A federal appeals court on Friday handed a major setback to the record industry's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file swappers, in a high-profile case pitting copyright law against the privacy rights of Internet users.
The Recording Industry Association of America said Tuesday that it had settled its lawsuit against Israeli file-swapping company iMesh, for damages of US$4.1 million.
A small San Diego software company is suing Symantec, claiming that the computer security giant is driving away business by unfairly lumping it in with spyware distributors.
A programmer who helped write the original version of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software is suing its current owner Sharman Networks for US$25 million, saying he still owns part of the copyright to the program.
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Web publisher could be barred from posting DVD-copying code online without infringing on his free speech rights.
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CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the next version of Windows won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying among Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA.
Australian-headquartered Sharman Networks released a new version of its Kazaa file-trading software Thursday, adding new features and advertising partners the company hopes will aid in its legal struggle for its life.
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