Apple has a new Chairman, and appoints Disney’s CEO to its board.  The question is, given the zealous intellectual property protection stance of Disney, including it being the impetus for several extensions of copyright protection well past the death of…

It seems that people are beginning to organize their discontent over recent bills touted as anti piracy, but are instead anti-internet, anti-speech and dare I say anti American.  These bills negate innovation and drive that which makes America what it…

Legal Technology – 9th Circuit Rules on Text-Message Privacy: Most employees know that their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers’ e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory. A federal appeals court sought to clarify matters…

How Well Does Software Work as a Service?: You might be tired of the phrase “think outside the box,” but that’s what Software as a Service does — the “box” being your computer. Though many are leery of having their…

Judge Takes Hard Line in First Economic Espionage Sentence: On Wednesday, Judge Jeremy Fogel became the first judge in the U.S. tosentence a defendant convicted under economic espionage statutes.Xiaodong Sheldon Meng was hit with a 24-month sentence, the maximumunder a…

TracFone wins another DMCA round: Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. GSM Group, Inc., — F. Supp. 2d –, 2008 WL 2215059 (S.D. Fla.) (magistrate) Following the lead of an earlier case, the court held that buying plaintiff’s prepaid wireless phones, then…

Bit Caps, Consolidation, and Clearwire: The news that Comcast, Time Warner, and AT&T are all considering capping use of their networks — so that “overuse” would trigger a charge — has prompted intense discussion of just why these network operators…

Regional Internet Registries Appeal for IPv6 Investment at OECD Conference: Ministers from more than 40 countries are discussing the future of Internet economy at OECD meeting in Seol, Korea, 17-18 Jun. Discussions include security, competition, and strengthening the role of…

FTC opens Intel antitrust probe: [JURIST] The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] has begun a formal antitrust investigation of US computer chip manufacturer Intel Corporation [corporate website; JURIST news archive]. Intel’s chip manufacturing rival, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)…