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Jammie Thomas: Now Fighting against Both RIAA and MPAA

Jammie Thomas – mother (of four) that has been sued by the RIAA for sharing 24 songs, is now struggling to win not only against the trade group claiming to represent the U.S....

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Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

NinjaVideo "queen" gets 22 months in jail, owes $200,000 to Hollywood

NinjaVideo.net's "queen" is going to jail—and paying theover $200,000. A federal judge today sentenced Hana Amal "Queen Phara" Beshara to 22 months in a West Virginia prison and enrolled her (at her request)...

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Friday, January 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Court Revives NSA Dragnet Surveillance Case

The National Security Agency allegedly siphoned Americans A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a closely watched lawsuit accusing the federal government of working with the nation’s largest telecommunication companies to illegally funnel...

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Thursday, December 29th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Victory for Apple: US trade body bans infringing HTC phones starting in April

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued its ruling on the patent battle between HTC and Apple. In a decision issued Monday, the ITC said that it had found a patent violation in...

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Monday, December 19th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Judge: indictment for Twitter harassment is unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that prosecuting a man for writing harassing tweets directed at a prominent Buddhist religious leader violated the tweeter's First Amendment rights. The target of the harassment, Alyce...

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Friday, December 16th, 2011 Net News No Comments