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  • September 2008

    • Suit: Spielberg Copied Hitchcock

      Associated Press  |  Sep 9, 08 10:12 AM CDT

      Suit: Spielberg Copied Hitchcock

      (Newser) - Steven Spielberg ripped off Rear Window when he made last year’s thriller Disturbia , a lawsuit filed yesterday alleges. The 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic was based on a 1942 short story, and the owner of the rights to the story has sued for compensation from Spielberg, DreamWorks, and Paramount Pictures, the AP reports. The defendants declined comment. More »

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      Steven Spielberg  • copyright infringement  • DreamWorks  • Paramount Pictures  • Shia LaBeouf  • Alfred Hitchcock

    • Rowling Wins Copyright Case

      BBC  |  Sep 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Rowling Wins Copyright Case

      (Newser) - A fan-written "Harry Potter lexicon" will not be published, a federal judge in New York ruled today, finding for author JK Rowling that the reference guide was an infringement of copyright. The ruling held that the book would cause Rowling irreparable harm as a writer, the BBC reports. The Potter creator had characterized the unpublished work as “wholesale theft.” More »

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      Harry Potter  • court  • copyright  • JK Rowling  • copyright infringement  • copyright law  • intellectual property  • Britain

  • August 2008

    • Clone-Maker Files Countersuit Against Apple

      PC Magazine  |  Aug 29, 08 8:10 PM CDT

      Clone-Maker Files Countersuit Against Apple

      (Newser) - Mac clone-maker Psystar countersued Apple this week and charged it with violating antitrust law, PC Magazine reports. The battle centers on a provision in Apple’s end user agreement that prohibits non-Mac hardware from running its operating system. Psystar admits to selling computers with such hardware, and says they can be sold for hundreds of dollars cheaper than Apple's MacBook. More »

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      Apple  • lawsuit  • computer  • antitrust  • copyright infringement  • Macintosh  • clone

    • Northwestern Using Emails to Combat File Sharing

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 28, 08 8:18 PM CDT

      Northwestern Using Emails to Combat File Sharing

      (Newser) - Northwestern University has a way to decrease peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files: send students emails. The system, called Be Aware You’re Uploading, delivers email notifications to active p2p users on the network, Ars Technica reports. BAYU has a successful track record of reducing p2p usage and copyright violations. It’s not a real punishment, but BAYU works by informing users oblivious to illegal uploading. More »

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      email  • copyright  • file sharing  • copyright infringement  • open source  • University of Michigan  • Northwestern University  • illegal downloading  • peer to peer  • p2p

    • Bratz Dolls Must Pay Barbie $100M in Copyright Suit

      Associated Press  |  Aug 26, 08 6:39 PM CDT

      Bratz Dolls Must Pay Barbie $100M in Copyright Suit

      (Newser) - Barbie will get $100 million from her saucier cousins, the Bratz dolls, for copyright infringement, the AP reports. A federal jury ordered Bratz maker MGA to pay Mattel the sum, but it did not award punitive damages and gave Mattel only a fraction of what it sought. Last month, the jury sided with Mattel in deciding that the Bratz designer concocted the idea while working at the larger company. More »

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      lawsuit  • toys  • copyright infringement  • Mattel  • Barbie  • MGA Entertainment  • Bratz

    • Ex-Bush Aide: Swing Vote Stole My Story

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Ex-Bush Aide: Swing Vote Stole My Story

      (AP) - An ex-Bush aide has sued Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer, and Disney, claiming the plot and marketing elements of the recently released movie Swing Vote were originally his, the AP reports. Bradley Blakeman, now a TV commentator, says in a federal lawsuit that he gave Grammer a screenplay that the Frasier actor agreed to develop and star in, and he ended up playing a similar role in Swing Vote. More »

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      lawsuit  • movie industry  • copyright infringement  • Walt Disney Co.  • Kelsey Grammer  • Kevin Costner  • Swing Vote

  • July 2008

    • Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

      (Newser) - In a deal reached last night, Google has agreed to hand over YouTube user data Viacom had demanded in its copyright lawsuit, but only after replacing user names and IP addresses with unique substitutes to protect users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move will allow Viacom and other plaintiffs to explore statistics without learning who’s viewing what. More »

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      lawsuit  • YouTube  • Viacom  • copyright infringement  • encryption  • anonymous  • private data

    • Google Refuses to Hand Over Employee Data

      CNET  |  Jul 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT

      Google Refuses to Hand Over Employee Data

      (Newser) - Google is refusing to turn over records of content its employees at YouTube have uploaded, CNET reports. Two weeks ago, a judge ordered the company to disclose a huge set of user data, along with information on employees, as part of Viacom’s copyright claim. If workers uploaded copyright-protected material, the video-sharing site's protection under federal law could be in jeopardy. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • YouTube  • copyright  • Viacom  • copyright infringement

    • Google Must Turn Over YouTube Records: Judge

      Wired  |  Jul 4, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Google Must Turn Over YouTube Records: Judge

      (Newser) - A judge has ordered Google to give Viacom records of all videos ever watched on YouTube, including users’ names and IP addresses, Wired reports. Viacom is seeking the data to bolster its $1 billion lawsuit against Google for allowing copyrighted Viacom clips on YouTube. The media giant believes the data will show that copyrighted clips draw more views than user-created content. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • YouTube  • online privacy  • copyright  • Viacom  • copyright infringement

  • June 2008

    • Footprints Poem Leads to Authorship Suit

      Washington Post  |  Jun 1, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Footprints Poem Leads to Authorship Suit

      (Newser) - A religious poem that adorns coffee mugs and T-shirts worldwide may now inspire a court battle, the Washington Post reports. A Long Island man has filed suit claiming that his mother wrote the inspirational work, "Footprints in the Sand." At least a dozen others have claimed authorship of the poem, which has raked in millions of dollars in merchandising. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • copyright  • copyright infringement  • author

  • May 2008