You may now add movie theaters to the list of places where Google Glass can get you into trouble, along with bars, casinos …
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Aereo Open to Supreme Court Bout With Broadcasters
Online streaming service won’t oppose a petition brought by CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox for copyright infringement
“Why would anybody want to destroy a perfectly good KRS-One song?”
Google: U.S. Gov’t, Police Make More Requests for Private Data in 2011
Apparently, not only is Big Brother watching you, he also really would rather that you weren’t watching him online, thank you very much. According to Google’s most recent transparency report, the first half of 2011 saw a 70% rise in requests from U.S. government and law enforcement to remove videos from YouTube, as well as a 29% rise in …
Verisign Seeks Authority to Shut Down Websites Without Court Orders
Verisign, the company that manages all .com and .net domain registrations, is seeking the authority to cancel the registrations of “non-legitimate abusive sites” when asked by governments—with or without a court order.
Law enforcement in the U.S. have recently begun using domain name seizures to shut down sites that allegedly …
Patents, Anyone? Gadget Makers Continue to Square Off in Court
Whatever your stance on the current state of patent law—it’s essential to protecting intellectual property, it’s detrimental to innovation, or something in between—the fact is that there’s a whole lot of patent-related activity happening in the tech sector right now, much of it to do with mobile devices.
Google’s …
U.K. Government Won’t Ban Social Media in Emergencies
Following the riots that engulfed England earlier this month, social media such as Twitter, Facebook and even BlackBerry messaging found itself being blamed for helping the unrest. Even U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, asked “whether it would be right” to ban criminals from having access.
Thankfully, cooler heads seem to have …
Federal Judge: No Warrant? No Cell Phone Location Data
A Federal court judge has done his part to fend off an Orwellian future, ruling that the government can’t collect citizens’ cell phone location data without a warrant.
The government had ordered Verizon Wireless to hand over 113 days worth of cell site location data for a criminal suspect without probable cause. In its argument, the …
Supreme Court: ‘Video Games Qualify for First Amendment Protection’
In a 7-2 decision with an opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court effectively declared on Monday (PDF file) that video games can be afforded the same constitutional protections as visual art, film, music and other forms of expression.
The case that went before the court, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants …
Senate Committee Votes to Make Illegal Video Streaming a Felony
Score one for the MPAA.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to make illegal video streaming a felony. The proposed law still has to go through to the full Senate for voting before you start having to be more careful about where you’re clicking.
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How the European Cookies Are Crumbling (on the Web)
“Cookies,” say the bureaucrats at the European Union. “We hates them.”
And therein lies a problem.
Cookies, you see, are everywhere on the net. And your computer, too. A cookie is a teeny-tiny little text file that gets left on your computer by pretty much every single website you visit.
They’re actually quite useful. Cookies …
Juror Faces Jail for Contacting Defendant via Facebook
A juror who used Facebook to contact the defendant in a drugs case now faces a possible jail term. The story begins last year, when Jamie Sewart was in court to answer drugs charges in the U.K. city of Manchester.
Jury member Joanne Fraill found Sewart on Facebook and started sending her messages, including behind-the-scenes details …