'Warcraft' maker Blizzard Wins Copyright Cheating Lawsuit

Cheating is now a violation of copyright, according to a U.S. district judge who ruled for World of Warcraft maker Blizzard on Tuesday. Blizzard was suing MDY Industries for their software program WoWGlider, which...

Judge:release taped Serial Murderer/Rapist Bernardo interview

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian Judge has ruled the taped interview of Serial Murderer and Rapist Paul Bernardo's can be released to the public.  Paul Bernardo videotaped his victims...

Tune In, Turn On, Take Down: iGasm Draws Apple Ire

The product itself isn't news, but the ad campaign sure is... Anne Summers (UK's purveyor of adult accouterments) has launched an ad campaign for their newest product that virtually guaranteed a take-down order...

Fox issues threats to sites linking to YouTube videos

Cory Doctorow has a very interesting column today about the lengths media corporations will go to enforce its control over the web. In this case, Fox is issuing legal threats to sites that link to material that Fox claims has been stolen from it.An analogy would be if police...

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