News tagged with copyright infringement lawsuit

Aereo wins partial victory in broadcasters' suit

(AP) -- Aereo, a startup that takes live TV broadcasts and sends them to mobile devices in New York for a monthly fee, has won a partial victory in court over the media companies that are suing it.

Technology / Telecom

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Movie studios win lawsuit against Zediva

The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.

Technology / Business

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time zone database has new home after lawsuit

The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Google, publishers near settlement in books case

Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

SAP to pay $20M to settle criminal charges

(AP) -- Business software maker SAP AG on Wednesday said it agreed to pay $20 million to settle criminal charges from the U.S. Department of Justice against a now-defunct subsidiary, TomorrowNow.

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Authors Guild sues universities over online books

Authors and authors' groups in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom sued the University of Michigan and four other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Judge tells Zediva to stop web streaming of movies

(AP) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction favoring the Motion Picture Association of America in its copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.

Technology / Business

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google: Belgian papers to appear in searches again

(AP) -- Google began allowing the Web sites of French-language Belgian newspapers to appear in its search results again on Monday, saying it had obtained the papers' legal consent to do so without repercussions.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Viacom wants new ruling in YouTube copyright case

US entertainment giant Viacom asked an appeals court Friday to overturn a judge's June decision to toss out its billion-dollar copyright lawsuit against YouTube.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Free speech group fights lawsuits vs. news sharers

(AP) -- A San Francisco group that defends online free speech is taking on a Las Vegas company it says is shaking down news-sharing Internet users through more than 140 copyright infringement lawsuits filed this year.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NY suit vs. Google seeks damages for pictures, art

(AP) -- Groups representing photographers and artists on Wednesday accused Internet search leader Google of copyright infringement in a lawsuit that mirrors complaints book publishers and authors have made for years about ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly

Google has been busy. The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale

The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Privacy concerns over Google book project

Google's ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny and awaiting court approval, is also raising concerns among privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2