January 20, 2011
It’s hard not to laugh at Cathy Cruz Marrero, who was caught on tape unintentionally diving head first into a fountain located in the Berkshire Mall. Had she been paying attention to her surroundings instead of trying to text message and walk at the sa…
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January 12, 2011
As the saying goes, ‘Keep your friends close, and sue your customers.’ Wait, that doesn’t exactly right, but it’s the motto Sony’s sticking with as it takes legal action against a band of hackers who uncovered and published security codes for the PlayS…
Tags: console, copyright, court, gaming, hackers, hardware, law, lawsuit, legal, News Worthy, Playstation 3, ps3, Sony, Videogames
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January 12, 2011
If you’ve seen the movie “The Social Network,” then you’re familiar with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea. Zuckerberg and the entire Facebook organization have always denied the charges,…
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January 11, 2011
“Suck it up, buttercup, you’re going to have to defend your actions.” The Supreme Court didn’t word things that it way, but it might as well have when it refused to review a ruling that reinstated an antitrust lawsuit accusing major record labels of co…
Tags: antitrust, court, EMI, law, legal, music, News Worthy, Sony, supreme court
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January 6, 2011
We’re not surprised Courtney Love said/wrote something that earned her a lawsuit, we’re just surprised this is the first time a celebrity’s been sued over comments left on Twitter.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Love had been in a dispute with Da…
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January 6, 2011
Like Leisure Suit Larry — the version created by Al Lowe and not the bastardized remake that never would have flown at the Sierra of old — daters signing up at Match.com may be looking for love in all the wrong places, but it isn’t their fault, they …
Tags: court, law, lawsuit, legal, match.com, News Worthy, online dating
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January 5, 2011
California’s highest court leaned on old U.S. Supreme Court cases to rule that police can confiscate a cell phone from a suspect right after he’s arrested and sift through text messages looking for evidence, and do so without first obtaining a warrant,…
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January 4, 2011
U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood essentially issued a death sentence for LimeWire after finding the peer-to-peer software firm guilty of copyright violations and issuing an injunction against he company in October. The obituary will have to wait.
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Tags: copyright, court, file sharing, law, legal, limewire, News Worthy, P2P, peer to peer, RIAA
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