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30 Apr 2001
A Danish high court has ruled that a web site was responsible for content to which it linked. Two 16-year-olds had web sites with deep links to certain MP3 music files that infringe the copyrights of artists and record companies. According to reports,...
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30 Apr 2001
A US appeals court in New York will tomorrow hear a case concerning the legality of linking to and publishing on-line a piece of code, called DeCSS, that can be used to crack the anti-copying code of DVDs, known as CSS (Content Scrambling System).
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30 Apr 2001
A German court has ruled that when an employee creates a computer program he is not entitled to compensation under employee invention laws if the creation of a computer program was part of his work duties.
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30 Apr 2001
Three business organisations are pushing for new industry standards as part of an international initiative to promote consumer trust in e-commerce through voluntary business self-regulation.
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27 Apr 2001
A licensor of Carmageddon, a game that some retailers banned due to the violence it depicts, has won its case in a UK court against an exclusive distributor seeking payment for breach of licence terms. The licensee, Titus Sarl, was required to pay an...
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27 Apr 2001
News site The Register.co.uk has reported that ownership of a domain name used for the web site of a PR company in England was mysteriously transferred to a Wisconsin resident and that he is now auctioning it for sale on eBay.
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27 Apr 2001
Microsoft is being sued by a maker of anti-piracy technology for alleged infringement of its patents. InterTrust Technologies of California, a digital rights management (DRM) specialist, is asking a court to stop Microsoft using its technology in the...
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27 Apr 2001
Advance copies of a banned book have been withdrawn from internet auction site eBay. The book in question, “The Wind Done Gone,” was an unauthorised sequel to “Gone With The Wind” and is the subject of a high-profile copyright...
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26 Apr 2001
The application of tax provisions to shares and securities is frequently determined by whether the shares and securities are listed on a “recognised stock exchange”. Now, the Inland Revenue intends to clarify the rules with a revised interpretation...
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26 Apr 2001
British e-tailers are the most confident in Europe, despite the current climate of high-tech job losses and profit warnings, according to a report commissioned by telecoms and e-business solutions provider Energis and conducted by the Industrial Research...
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