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Twitter goes after born-again typosquatter
The Register reports that: “…Twitter has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the typo domain name twiter.com, seven years after it was first registered. The website at twiter.com currently bounces visitors to one of a number of dodgy competitions that try to persuade them to sign up to premium SMS text-message services. Twitter…
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Microsoft to pay $290m for patent infringement
The US Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Microsoft against a $290m verdict for infringing a small Canadian company’s patent. The company, i4i, sued Microsoft in 2007, saying it owned the technology behind a text manipulation tool used in Microsoft’s Word application. The technology gave Word 2003 and Word 2007 users an improved way…
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French Broadcasters to Avoid Naming Social Media Sites
Like broadcasters elsewhere, French news anchors sometimes urge viewers or listeners to visit Twitter or Facebook to receive updates or to comment. In a decree issued last week, the regulatory agency that oversees French television and radio said broadcasters should not mention the names of specific Internet companies when doing so, calling this a violation…
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Apple’s iCloud Making Music Pirates Pay
Apple CEO Steve Jobs “…unveiled a system that might finally get music lovers to pay for the songs they got through less-than-proper means… …Aside from offering to freely distribute new and old iTunes purchases on all of a user’s devices, the Apple impresario unveiled “iTunes Match,” a $25-a-year service starting this fall that will scan…
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US Copyright Office To Amend Termination Regulations
The Copyright Office has amended its regulations governing notices of termination of certain grants of transfers and licenses of copyright under section 203 of the Copyright Act. The amendments are intended to clarify the recordation practices of the Copyright Office regarding the content of certain notices of termination as well as the circumstances under which…
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YouTube Money With Strings Attached
YouTube is trying to convince professional content makers to create stuff for the video site. And it’s offering some of them millions of dollars to make it happen. But even though Google has plenty of money, it’s not giving it away. That cash comes with strings (For full report see Peter Kafka, All Things Digital).
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Convicted For Illegal File Sharing
The first person in Scotland to be convicted of illegally sharing music files online has been sentenced to three years probation. The BBC reports that Nurse Anne Muir admitted distributing £54,000 worth of copyrighted music files by making them available to others via a peer-to-peer file sharing application (For full report BBC website).
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eBay and PayPal sue Google
Google is being sued by internet payment firm PayPal over claims the web giant stole technology allowing smartphones to buy things in shops. PayPal allege that former executives Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenius defected and used trade secrets to help their new company create Google Wallet. The lawsuit was filed just hours after Mr Bedier,…
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UK Government To Review Film Policy
The UK government is to review its film policy through an independent panel of UK film experts including members of the board of the BFI. According to a statement in the Department for Culture, Media & Sport‘s website: “…The panel will look across the UK film industry, considering film development and production, distribution and exhibition; as well…
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Apple Protects Application Makers
A little more than a week after iOS developers were threatened with legal action by a company that holds various patents, Apple’s legal department has struck back. Apple has sent a letter to patent-holder Lodsys after many iOS developers reported receiving letters containing a threat that they risked patent-infringement lawsuits if they didn’t pay Lodsys…