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Article | 16/11/2011 Lawmakers seek alternative to Stop Online Piracy Act
U.S. lawmakers opposed to a controversial copyright enforcement bill scheduled for a hearing Wednesday are working on alternative legislation that wou...
Article | 12/11/2011 House hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act scheduled
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will conduct a hearing on the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy A...
Article | 11/11/2011 Piracy legislation needed to battle huge problem, experts say
Legislation in the U.S. Congress that would allow federal law enforcement officials to block websites accused of copyright piracy is necessary because...
Article | 10/11/2011 DOJ charges seven in massive clickjacking scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice is charging seven individuals with 27 counts of wire fraud and other computer-related crimes, alleging that the group h...
Article | 5/11/2011 AT&T extends date for T-Mobile deal to close
AT&T has pushed back the expected date of its proposed US$39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA, saying now that the deal will close in the first ha...
Article | 4/11/2011 Another Ninjavideo.net founder pleads guilty
A co-founder of NinjaVideo.net has pleaded guilty to a copyright infringement charge, joining two other founders who pled guilty to charges in Septemb...
Article | 3/11/2011 Sprint suit against AT&T/T-Mobile deal allowed
A judge in the U.S. on Wednesday allowed parts of C Spire Wireless and Sprint Nextel's lawsuits against AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition...
Article | 27/10/2011 EFF, ACLU file lawsuits over Patriot Act data collection
Two civil liberties groups have filed lawsuits asking the U.S. Department of Justice to detail its collection of electronic data and other information...
Article | 26/10/2011 NinjaVideo.net admins plead guilty to copyright-related charges
Two administrators of the defunct movie-download site NinjaVideo.net have pleaded guilty to charges related to copyright infringement, the U.S. Depart...
Article | 26/10/2011 Group: New version of PROTECT IP may target legal sites
An upcoming version of U.S. legislation designed to combat copyright infringement on the Web may include provisions that hold online services such as ...
Article | 19/10/2011 US lawmakers push to limit gov't mobile tracking
The U.S. Congress needs to pass legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to get permission from a judge before tracking suspects throug...
Article | 7/10/2011 Oracle to pay $199.5 million in gov't contracting settlement
Oracle has agreed to pay US$199.5 million plus interest for failing to meet its contractual obligations in a 1998 contract with the U.S. General Servi...
Article | 30/09/2011 NinjaVideo founders plead guilty to copyright infringement
Two founders of movie download site NinjaVideo.net have pleaded guilty to charges related to copyright infringement, the U.S. Department of Justice sa...
Article | 27/09/2011 US agencies returning $55 million from AdSurfDaily operation
Two U.S. government agencies have begun to return US$55 million in forfeited funds from a Web-based operation accused by investigators of being a mass...
Article | 22/09/2011 Judge sets trial date for AT&T merger case
A U.S. district court judge has scheduled a trial to begin on Feb. 13 in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit opposing AT&T's proposed acquisi...