsuits 02/18/2004 07:51 AM
The music industry sues another 531 people for sharing copyright music over peer-to-peer networks. That brings the total number of people sued to nearly 1,500. By Katie Dean.

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jan 22 2004 2:52AM GMT

Goggle lawsuits guiding the way

Goggle lawsuits guiding the way 03/27/2005 08:44 PM

New York Times

Growing Number of Lawsuits Could Hurt Google's Ad Revenue

PARIS, March 27 -

[...]

This month, Mr. Dariot triumphed in his year-and-a-half-old lawsuit against Google's French subsidiary, which has been ordered to pay him $97,000 in fines and legal costs.

Dariot and his travel companies, Luteciel and Viaticum, successfully challenged Google's practice of selling Internet advertising from rivals designed to appear with Web searches for his trademarked Web site name, Bourse des Vols, which means flight exchange.

[...]

Mr. Dariot's company is one of the first to win against Google; similar cases in the United States and Germany that challenged the search engine's use of keywords have failed.

But more companies are piling on. France is home to as many as 15 cases, according to lawyers involved.

[...]

In a recent California case, Norm Zada, the chief executive and founder of Perfect 10, a publisher of nude photographs and adult material based in Beverly Hills, said he started sending legal notices to Google about the unauthorized use of his images in 2001.

"After 16 notices, they said they couldn't do anything," Mr. Zada said.

Since then, he said, his attorney has issued a blizzard of 44 notices in the past two years that covered 9,000 unauthorized images. In January, he sued Google in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet. I personally like that Google is pushing the envelope on fair use and other issues. For instance, I think Google Images "thumbnails" are no larger than 150x150 pixels. Because of this, I use 150x150 as my own "safe zone" for "fair use thumbnails". If someone sues me, at least I can point at Google. The other thing that Google, Yahoo and others are involved in is transborder lawsuits, which are a very interesting issue from an Internet governance point of view.

Maybe Google should get into the legal advisory business too. ;-)

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BPI sits on sidelines as P2P lawsuits
fly

BPI sits on sidelines as P2P lawsuits
fly 06/09/2004 08:52 AM
vnunet.com Jun 9 2004 12:39PM GMT

reign in shot-gun lawsuits

reign in shot-gun lawsuits 02/15/2004 02:36 PM
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More RIAA Lawsuits Filed

More RIAA Lawsuits Filed 02/18/2004 02:25 AM
Techfocus Feb 18 2004 5:41AM GMT

"Big Wave"

"Big Wave" 09/01/2004 03:22 PM

The NEW New Wave

The NEW New Wave 09/07/2004 11:58 PM
Underground French Cinema (literally) Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us." A secret underground cinema is found in the Catacombs of Paris, "You guys have no idea what's down there." Perhaps it's the work of a group of cataphiles called the "Perforating Mexicans".

I bet you think this song is about
you.....

I bet you think this song is about
you..... 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Here's some more Uncle Kracker Listen up...
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