Verizon Rejects Hollywoodâs Call to Aid Piracy Fight
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Unlike AT&T, Verizon wonât monitor its network to block unauthorized copying. That would violate customer privacy, it says, and would be expensive too.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Wireless telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc  denied a report that it was considering a $160 billion bid for Verizon Communications Inc. , a move that would consolidate ownership of their wireless joint venture.
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An executive for Verizon Wireless  urged U.S. lawmakers and regulators to reject proposals that  would impose open-platform requirements on valuable wireless  airwaves that are scheduled to be auctioned off soon by the  government.
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Warner Music rejects Apple's idea that record firms should drop copy protection software from music downloads.
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Bowing to pressure from both the Federal Communications Commission and irate customers, Verizon says it has decided not to impose a new fee on DSL subscribers that would have negated any savings from DSL being exempted from the Universal Service Fund.
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Movie studios and record labels on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that Internet "peer to peer" networks cannot be held liable when their users copy music and movies without permission.
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The Supreme Court declines to hear the music industry's appeal of a case that forbade it from trying to force phone and internet companies from turning over the names of people suspected of copyright infringement over peer-to-peer networks. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C.
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The world's biggest music companies,  including Warner Music Group Corp and Sony BMG, denied that  they have agreed to license songs for a free download service  that was launched by Qtrax on Monday.
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THE US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the recording industry seeking to force internet service providers to turn over the names of subscribers suspected of music piracy.
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After months of vitriol, Verizon Wireless said it will drop its objections to Nextel&#39;s (Quote, Chart) controversial spectrum swap agreement with the federal government.
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Talking telephone numbers Vodafone has denied rumours that it is considering a leveraged buyout of US giant Verizon.â¦
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Vonage downplays an appeals court decision affirming an earlier verdict of patent infringement on two patents owned by Verizon.
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AT&T Inc. is in talks with Viacom Inc.  and Hollywood studios to fight online piracy as the phone  company seeks to work more closely with media companies to  expand into video entertainment.
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Liberty Media&#039;s bid to buy the Atlanta Braves is facing new opposition from pro-family advocates because Liberty owns On Command, which sells adult movies in hotel rooms across the nation.
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Vermont regulators rejected FairPoint Communications' proposed $2.7 billion buyout of Verizon Communications' land lines in northern New England, citing concerns about the company's financial viability.
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For several years now, the refrain in the movie industry has been: "We don't want to make the same mistake as the music industry." Hollywood studios, having ventured billions of dollars on their titles, say they can't afford to let customers get used to finding movies via black-market file-sharing.
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By GARY GENTILE LOS ANGELES - In a break with other Internet service providers, AT&amp;T Inc. will work with Hollywood studios and recording labels to devise technology that identifies offshore content pirates who use its network to upload illegal copies of movies and music.