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German law smites Warhammer 40,000 fan film
'Damnatus', an ambitious film lovingly crafted by German fans and based on the world of a tabletop war game 'Warhammer 40,000' has been banned from release because German copyright law "confers righ....  »
Johnny Cash royalties' lawsuit launched
The daughters of late country music legend Johnny Cash have launched an investigation into why they have never received royalties from his hit, 'Ring of Fire'....  »
Hollywood advises Bollywood in piracy fight
Stronger enforcement of copyright laws and educating audiences have been commended as being a must if Bollywood wishes to reduce the millions of dollars lost each year at the hands of piracy, says a....  »
US media giants form copyright pact
Some of the biggest media companies in the US including Microsoft, Walt Disney and Viacom have agreed on a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online....  »
Amazon in patent dispute over 1-click shopping
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Illegal downloader ordered to pay $222,000
A US federal jury ordered, Jammie Thomas of Minnesota, to pay $222,000 for sharing copyrighted music through the Kazaa peer-to-peer network service, marking the first time a case like this has gone ....  »
Ethics group searches Google for copyright infringement
A US ethics group has urged Congress to scrutinise Google's copyright control after finding hundreds of evidently pirated movies available online on the Internet Search leaders website....  »
Prince to sue YouTube
Prince is launching legal action against Google Inc. owners of the popular YouTube, for copyright infringement in an effort to end unauthorised use of his music and performances....  »
Domain fraudster takes fall
In early September, Las Vegas resident David Dominic Scali was charged with impersonating an intellectual property lawyer for the purposes of illegally procuring domain names. ...  »
Authorities move against domain holder
Brussels-based EURid (the European Registry of Internet Domain Names) has suspended approximately 10,000 .eu domain names registered by a single owner because of doubts over the owner’s eligibilit....  »