Move to block Borat DVD rejected
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A US judge rejects a move by two university students to halt the DVD release of the spoof movie Borat.
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I saw an ad in yesterday's NY Times that offered the complete New Yorker magazine archive, including all the cartoons and ads, going back to 1920-something for a bit more than the hard disk would cost. The ad was from J&R, the company that makes the product is Pexagon. $149. Sounds like there might be DRM. I asked for something like this from the music business. A hundred gigs of popular music for $500, all pre-installed on the disk without DRM.  Someone at the New Yorker had this idea too? It's a good one. Bulk content for collector types. Another source of revenue. I want to run my own personal radio station, so having every song of a certain genre or from a certain period makes the diff.
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No deal, but a vote of support for the video giant.
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Israel's High Court defeats a new bid to ban a documentary about Israel's invasion of Jenin refugee camp.
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A vote today may change the legal agreement that governs the copy-protection system used on DVDs.
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EMI and retailer Fnac face legal challenge over antipiracy technology that blocks discs from playing on some devices.
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A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked an order that the Internal Revenue Service be given the names of people who acquired materials from a Web site on how to defeat the tax laws.
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A recent federal judge rejected the Department of Justice's request to force a defendant to cough up his PGP passphrase. We were unsuccessful in getting the agency to elaborate.
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A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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.xxx blocked by US Gov, Lawley claims The British man behind the proposed .xxx internet domain believes the US Government has intervened to thwart his plans. Stuart Lawley is fighting a court battle to retrieve the documents he says would prove his case.â¦
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A Belgian Internet service provider has appealed a ruling that it must block illegal file-sharing on its network in a case that tests two European Union directives concerning copyright and the extent of responsibility that ISPs have for transmitted content.
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Manhunt 2 wins an appeal to force the British Board of Film Classification to look again at its banning.
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To promote the format where the DVD Forum fears to tread?
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Two fierce rivals in the DVD rental business have called a truce - at least when it comes to patents. Blockbluster has agreed to settle with Netflix over charges that the brick and mortar retailer infringed on Netflix's online DVD rental patents when it launched Blockbuster Online.
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Yahoo! has lost an appeal against a US district courtâs ruling which said that the company does not have to obey a French courtâs decision requiring it to block French citizens from accessing internet auctions of Nazi memorabilia at Yahoo!
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SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court rejected on Monday an effort by Yahoo Inc. to have US courts step into a battle over the sale of Nazi paraphernalia in France.
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Internet users in Britain who illegally download films and music face being banned from going online, according to leaked government proposals published in The Times on Tuesday.