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Roxio Inc. is near a deal to buy the online music service Pressplay
from its owners, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment,
sources familiar with the situation said. The deal would bring one of the
two online music services backed by the major record labels under the
control of the company that bought what remained of Napster at bankruptcy
auction last year.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310336
(Source: Reuters)
China Sentences Cyber-Dissident to Five Years for Subversion
Pioneering cyber-dissident Huang Qi, one of the first in China to be
arrested for expressing his political views online, has been sentenced to
five years in prison for subversion, lawyers and rights groups said. Huang
was convicted May 9 by an intermediate court in central China's Chongqing
municipality in a trial that began in January 2001, his lawyer Fan Jun
told AFP.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310334
(Source: The Nando Times)
Microsoft to License Unix Patent Rights from SCO Group
Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group,
a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the
market for computer operating systems. According to a statement from
Microsoft, the company will license SCO's Unix patents and the source
code.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310332
(Source: CNET News.com)
NASA Analyst Favors Open-Source Software for Some Projects
An analyst for NASA recommended in a recent paper that the agency
move some software development to an open-source model. The paper,
published in late April and featured on Slashdot, argues that developing
software under open-source licenses will improve development, lead to
better collaboration and enhance efficiency.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310331
(Source: CNET News.com)
Technical Response to Fight Fizzer Virus Raises Legal Questions
Administrators of Internet relay chat networks believe they might be
able to eradicate the Fizzer virus, but the methods may run them afoul of
cybercrime laws, said a legal expert. Several postings on an IRC-Security
list debated the merits of trying to shut the computer virus down, and one
operator, QuakeNet security team member Daniel Ferguson, warned that
manipulating the worm could be illegal.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310329
(Source: CNET News.com)
Disney to Launch DVDs That Stop Playing After 48 Hours
This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours. That is the warning The
Walt Disney Co. will issue this August when it begins to rent DVDs that
after two days become unplayable and do not have to be returned.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310328
(Source: Reuters)
Judge Orders UBS to Search for E-mails Requested by Plaintiff
UBS Warburg was ordered to pay for the search and recovery of e-mail
messages requested by a plaintiff, giving aggrieved investors a new legal
tool to support their cases against investment banks. Shira A. Scheindlin,
a judge in the southern district of New York, said that UBS had to dig
into its archives and pay for the restoration of a limited batch of e-mail
messages sought by a former employee who is suing the firm for sexual
discrimination and retaliatory dismissal.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310327
(Source: The New York Times)
Plus: Read the opinion (39-page PDF),
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/D02NYSC/03-04265.PDF
Oracle Sues Qwest, a Customer, for Copyright Infringement
The Oracle Corporation is suing Qwest Communications International,
accusing it of abusing licenses and infringing copyrights to its database
software. Qwest, a local telephone service provider, is a customer of
Oracle.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310322
(Source: The New York Times)
Realtors Association Approves Rule Restricting Online Listings
The National Association of Realtors approved a controversial rule
allowing real-estate brokers to restrict online competitors from posting
their property listings on the Internet, a move critics fear will stifle
competition in the real-estate industry. The rule, approved by NAR's board
of directors in Washington, appeared at first blush to do the opposite.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310319
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
Teen Accused of Internet Fraud Files Civil Rights Suit Against School
A Mission Viejo, Calif., teen who paid more than $1.2 million last
year to settle federal Internet-fraud complaints is suing his former high
school for labeling him an embarrassment and booting him from the varsity
baseball team, according to the court filing. Acting as his own attorney,
Cole Bartiromo, 18, filed the $50-million civil rights lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Santa Ana alleging Trabuco Hills High School
administrators barred him from the team last winter because of personal
vendettas based on their own jealousy/anger/spite of Bartiromo's local
fame.
Read more:
http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2003_05_19_index2.html#200310318
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
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