
FCC Schedules Broadband Hearing at Stanford UniversityPosted Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:01 PM Though Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin recently said he wouldn’t schedule a second network-management hearing at Stanford University, the agency has reconsidered. |
German Court Tightens Data-Retention RulesPosted Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:11 PM Germany’s highest court ruled this week that previous rules concerning data retention for Internet service providers and telephone companies were problematic but still mandatory. |
NR Media Files Amended Complaint in Lawsuit Against Too Much MediaPosted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:10 PM An amended and supplemental complaint was filed in federal court this week in NR Media’s lawsuit against Too Much Media, creator of the NATS back-end affiliate program software, and Chief Executive Officer John Albright. |
Spitzer Call Girl Possibly Underage in 2003 Girls Gone WildPosted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:59 AM Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis told AVN Online on Wednesday that call girl Ashley Alexander Dupre might have been 17 years old when shooting footage in Miami in celebration of her 18th birthday. |
Online Advertiser Settles CAN-SPAM Charges for $2.9 MillionPosted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:58 AM Under a settlement reached Wednesday with the Federal Trade Commission, online advertiser ValueClick and its subsidiary Hi-Speed Media will pay $2.9 million in civil penalties for violations of the CAN-SPAM Act. |
Sweden Cracks Down on File SharersPosted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:30 PM In an attempt to end online piracy, Swedish courts soon will have the power to force the country's Internet providers to pass on suspected file sharers' IP information. |
Federal Agencies Quash Suit from .xxx Domain BackerPosted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:05 PM A federal judge has granted summary judgment to the Bush administration in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by ICM Registry, the company behind the rejected .xxx top-level domain. |
Mass. to Hold Hearing for Video-Game BillPosted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:11 PM The Massachusetts Legislature will hold a hearing Wednesday for a bill aimed at preventing minors from purchasing violent or sexual video games. |
'Spam King' Pleads Guilty of Felony FraudPosted Monday, March 17, 2008 5:30 PM Robert Soloway, called the "spam king" by federal prosecutors, has pleaded guilty of felony mail fraud, fraud in connection with electronic mail and failing to file a tax return in 2005. |
Melissa Midwest Involved in Lawsuit With Another ModelPosted Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:15 PM Internet model Adrienne Meints filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Lincoln, Neb., asking a federal judge to order Melissa Midwest to give up a domain name. |
Joe Francis Speaks at Beverly Hills News ConferencePosted Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:05 PM Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis spoke about his release from jail and his upcoming plans at a news conference Thursday morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. |
Official Addresses Misunderstandings About Canadian Copyright BillPosted Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:29 AM New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Charlie Angus is trying to clear up misunderstandings about Canada’s new copyright bill. |
EXCLUSIVE - Joe Francis Released from Nevada JailPosted Monday, March 10, 2008 8:03 PM Joe Francis, founder of Girls Gone Wild, is being released from a Nevada jail and returned to Florida on Tuesday to face charges related to the filming of underage girls. |
Judge Grants Default Judgment Against Malware ProgrammerPosted Monday, March 10, 2008 5:13 PM U.S. District Court Judge sided with the FTC and granted a default judgment against an ERG Ventures programmer for infecting computers with spyware and adult-oriented pop-ups. |
What a Penthouse Media Group IPO MeansPosted Monday, March 10, 2008 10:12 AM Only three months after making a $500 million acquisition, diversified media company Penthouse Media Group International announced that it plans to sell shares to the public. |
MobiTV Threatens to Take HowardForums OfflinePosted Saturday, March 8, 2008 5:00 PM MobiTV, a provider and platform for content delivery over mobile and broadband networks, has threatened to sue mobile phone community and resource HowardForums. |
Penthouse Media Group Planning to Go PublicPosted Wednesday, March 5, 2008 3:50 PM Penthouse Media Group International announced on Wednesday that it expects to file a registration statement during the second quarter of 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell shares of its common stock. |
Survey: ISP Warnings Could Cut File Swapping by 70 PercentPosted Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:39 AM According to a survey released by United Kingdom media law firm Wiggin, warnings by Internet service providers could reduce “digital piracy” by 70 percent. |
Russian Business Network Deemed Cybercrime RiskPosted Monday, March 3, 2008 4:00 PM Security experts warn that the St. Petersburg-based Russian Business Network has been cited as one of the world’s largest perpetrators of websites for child pornography, spam and identity theft. |
Chinese Search Engine Sued for Music PiracyPosted Monday, March 3, 2008 12:25 PM The Music Copyright Society of China is seeking damages totaling 1 million yen (about $140,000) in a lawsuit aimed at the popular Chinese search engine Baidu. |
Comcast Subpoenaed for P2P Traffic ThrottlingPosted Sunday, March 2, 2008 5:00 AM According to published reports, the New York attorney general's office has subpoenaed broadband provider Comcast for information about its interference with subscribers' file-sharing traffic. |
ObscenityCrimes.org Logs 70,000th ComplaintPosted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:10 PM ObscenityCrimes.org, launched in 2002 by the group Morality in Media, logged its 70,000th complaint on Feb. 23. |
FCC Will Act On Net Neutrality If NecessaryPosted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:14 AM FCC chairman Kevin Martin said on Monday that he is "ready, willing and able" to prevent broadband providers from unreasonably interfering with subscribers' access to Internet content. |
Website Shutdown Sparks First Amendment ConcernsPosted Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:40 PM The shutdown of a website that publishes anonymous whistleblower documents was ordered last week by a federal judge in San Francisco, a move legal experts say raises First Amendment concerns. |
Toyota Threatens to Sue DDF ProductionsPosted Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:00 AM Lawyers for Toyota Motor Sales USA have threatened to sue DDFProd.com, parent company of DDFCash.com, over the stage name of model Lea Lexus. |
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