Above the Law: TOS Doesn’t Apply to Celebrity Tweeters
Over the past week Hip-Hop artist, 50 Cent, took control of his Twitter account and went on a tweet rampage. He threatened to kill people, posted pornographic images, issued defamatory statements against other artists, and also made racist statements. His Twitpic account was suspended due to the pornographic images. But his Twitter account is still [...]
Read MoreInNova Files Lawsuit against Google, Aol, and Dell
All emails have it….the ability to automatically detect spam email from “real” and legitimate email. It is so effective that we never see the spam mail. Genius. However, the technology behind this spam email detector is a registered patent with the USPTO and allegedly a bunch of companies are using the technology without the patent [...]
Read MoreRead Before You Sign: The Battle for Facebook
By now most of you have heard about the lawsuit against Facebook. Web developer Paul Ceglia alleges he paid Mark Zuckerberg $1000 to create code for a project he owned, Street Fax. Ceglia also agreed to assist Zuckerberg with developing Zuckerberg’s project, TheFacebook.com which eventually became Facebook.com. In exchange for the $1000 and investment by Ceglia [...]
Read MoreOverkill: Blogetery Shut Down Due to Terror Links
Last Friday, Burst.net, a web hosing company shut down blogging platform, Blogetery.com, a site that contained more than 70,000 blogs. Apparently, the FBI informed Burst.net that Blogetery.com contained links on the site’s servers to al-Qaeda materials. As reported by C-Net, allegedly the links included ” names of American citizens targeted for assassination by al-Qaeda, messages [...]
Read MoreDownloading Video Games and Movies? Make Sure it is Legal
According to Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the film industry loses an estimated 18 billion dollars a year from global online piracy. The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association (CESA) estimates the gaming industry loses over 41 billion dollars a year as a result of online piracy. These are staggering figures. So it is not a [...]
Read MorePatent Predicament: eBay Sued for Patent Infringement
Today another lawsuit has been filed against a tech giant. eBay is being sued for patent infringement regarding the technology behind the eBay owned properties, PayPal, Shopping.com, Bill Me Later, and StubHub.com. Who knew eBay acquired all four companies? XPRT Ventures LLC is alleging eBay acquired all four companies with the intention of infringing on [...]
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