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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The dispute appeared to center on interpreting Verizon's use of Marley's image either as promotional or as a paid endorsement.
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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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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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Apple and AT&T defended a decision not to use a faster but more limited network for the phoneâs wireless Internet connection.
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StreamCast has formally asked the US Supreme Court to reject the request made by the Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Ass.
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Vonage is downplaying an appeals court decision affirming an earlier verdict of patent infringement on two patents owned by Verizon Communications.
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Verizon Wireless Inc. has encountered strong opposition for its request that an appeals court overturn U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction rules on a portion of wireless spectrum.
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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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Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy.
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Vodafone, the UK-based mobile phone giant, has denied reports that it might be preparing a joint bid with Verizon for Sprint, the third largest US mobile operator.
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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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Global telecommunications giant Vodafone on Thursday said it would retain its 45 percent stake in US company Verizon Wireless, rejecting proposals from an activist shareholder group.
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LONDON -- Vodafone Group PLC on Monday denied a newspaper report it is considering making a $160 billion bid for its U.S. partner in the wireless phone business, Verizon Communications Inc.
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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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WASHINGTON, December 15: The Motion Picture Association of America has filed suit against more than 100 file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent, Direct Connect and eDonkey, which allow users to download illegal copies of movies and television shows from
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Saying it had the right to block "controversial or unsavory" text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from NARAL Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon's mobile network available for a text-message program.