Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Copyright Lawsuits Filed Against U.S. Marijuana Party, Dating Website First off today, the controversial company Righthaven is in the news again as the company has filed two more lawsuits over alleged infringement of the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s content. According to two…
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was an exciting week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as we had some late-breaking news right before we went online to record when the summary judgement in the Viacom v. Google case was announced and…
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Bigdough sues Goldman Sachs Over Copyright, Data First off today, Ipreo Holdings LLC, the owners of the institutional investor database Bigdough are suing Goldman Sachs, the much-beleaguered financial firm, claiming that employees from the company illegally accessed the database and copied…
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Police Declare War on BitTorrent Sites, Operators and Users First off today, police in Russia have declared “war” on torrent trackers operating from within the country. This comes after famous tracker torrents.ru was shut down by police in the country only…
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: French Solution to Illegal Download and Copyright Infringement – Tax Google and Yahoo First off today France, who is no stranger to controversial proposals for dealing with piracy on the Web, has recommended the taxing of search engines such as Google…
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Eddie Vedder Sued For Copyright Infringement First off today, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is being sued by Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Peterson for changing the lyrics to a song he wrote, entitled “Hard Sun.” Vedder recorded his version of the tune…
It is Monday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was a busy week for copyright news with tons of great stories from around the world including a major update to the Google Book Search settlement, a new Copyright Czar, four stories from the rap…
This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday. 1: Jammie Thomas challenges “monstrous” $1.92M P2P verdict First…
This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday. 1: Ouch! German Court Slams Rapidshare With $34 Million…
This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday. 1: Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty First…
