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03 Jul 2005
Twenty-three file-sharers have agreed to pay up to £4,500 each in order to settle cases brought against them by the British Phonographic Industry. A further 31 new cases are likely to be brought in the UK by the music industry in the next few months....
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15 Jun 2005
Sony Computer Entertainment has been fined $90 million by a US district court in a patent case over a vibrating PlayStation controller. The ruling also prohibits the sale of the PlayStation and PS2 in the US , but the ban has been stayed pending an appeal....
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15 Jun 2005
The UK computer games industry has agreed to improve the warnings on adult video games in order to increase parental awareness of the types of games being played by their children, the Government announced on Saturday.
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15 Jun 2005
Microsoft yesterday reached agreement with the European Commission on the name of a new European version of Windows that does not include Media Player after initial suggestions were rejected by the regulator as being likely to deter buyers.
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15 Jun 2005
Government plans for a national identity cards scheme will change the fundamental relationship between the State and the individual, according to a report published last week by the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution.
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14 Apr 2005
Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has imposed what amounts to a $2 tax on all new domains. The organisation has just announced the launch of two new top-level domains (like .com or .org) in the form of .travel and .jobs, but the registry agreement...
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14 Apr 2005
An Irish judge has awarded Ryanair an injunction to prevent the destruction of web site user data in a court battle over the identities of its pilots who criticised the airline's working practices in an on-line forum for Ryanair pilots, according to The...
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13 Apr 2005
A US class action copyright lawsuit brought by 21 freelance writers and three writers' groups over the unauthorised use of material in on-line databases has settled. In total, the settlement could net freelance writers $18 million.
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13 Apr 2005
The independent auditor assessing applications by organisations keen to take over as operator of the .net top-level domain has recommended that current operator VeriSign retain control of the domain.
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13 Apr 2005
Telecoms supplier Ericsson has sued mobile phone maker Sendo in the UK , Germany and the Netherlands, alleging patent infringement. The suits seek damages and to stop Sendo making further sales of its mobile phones.
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