Source: CNN
A judge has approved a settlement agreement in a music antitrust lawsuit that will result in more than 3.5 million consumers receiving nearly $13 each.
Judge D. Brock Hornby issued a 51-page ruling Friday in the case that began in 1996 when attorneys general across the country began investigating whether distributors and retailers had conspired to inflate CD prices.
Source: ZDNet UK
The hacker who attacked AL-Jazeera's Web site during the Iraq war has pleaded guilty to the crime, but he is expected to get off very lightly
A Californian man pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges stemming from an attack on the Web site of the Arab news service Al-Jazeera during the early days of the Iraq conflict.
Source: The Register
PeopleSoft has filed suit against Oracle, saying legal action is the only way to protect its business against a "sham" takeover bid.
Source: Dayton Daily News
A 23-year-old man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he hacked into Hamilton County government Web sites and had child pornography on his computer.
A county grand jury indicted Jesse Tuttle of Cincinnati on six counts of unauthorized use of property and 10 counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.
Source: The Register
A US Web designer has been charged with breaking into DNS servers and rerouting surfers visiting the Web site of Al-Jazeera to a "Let Freedom Ring" patriotic Web site he created,
John William Racine II, of Norco, California, is also accused of intercepting Web email sent to the Arab satellite TV network, AP reports.
The 24 year-old is out on bail pending a Monday court appearance when he will face charges of unlawful interception of an electronic communication and wire fraud.
Source: Wired
A homeless man on Wednesday admitted hiring other homeless people to help him steal more than $100,000 from charities for victims of the World Trade Center terror attack.
Source: ZDNet
A federal jury on Tuesday found eBay guilty of patent infringement and ordered the online auction giant to pay $35 million in damages.
A U.S. district Court jury sided with MercExchange of Great Falls, Va., which accused eBay in 2001 of infringing on three patents held by MercExchange founder Tom Woolston. The verdict determined that eBay and its Half.com subsidiary willfully infringed on two of those patents with their "Buy It Now" feature for fixed-price sales.
