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MySpace, MTV Look for Piracy's Silver Lining November 03, 2008 
MySpace, MTV Networks and online ad platform Auditude are teaming up to try and squeeze money out of pirated video -- content distributed online without the permission of the rights holder. The trio's plan is to identify online pirated video clips, slap an ad overlay on top of them, and monetize their use, returning a portion of the proceeds back to the copyright holders.
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Microsoft's Chinese Folly October 22, 2008 
Microsoft has angered Chinese computer users with its latest antipiracy move. On Tuesday, during its Global Anti-Piracy Day, Microsoft turned Windows Genuine Advantage loose on the Chinese people. Other users worldwide are familiar with WGA, which famously labeled legitimate users as pirates and disabled some features of their operating systems.
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The Sisyphean Struggle Against Piracy on the Web October 10, 2008 
There's big money in counterfeiting name-brand goods. Sales of knockoff products over the Internet climbed to nearly $120 billion in 2007, up from $84 billion the previous year, estimated MarkMonitor, an online protection firm that works with eBay and other online auction houses to shut counterfeiters down.
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Wal-Mart to Cut the Cord on DRM Downloads October 01, 2008 
Wal-Mart will soon shut down the servers controlling reauthorization of purchased DRM-protected WMA music files, Ryan Halford, the company's computer buyer, indicated on a Wal-Mart blog. An e-mail sent to Wal-Mart Music customers, a copy of which was posted on the blog BoingBoing, indicates the shutdown will occur Oct. 9.
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Congress Sends Controversial Copyright Bill to Bush's Desk September 29, 2008 
Besides working overtime to crank out the $700 billion financial market rescue plan -- to little avail as it turned out -- the House of Representatives on Sunday also passed a piece of legislation that could rack up significantly more penalties for copyright violation.
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The Verdict Is Out in Jammie Thomas Case September 25, 2008 
She wasn't the first person to be sued by the music industry for illegally sharing digital music files, but Jammie Thomas was the first to go to court in the ongoing battle over copyrights, consumers and charges of piracy. Wednesday, a federal judge threw out her conviction and granted a new trial.
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Microsoft Antipiracy Chief Keith Beeman on Accidental Theft September 25, 2008 
After more than a decade in the software privacy and antipiracy space, Keith Beeman, general manager, Worldwide Anti-Piracy, Small and Midmarket, Solutions & Partners for Microsoft, says he has been able to gain a first-hand view of software piracy issues on a global scale. Piracy is a pervasive issue that can often catch enterprise customers by surprise, Beeman said.
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Secret International Antipiracy Deal Spurs FOIA Lawsuit September 19, 2008 
A battle is brewing over a secretive intellectual property agreement being negotiated by the U.S. and several other nations. Leaked documents indicate the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement would allow multiple countries to enforce each others' intellectual property laws.
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Software License Compliance: Myth vs. Reality September 12, 2008 
The issue of compliance is forever on the minds of IT executives, and even more so in the last 10 years, due to increased audit activities by software vendors, complex licensing rules and the management of multiple vendors. Non-compliance with a software vendor's licensing can create uncomfortably large fines and legal fees for any enterprise. Compliance is key throughout any organization.
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Blogger Faces Hard Time for Posting Guns N' Roses Music August 28, 2008 
No one can say what 27-year-old Kevin Cogill expected when he apparently posted nine songs from an unreleased and long-awaited Guns N' Roses album called "Chinese Democracy" to his Web site earlier this summer. It could have been anything from monetary gain to a desire to be the first to distribute the long-anticipated songs. However, he likely didn't expect to find the FBI at his door with an arrest warrant.
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Ruling Sinks Piracy Suit Against Veoh as YouTube Grins August 28, 2008 
A federal judge in San Jose, Calif., has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit launched by Io Group against Veoh Networks. Io Group, which also does business under the name Titan Media, produces adult video content. Veoh is a site similar to YouTube where users can upload and watch user-generated videos as well as television show and movie clips.
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Dusting for Copyright Clues With Digital Fingerprinting Tech August 22, 2008 
Digital age, and the stealin' is easy. Regardless of the content type -- be it a text, audio or video file -- computer users can seemingly download and upload copyrighted content with near impunity. After all, it doesn't cost anything to share this material. It's there for the taking. Besides, what's the harm, and who cares anyway, right? That thinking represents the attitude of many computer users.
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Tiffany Keeps Hammering at eBay Lawsuit August 12, 2008 
Tiffany has appealed a ruling in a federal court that online auction company eBay isn't responsible for keeping its users from selling fake jewelry that uses Tiffany's trademark. Tiffany, one of the world's most recognizable brands in the jewelry sector, filed its suit against eBay in 2004, claiming that most of the items bearing the Tiffany name on the site were phonies.
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TrueAnthem: Shaping the Future of Free Music August 12, 2008 
These days, when you hear about downloading music for free, it's usually bad news: a lawsuit from a label, a threat from an ISP, or a crackdown from the government. Now, though, a new startup is turning the tables and encouraging fans to grab all they want -- without paying a single dime. TrueAnthem considers itself a modern-day music label. Launched in April, the service offers widget-based downloads of entire albums for free.
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Google Aims to Make It Big in China With Music Giveaway August 07, 2008 
Search engine giant Google has launched a new music search service in China that enables users to legally download online music. Music OneBox, which is backed by some of the major global music labels, as well as Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, is available at Chinese music site Top100.cn.
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Can Apple Break Through China's Great Wall of Counterfeits? July 28, 2008 
Apple may be making a lot of noise lately with its new iPhone 3G, but when it comes to fighting software pirates, Steve Jobs' company prefers to speak softly and carry a big stick -- the stick, of course, being legal action like its recent lawsuit against computer maker Psystar for producing machines that can run Apple software.
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