Quoted: apologizing to Mr. Dotcom
“I apologize to Mr. Dotcom… We failed to provide that appropriate protection for him.” — John Key, New Zealand prime minister, on the finding that the government illegally spied on Megaupload founder...
View ArticleQuoted: on ‘first sale’ copyright case before Supreme Court
“When an American purchases an authentic item, he shouldn’t have to ask permission from the manufacturer to do with it what he wants.” — Hillary Brill, legislative counsel for eBay, on the “first sale”...
View ArticleCopyrights and wrongs: Megaupload evolves, record $1.5 million piracy award
It’s been a little while, but we’ve got your copyright news right here: • First, remember Megaupload? It’s coming back smaller than ever. Well, at least in name: It’s coming back as Mega. Kim Dotcom,...
View ArticleAround the valley: Apple iPad sales, Tesla earnings, Netflix poison pill,...
It’s your Monday tech grab bag of notable news about Silicon Valley companies: • Apple and Tesla are both seeing a boost in their shares after announcements about iPad sales and earnings, respectively....
View ArticleFollow-ups: Bradley Manning’s ‘responsibility’; Megaupload successor’s obstacle
A couple of follow-ups on previously mentioned news on GMSV: • Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking documents to WikiLeaks, is reportedly ready to “take...
View ArticleTech trip: In Italy, Google convictions overturned, Apple fined again; U.K....
It’s an around-the-world tech grab bag: • First stop, Italy, where the 2010 criminal convictions of three Google executives over a video posted on Google Video in 2006 were overturned Friday. The case...
View ArticleTech and policy: Social media and the workplace; Groupon halts gun deals;...
Once again, we’re at the intersection of tech and policy: • Talking shop in the age of social media is fraught with all kinds of issues. The National Labor Relations board has been asking employers to...
View ArticleTech tapas: Hacking the New York Times, and the government. Plus did Mega...
Thursday tech tapas, in which one thing leads to another: • The New York Times reports that Chinese hackers have accessed its computers for the past few months, coinciding with its articles on the...
View ArticleQuoted: ‘Six strikes’ and your Internet could be out? On the Copyright Alert...
“We hope that by the time people get to alerts number five or six, they will stop.” — Jill Lesser, executive director of the Center for Copyright Information, which is overseeing the Copyright Alert...
View ArticlePlaylist: Apple, Beats and streaming; free and discounted music from Google...
The music news, it just keeps streaming in: • Amid recent noise about new music-streaming services from Google (and YouTube), Apple has met with music moguls and Beats Electronics founders Dr. Dre and...
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