File-Sharing Redux - The Battle Continues and the Battlefield Expands

File-sharing battle has gone from music to video, with Viacom charging YouTube with copyright violation. Steps traditional media with lots of content can take to protect copyright holders.

Cell Phone Records

Cell Phone Records are no longer available online but there are still ways to Catch Em Cheating.

The EU Takes Action to Protect Its E-communications Network From Disaster Damage

The European Union is taking contingency measures to prevent disruptions of Internet service, such as the failures taking place in Asia after a major earthquake hit the coast of Taiwan in December 2006. To prevent a similar situation, the European Union has sought expert feedback on how to ensure European electronic networks are protected and resilient against terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

10 Qualities a Criminal Defense Lawyer Should Posses

In the legal world one aspect is more serious than others, criminal cases. In these cases the burden on the shoulder of the criminal lawyer is immense as he is the one who will ensure that the accused will get just treatment as per the law.

Pornosquatting - Domain Name Theft Nightmare

One of the more common issues relates to pornosquatting. In its simplest form, pornosquatting occurs when your trademark is used as part of a domain name for a website containing pornographic material. Regardless, pornography alone may not be enough to show bad faith.

E-book Theft - Protecting What is Rightfully Yours

Criminals are eagerly awaiting the completion of your e-book. They will will make a few changes, then sell it as their own. Or, worse yet, give it away for free.

Net Neutrality and the Carrier Hotel

Legislation such as HR 5252, without specific network neutrality protection, will drive the second tier of network providers to develop parallel infrastructure using wireless and physical cable, in addition to stronger peering relationships allowing bypass of large network infrastructure. Carrier hotels support stronger peering relationships among smaller networks and content providers by allowing a neutral interconnection environment, bypassing large wholesale network infrastructure or transit.

Hijacked! What To Do When Your Website is Stolen

How to find out if your website's content or graphics have been stolen and what to do if it has. The internet, being the free and open place that it is, makes it easy for would-be thieves and not-so-savory companies to lift anything and everything from another website. It is important to take a stand when infringing material is found. Consequences of another individual or company using your written material, graphics, or even logo can damage your reputation, get you blacklisted by search engines, and more.

Who Had The Patent For MP3 Players First? iPod or Creative

Like probably many people I was under the impression that Apple Computer Inc. was responsible for the software and technology behind the mp3 player.

How to Assign Copyrights for an eBook to a Non-Profit; Sample Letter

If you are an author and have written an e-book, which can help people often nonprofit groups will discover it and ask if they can put the e-book on their web site for all their members of their organization. Some authors don't want to do this because they want to make money selling the e-book online and make 50% royalties.

Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit

One of the top news stories this week involves the judgment against Microsoft by a small company with a big software patent. Despite heated input by the Internet community to invalidate Eolas' patent because of its broad nature, Microsoft lost every appeal and effort to get the patent nullified. Unfortunately, that decision means a bit of trouble for a few million web designers who use Flash, streaming movies, and more.

Yahoo to Prohibit Competitive Keyword Bids Containing Trademarks

In a recent announcement e-mailed to advertisers using Yahoo Search Marketing, the search engine giant states no more competitive bids on keywords containing trademarks will be allowed as of March 1 2006.

VegaStream's VoIP Regulation and Compliance

Industry regulators have a first duty to protect the consumer. In the telecommunications industry of late, that duty has been interpreted as a remit to liberalize the marketplace from monopoly and so enable competition, better services and lower prices.

Free Content without Articles, Blog Feeds, and Copyright Issues

While auto-generating sites from articles and RSS feeds are all the rage, and fast, nothing beats old-fashioned manual site creation for the long-term. Auto-generation typically requires a program or script. But unless you roll your own, your moneymaking sites are leaving a footprint (don't believe everything you read, they are trying to sell software) that the search engines will catch up with in the next 6-12 months; mark these words (this comes from personal experience).

Web Design: Photograph Copyright Issues

When designing a web page, you need to be careful about what pictures you use. Many people simply grab them off Google - they see a picture they like, and they put it on their web site. Unfortunately, copyright law protects the person who took the picture as the owner - if you’re not careful you could end up facing a lawsuit.