Copyright Protection

Apple piles on Psystar, wins trademark suit — Filed under: Apple CorporateIn yet another new facet to this already-draining legal battle surrounding Psystar's sales of non-Apple hardware that runs Mac OS X, Apple has amended its original suit after it discovered "additional information," according to Computerworld. Apple now claims Psystar circumvented Apple's copyright protection code, in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Apple said in its original filing that Psystar was in violation of the Mac OS X End-User License Agreement, but tacked on this additional charge last week. The amendment also names 10 "John Does" -- persons who were not part of the Psystar company, but... [Tags: apple hardware, chinese company, computerworld, copyright protection, cult of mac]

Apple adds DMCA violation claims to Psystar suit — Apple has stepped-up its lawsuit against Psystar, adding claims of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations, according to Computerworld. The clone-maker is accused of reverse engineering the piracy protection methods employed in Mac OS X. "Defendant has illegally circumvented Apple's technological copyright-protection measures," the amended complaint states. The change comes five months ...... [Tags: apple, clone maker, complaint states, computerworld, copyright protection]

Apple adds DMCA violation claims to Psystar suit — Apple has stepped-up its lawsuit against Psystar, adding claims of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations, according to Computerworld. The clone-maker is accused of reverse engineering the piracy protection methods employed in Mac OS X. "Defendant has illegally circumvented Apple's technological copyright-protection measures," the amended complaint states. The change comes five months ...... [Tags: apple, clone maker, complaint states, computerworld, copyright protection]

Glyn sez, "The flawed proposal to extend the term of copyright protection afforded to sound recordings, robbing consumers in the name of performers but for the benefit of the world's four major record labels, is being fast-tracked through the democratic process. It's vital that you contact your MEPs now and tell them why term extension is bad news. The Open Rights Group describes what has been happening so far and their meeting with MEPs in Europe. How ever they say that the best lobbying tool know to man is a constituent writing to their MEP, and now's the time to... [Tags: amendments, bad news, committee draft, constituent, copyright protection]

Apple Mini DisplayPort DRM sparks controversy — Apple is under fire once again for its use of copyright protection, with the implementation of High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) into the Mini DisplayPort video connection found on the latest MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Air notebooks, according to Macworld.com. The enforcement of HDCP protection had caused problems for a number of iTunes customers, preventing them from playing videos ...... [Tags: apple, controversy, copyright protection, digital content protection, displayport]

Musicians urge copyright change — Thousands of UK musicians deliver a video message to the prime minister urging him to back an extension to copyright protection.... [Tags: copyright protection, musicians, prime minister, video message]

Gadget Lab Podcast #55: Black Friday TV Deals Come Early — In this week's Wired Gadget Lab Audio Podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen, and I talk about how the economic recession is forcing retailers to jump start their Black Friday deals on televisions and why this is mainly a good thing for consumers. We also go over the reason why people shouldn’t worry about losing out on even bigger deals down the road if they buy a TV this week. In addition, we discuss the dirty trick that Apple is currently pulling with their new MacBooks. Mainly, they secretly slipped in some copyright protection that prevents people from fully enjoying... [Tags: apple, black friday deals, blackberry, consumer electronics, consumers]

Coupons, Inc. drops DMCA lawsuit against coupon hacker — A copyright lawsuit against a man who posted instructions on how to print unlimited coupons online has finally been dropped after he argued that he didn't circumvent anyone's copyright protection in order to produce his "hack."Read More...... [Tags: copyright lawsuit, copyright protection, coupons, hack, hacker]

Photo by Scott Bourne I am frankly shocked to learn that most photographers don’t really have a clue when it comes to their rights under Copyright law. I am NOT shocked to learn that most of the online community is equally ill-informed. To help set the record straight, I am publishing the information that I personally rely on when making decisions about Copyright. I am not giving legal advice. I am sharing the information that I have received from my attorneys. You should contact a licensed attorney if you have any questions. To that end, I’ll close comments on this... [Tags: attorneys, clue, copyright infringement, copyright law, copyright laws]

PDA's Newsbucket — • BBC Trust expected to knock back online local video plans >> Guardian• China's hackers stealing US defence secrets, says panel >> Guardian• Google Lively sentenced to death >> Guardian• Iranian 'blogfather' arrested, say reports >> Guardian• Should Microsoft buy Yahoo Search, or just hire it? >> Guardian• An ABC of guardian.co.uk's R2 project: Changing requirements >> Guardian Inside Blog• Our digital addiction: 727 hours surfing, 27 phoning and 972 texts >> Guardian• Internet makes up 19% of UK ad spend, finds Ofcom >> NMA• Ashley Norris joins Anorak to grow men's web network >> Press Gazette• Experimental ad budgets... [Tags: copyright protection, defence secrets, digital addiction, digital ads, google]

