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P2P Lawsuits "Felt Like Terrorism," Says Viacom Lawyer

Viacom's general counsel says that suing people for file-sharing is "expensive, and it's painful, and it feels like bullying." Speaking to a group of Yale law students, Michael Fricklas admitted that "it felt like terrorism" when ...READ»

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Times Are Tough, Why Not Sue Facebook?

Once upon a time, Google was the company to sue. Now it seems to have passed the mantle to Facebook, which is facing an entertaining array of bizarre and quixotic lawsuits--many of them filed in the last few days, and with little ...READ»

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Behind the Apple-Eminem Feud

We wrote about Eminem's dispute with Apple yesterday. Now we've learned that Eminem is seeking $16 million in damages from Apple for selling his tracks without proper authorization, according to court documents. But Eminem made money ...READ»

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Eminem's Lawsuit Against Apple Headed to Federal Court?

Eminem's lawsuit against Apple may go to trial in a Michigan Federal court if the two parties don't come to an agreement by tonight.READ»

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Will the Skype Founders Actually Win $75 Million Per Day From eBay?

Earlier this week we reported that the founders of Skype were filing suit against eBay over a piece of programming code they allege the auction site is using without permission. They're asking $75 million in damages for every day that ...READ»

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GOOGLE   |  Comment

Should Google Be Allowed to Monopolize "Orphan" Books?

Google may be guilty of antitrust violations for its Book Search initiative, reported several newswire services on Monday. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the search giant's settlement with the Author's Guild ...READ»

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Should Mac OS X Be Open?

There's a little computer company in Florida called Psystar making cheap Macintosh clones, that thinks that OS X should be open. But Apple [AAPL] thinks the company may be the puppet of a larger enemy. The Cupertino computer-maker ...READ»

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Beauty is Better Than Brains

When it comes to gadget-buying, looks are everything. What's wrong with us?READ»

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Psystar Keeps Shipping Mac Clones, Despite Lawsuit

Psystar ventured to do the impossible: sell generic Macintosh clones preinstalled with Apple's [NASDAQ:AAPL] Mac OS X operating system, without Apple's blessing. It's not usually a good idea to cross Apple's team of attack-dog IP ...READ»

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Apple Sues Clone-Maker Psystar

Since Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] moved its computers to Intel chips, they've had to rebuild OS X to run on x86 -- aka, PC -- hardware. That's obviously opened some doors for mettling hacker-types, who've since ported the OS to run on any ...READ»

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Knocking off the Knockoffs

Ebay has built an empire through the sale of second-hand items by private sellers, but as an increasing amount of retailers offer new brand name products, the online auction site finds itself in the legal crosshairs. The New ...READ»

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