If the Supreme Court is looking for a middle ground in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, it's going to be hard to find. That copyright case, argued this morning, could have a big impact on resale markets around the country.
A US District Court judge in California has absolved Sony of several charges in a class-action suit that followed the 2011 breach of its PlayStation Network (PSN) and on-demand entertainment service Qriocity.
Judge Anthony Battaglia this month dismissed claims against Sony, which include negligence, unjust enrichment, and bailment, noting in a court order that "none of [the] plaintiffs' current allegations assert willful, intentional, or reckless conduct on behalf of Sony".
On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that pits a major textbook publisher against Supap Kirtsaeng, a student-entrepreneur who built a small business importing and selling textbooks.
Samsung can't seem to catch a break. Just last night, it was revealed the company is under investigation by the Department of Justice for its use of standard-setting patents. Today comes much worse news—a serious loss to Apple at the International Trade Commission.
Kyle Goodwin, the Ohio videographer who was chosen by the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a representative of innocent Megaupload users, has asked a Virginia federal judge to unseal search warrants and other documents related to the January raid on Megaupload's Virginia servers. In a brief filed on Goodwin's behalf, EFF argues Goodwin needs access to the documents to make his case for the return of his property. The civil liberties group also contends that the public has a right to know how the raid was conducted.
A 20-year-old from Amiens, France, has allegedly managed to steal around half a million of euros (over $650,000) by creating and distributing a Trojan disguised as legitimate Android apps.
Recently arrested in his home city, the youngster would allegedly download these apps from third-party download sites, modify them to include the Trojan, then reintroduced these trojanized versions onto the sites.
Insurance providers have forecast a growing demand for cyber insurance products in Australia as the government moves to crack down on data breaches.
To date, cyber insurance products – covering breaches of privacy law, data loss and DDoS attacks – have attracted more than $500 million a year in premiums worldwide.
Home secretary Theresa May has announced that London computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US. "Mr McKinnon is accused of serious crimes. But there is also no doubt that he is seriously ill", May said. According to the Home Secretary, McKinnon suffers from Asperger's syndrome and an extradition would present a significant suicide risk.
European Union regulators want Google to make changes to its new privacy policy to protect the rights of its users, the EU's national data protection regulators said in a letter to the US internet company, which was seen by Reuters.
The letter, which stopped short of declaring Google's approach to collecting user data illegal, follows an investigation led by France's Commission Nationale de l'Informatique (CNIL) that began in February.
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will finally find out tomorrow whether he will be extradited to the United States following a lengthy legal battle which his mother has likened to a “waterboarding of the mind”.
The decision, which will be announced by the Home Secretary, comes more than ten years after he was first arrested for breaking into a string of American military networks from his north London bedsit.
