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

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

Just how big a deal was a federal judge’s ruling Monday in the copyright-infringement fight between Veoh and Universal Music Group? Depends on who you ask, of course.

Digital Music Sales Are Up. In Other News, Recording Industry's Whining Trend Line Remains Steady

John Paczkowski in News on January 24, 2008 at 12:05 am PT

Digital music sales are soaring, but that hasn’t stopped the recording industry from continuing to spin its long-running woe-is-me tale of piracy and declining revenues. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s 2008 Digital Music Report (PDF), global digital music sales rose to $2.9 billion in 2007, up from $2.1 billion in 2006. [...]

Digital Music Sales Are Up. In Other News, Recording Industry’s Whining Trend Line Remains Steady

John Paczkowski in News on January 24, 2008 at 12:05 am PT

Digital music sales are soaring, but that hasn’t stopped the recording industry from continuing to spin its long-running woe-is-me tale of piracy and declining revenues. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s 2008 Digital Music Report (PDF), global digital music sales rose to $2.9 billion in 2007, up from $2.1 billion in 2006. [...]

It's a Holiday in Zuckerburbia; It's Tough, Kid, But It's Life …

John Paczkowski in News on October 11, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

It’s a Holiday in Zuckerburbia; It’s Tough, Kid, But It’s Life …

John Paczkowski in News on October 11, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

New From H-P: The Gene Roddenberry Memorial Hypospray

John Paczkowski in News on September 12, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

A Patent Holding Company Named Sue

John Paczkowski in News on September 12, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

NTP has finally found a good use for the $612.5 million patent settlement it won from BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion last year: underwriting more patent-infringement lawsuits. Last Friday the patent holding firm sued AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile for infringing on its portfolio of mobile email-services patents and demanded they pay royalties on the sales [...]

Sun CEO to NetApp: I'm Rubber, You're Glue. What Bounces off Me Sticks to You

John Paczkowski in News on September 6, 2007 at 9:18 am PT

The laundry rooms at Sun Microsystems and Network Appliance must be on the fritz, because the two companies have begun washing their dirty laundry in public. Yesterday, NetApp sued Sun, alleging that its ZFS storage software, a key element of its Solaris operating system, violates seven NetApp patents. Dave Hitz, co-founder of NetApp, explained the [...]

Sun CEO to NetApp: I’m Rubber, You’re Glue. What Bounces off Me Sticks to You

John Paczkowski in News on September 6, 2007 at 9:18 am PT

The laundry rooms at Sun Microsystems and Network Appliance must be on the fritz, because the two companies have begun washing their dirty laundry in public. Yesterday, NetApp sued Sun, alleging that its ZFS storage software, a key element of its Solaris operating system, violates seven NetApp patents. Dave Hitz, co-founder of NetApp, explained the [...]