Shared by sarahintampa Steven cracks me up For the longest time Windows users have been the brunt of many a joke about haw we are so locked in to Microsoft and their deals cut with the entertainment industry. We have to suffer through things like DRM and whatever other draconian measures Microsoft wraps around their software to ward off piracy. Well we are no longer alone as Mac users will soon discover when they start buying new hardware - especially monitor. It appears that new Apple hardware is shipping out with “HDCP” anti-copying technology that will prevent the showing of... [Tags: apple hardware, argh, boing boing, brunt, clear signal]

MacBook buyers bite Apple over copy protection cock-up — DisplayPort-only direction yields iTunes playback woes Analysis Apple's decision to adopt the DisplayPort digital monitor connector is pissing off punters, all thanks to the technology's incorporation of a copyright protection mechanism.…... [Tags: apple, cock, copy protection, copyright protection, digital monitor]

Apple to Mac owners: throw away your monitor if Hollywood says so — Buying an Apple computer? Get ready to throw away your monitor, over and over again. New Apple hardware is shipping with "HDCP" anti-copying technology that prevents showing some video on "non-compliant" monitors. Best part: the list of "compliant" monitors will change over time: the monitor you buy today can be "revoked" tomorrow and stop working. Slashdot says that Apple's added "copyright protection" to its video. But copyright law isn't violated when you watch a movie on an "unapproved" monitor. This isn't about enforcing copyright law, it's about giving a small handful of movie companies a veto over hardware designs. Yesterday,... [Tags: apple computer, apple hardware, appleinsider, ars, chartier]

Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks — Appearing to cave to Hollywood demands, Apple has quietly added a restrictive copyright protection mechanism to its new MacBooks that is preventing customers from watching movies on external displays. Apple has secretly included a copy protection scheme called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) in the external display ports on the latest models of it MacBooks, released in the middle of October. Apple has not disclosed the new anti-copying mechanism, and now increasing numbers of customers are discovering that they cannot play movies bought from the iTunes online store on many external monitors, TVs or projectors.  "I tried all the... [Tags: analog devices, apple customers, blu ray players, compliant devices, computer monitors]

New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom [HDCP Sucks] — High Definition Content Protection—the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector— has apparently, and unfortunately, come to Apple's MacBooks. HDCP is now included on new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media, though it seems that only some of the content is actually HDCP-aware. A high school teacher was unable to play Hellboy 2 on his classroom's projector with his new aluminum MacBook, but other purchased media (such as Stargate: Continuum and Heroes episodes) worked just fine. Perfect. Because copyright protection is all about inconveniencing those who actually... [Tags: aluminum, apple, content protection, continuum, copyright protection]

Berlin Metro Bans Free iPhone Timetable Application — Fahr-Info Berlin is an iPhone application which helps Berliners to navigate the excellent city metro system. Or rather, it was. BVG, the company which runs the Berlin Metro, has ordered 21 year old student and programmer Jonas Witt to remove the free application from the iTunes Store. The reason, as you will have guessed, is the catchall excuse called copyright, a term fast catching up to terrorism and communism as a way to shut up anyone you don't like. What's odd is that Witt's application doesn't even display maps from the BVG, only timetable information, although a map is... [Tags: abell, application doesn, berliners, city metro, copyright protection]

I had the misfortune recently of sitting through a discussion of the policies of both Presidential candidates on data protection and cybersecurity. Or so I thought. While the representative from the Obama campaign, a respected law professor and privacy expert who I have seen testify before Congress many times, was direct but cautious in his answers to the moderator’s less-than-pointed questions, the representative from the McCain side, a former FTC commissioner who has also done good work on privacy issues, filibustered, brought up irrelevant things like ACORN instead of talking about problems with the REAL ID Act, and managed to... [Tags: acorn, acquaintance, blogger, broadband access, copyright protection]

Video: Carlos Santana talks tech — CNET's Kara Tsuboi interviews rock legend Carlos Santana about how technology may erode musical creativity, why he agrees with Metallica's view on copyright protection, and the gadget he can't live without.... [Tags: carlos santana, cnet, copyright protection, gadget, kara tsuboi]

Google Book Search Lawsuit To Be Settled? Plus, University Partners Launch HathiTrust Archive — Via Resource Shelf, we learn of a report in Library Journal that says Google is close to settling a three-year-old lawsuit with publishers surrounding Google Book Search. Meanwhile, some of Google’s university partners have banded together to launch their own book search service, Hathi Trust. In the legal case, five publishers sued to stop Google from scanning the entire content of books that are still under copyright protection. Google has said that only a small portion of the scanned books are made available through Google Book Search, so the program constitutes “fair use.” They also say publishers can opt out... [Tags: association of american publishers, book collections, book scanning, book search service, books library]

Bush signs tougher anti-piracy law — US President George Bush on Monday signed the PRO-IP Act into law, increasing the federal government's attempts to crack down on copyright violations and other intellectual property infringement in the country. The Act will bring in a cabinet member dedicated to improving copyright protection and also increases punishments for both basic copyright violations as well as physical counterfeits....... [Tags: anti piracy law, bush signs, cabinet member, copyright protection, copyright violations]