5 posts and columns on copyright violations

Who Got the Loot? How YouTube Split Up Google’s Billions.

in Media on March 18, 2010 at 11:42 am PT

Google’s $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube is perhaps the best-known transaction of the Web 2.0 era. Most of the money, $1.3 billion, went to three co-founders and two investors. Here’s a breakdown of who got what.

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Power.com Suit Against Facebook Is Dismissed

in News on October 23, 2009 at 2:52 pm PT

A U.S. District Judge dismissed a lawsuit against Facebook by Power.com Thursday, the latest move in a back-and-forth legal battle between the two social-media services.

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New Zealand Reconsiders Three-Strikes Rule on Internet Use

in News on March 26, 2009 at 10:25 am PT

New Zealand agreed this week to reconsider a controversial law that cut off Internet access to people accused of copyright violations. The country’s parliament passed Section 92a of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act in 2008, also known as the “three-strikes” rule, which would have come into play in February 2009. If an Internet user was even accused of file-sharing or otherwise violating copyright laws, his or her Internet-service provider would cut off service.

RealDVD Launch Buffering…Buffering…

in News on October 8, 2008 at 6:47 am PT

Looks like RealNetworks’ RealDVD, the company’s new “legal” DVD ripper, is off the market for the foreseeable future. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel on Tuesday renewed the temporary restraining order barring Real from distributing the software.