P2P filesharing is legal

Entertainment Industry Loses in Web Case because the Judge said that there were substantial non-infringing uses for P2P software.Judge Stephen Wilson of United States District Court ruled that Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which offers the Morpheus peer-to-peer...

Cramming – telemarketers’ new tool

Telemarketer reveals tricks of trade. Nasty.Surprised consumers often complain when they find an unexplained $30 charge on their bill, the former employee, who requested anonymity, said. Epixtar then produces phone recordings proving that the charges were authorized....

P2P filesharing is legal

Entertainment Industry Loses in Web Case because the Judge said that there were substantial non-infringing uses for P2P software.Judge Stephen Wilson of United States District Court ruled that Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which offers the Morpheus peer-to-peer...

Cramming – telemarketers’ new tool

Telemarketer reveals tricks of trade. Nasty.Surprised consumers often complain when they find an unexplained $30 charge on their bill, the former employee, who requested anonymity, said. Epixtar then produces phone recordings proving that the charges were authorized....

P2P filesharing is legal

Entertainment Industry Loses in Web Case because the Judge said that there were substantial non-infringing uses for P2P software.Judge Stephen Wilson of United States District Court ruled that Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which offers the Morpheus peer-to-peer...

Microsoft, UK Schools and the OFT

Microsoft’s UK Schools Licence has been referred to the OFT. As it should be:the requirement for schools licensed under the School Agreement to licence Microsoft software for all their eligible computers, regardless of whether schools then choose to install the...

Harry Potter as an experiment in CEO pay

Philip Greenspun treats the Harry Potter series as an experiment in CEO pay. The take-out? Don’t pay too much to someone that buying some holiday homes and a jet-share program will distract them from their job.

Cramming – telemarketers’ new tool

Telemarketer reveals tricks of trade. Nasty.Surprised consumers often complain when they find an unexplained $30 charge on their bill, the former employee, who requested anonymity, said. Epixtar then produces phone recordings proving that the charges were authorized....

Why online piracy isn’t shoplifting

Dan Bricklin writes a game-changing note discussing why online piracy isn’t shoplifting. Summary: online piracy is like watching and listening to the open air concerts at Kenwood from outside the enclosure. There’s a potential loss of income (in that you...