30 posts and columns on copyright infringement

Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

in News on February 7 at 1:50 am PT

Unhappy with a judge’s ruling that slashed a judgement from $1.3 billion to $272 million, Oracle says it wants a new copyright infringement trial against rival SAP.
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Brazilian Social Games Company Pays Zynga to Settle Copyright Issues

in Commerce on December 6, 2011 at 9:29 am PT

San Francisco-based Zynga, which is on track to go public next week, has settled a lawsuit against Vostu, a social-game maker in Brazil that Zynga accused of copyright infringement. In a joint statement, the two said: “As part of the settlement, Vostu made a monetary payment to Zynga and made some changes to four of its games.” Terms were not disclosed. Vostu claims to be the largest social game company in Brazil and is backed by Accel Partners, Tiger Technology Global Management, Intel Capital and General Catalyst Partners.

Latest Oracle Damage Claim Still Ridiculous, Google Says

in News on September 21, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Little progress being made in Larry versus Larry.
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Baidu Takes Authors' Fire

in News on March 29, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Baidu Inc. and its billionaire co-founder Robin Li are embroiled in a fresh spat over intellectual property, with authors charging that its document-sharing website is a platform for the unlicensed distribution of their works.

Gag Order Denied in Oracle, SAP Trial

in News on October 29, 2010 at 10:31 am PT

Bad news for SAP, Hewlett-Packard, it’s new CEO Léo Apotheker and anyone else tarred and feathered in Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s recent fusillade of anti-SAP broadsides. A federal judge has denied a request for a gag order in the increasingly contentious legal battle between Oracle and SAP.

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SAP Changes Its Strategy in Oracle Copyright Suit

in News on October 29, 2010 at 2:25 am PT

SAP AG shifted strategies in a long-running legal battle against Oracle Corp., moving to head off what it called an attempt by Oracle to create a “media circus” around the role of a former SAP chief executive who has been named to run Hewlett-Packard Co. The German software company said it will no longer contest Oracle’s allegations that it contributed to acts of copyright infringement committed by a discontinued unit called TomorrowNow

Google Wins YouTube Copyright Suit; Viacom Promises Appeal

in Media on June 23, 2010 at 1:32 pm PT

Google has won its long-running case against Viacom, which accused the search giant’s YouTube of massive copyright infringement. Viacom promises to appeal the federal court ruling, which says that the video site is indeed protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It’s a really big deal.

Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro Resurfaces at…MySpace Music

in Media on June 7, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

It’s not a huge shock to see former start-up CEOs join big companies after the demise of their own. But this move is a bit more surprising: It means that Veoh founder and former CEO Dmitry Shapiro will be working for one of the companies that helped put him out of work.

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Google Sued by Photographers Alleging Copyright Infringement

in News on April 7, 2010 at 12:41 pm PT

Google has been hit with a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in New York City by a number of photography trade groups concerning Google’s “illegal scanning of millions of books and other publications containing copyrighted images and displaying them to the public without regard to the rights of the visual creators.”

Is the YouTube Case Finally Ready to Start Moving Again?

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 1:11 pm PT

Nearly three years after Viacom sued Google over copyright infringement, the case may finally be ready to start moving again. Both sides have asked a federal court for summary judgment, which means there’s an opportunity for the legal system to actually make a decision in what could be a landmark case.

Google Loses a Round in Italian Court: Will YouTube Have to Pay Up?

in Media, December 16, 2009 at 2:11 pm PT

Google’s Mission: To Digitize the World’s Books and Make Them Universally Monetizable by Google

in News, November 16, 2009 at 12:40 pm PT

Microsoft Goes Hunting for Malvertisers. Are They the Same Guys Who Hacked the New York Times?

in Media, September 18, 2009 at 9:46 am PT

Universal Music Gets Slapped in Court. What Does This Mean for Veoh–and YouTube?

in Media, September 14, 2009 at 10:03 pm PT

Is Discovery Communications Working on eBook Reader?

in News, September 1, 2009 at 10:53 am PT

Psystar: The Roughest, Toughest, Hackintosh Stuffest Hombré That's Ever Crossed the Rio Grande

in News, July 29, 2009 at 11:36 am PT

Psystar: The Roughest, Toughest, Hackintosh Stuffest Hombré That’s Ever Crossed the Rio Grande

in News, July 29, 2009 at 11:36 am PT

Psyonara, Redux

in News, May 26, 2009 at 10:51 am PT

YouTube to Veoh: Thanks for the Legal Help. No Hard Feelings if We Put You Out of Business, OK?

in News, August 28, 2008 at 10:35 am PT

Schmidt to Cuban: Only a Moron Would Worry About YouTube

in News, August 14, 2008 at 9:24 am PT

Wordscraper Leaves Hasbro at a Loss for Words

in News, July 31, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Scrabulous No Longer a Stratego Risk to Hasbro Monopoly

in News, July 29, 2008 at 8:26 am PT