http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/878/all xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/82399/sco-thrashes Shame on me. I was sure that when SCO fired anti-Linux zealot and CEO Darl McBride, that Edward Cahn, the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Court Trustee, would kill off SCO's IBM lawsuit as a waste of money for a company that's been bleeding red-ink for years. I was wrong. http://www.itworld.com/legal/82399/sco-thrashes#comments Legal Operating systems Opinion copyright Linux SCO Unix Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:25:45 -0400 ITworld staff 82399 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/81541/sco-fires-ceo-mcbride-it-tries-emerge-bankruptcy Unix software vendor SCO, struggling through bankruptcy and a Unix copyright trial involving Novell, has fired President and CEO Darl McBride. http://www.itworld.com/business/81541/sco-fires-ceo-mcbride-it-tries-emerge-bankruptcy#comments Business Legal Operating systems Software News copyright Novell SCO Unix Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:53:36 -0400 ITworld staff 81541 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/78223/ags-dont-google-books-deal-what-about-readers Five state attorneys general have joined the opposition to the Google Books settlement, but what the deal means to readers isn't clear. Access to more books sounds great, but will it be? http://www.itworld.com/internet/78223/ags-dont-google-books-deal-what-about-readers#comments Internet Legal Opinion copyright google books Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:16:13 -0400 ITworld staff 78223 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/77612/piracys-global-economic-impact-debated There's no question that software piracy is a global problem with a heavy financial impact. But just how heavy it is is a matter of debate. http://www.itworld.com/software/77612/piracys-global-economic-impact-debated#comments Legal Software Feature copyright Software Piracy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:42:25 -0400 ITworld staff 77612 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69732/dutch-antipiracy-organization-takes-aim-pirate-bay The Pirate Bay is the target of yet another legal case -- the Dutch antipiracy organization BREIN wants to close the file-sharing site in the Netherlands, and wants to see its founders appear in the Amsterdam district court on July 21, it said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69732/dutch-antipiracy-organization-takes-aim-pirate-bay#comments Legal News copyright The Pirate Bay Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:46:37 -0400 ITworld staff 69732 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69520/analysis-192m-fine-music-piracy-case-could-hurt-riaa The massive $1.9 million fine imposed by a federal jury yesterday in the retrial of a Minnesota woman accused of pirating 24 songs may could end up hurting the RIAA's anti-piracy campaign more than anything else, a leading copyright lawyer said. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69520/analysis-192m-fine-music-piracy-case-could-hurt-riaa#comments Legal News copyright file sharing riaa Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:46:51 -0400 ITworld staff 69520 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69492/jury-orders-music-swapper-pay-192-million A woman who won a retrial after a US$220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69492/jury-orders-music-swapper-pay-192-million#comments Legal News copyright file sharing riaa Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:12:31 -0400 ITworld staff 69492 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69411/battle-against-file-sharing-starts-norway Movie and record companies want Norwegian operator Telenor to block access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site and have filed documents in a Norwegian district court seeking a temporary injunction. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69411/battle-against-file-sharing-starts-norway#comments Legal News copyright drm file sharing p2p The Pirate Bay Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:59:29 -0400 ITworld staff 69411 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69138/french-court-pirates-three-strikes-and-then-what France's highest legal authority has ruled as unconstitutional a government plan to cut off, without trial, Internet users accused of copyright infringement. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69138/french-court-pirates-three-strikes-and-then-what#comments Legal News copyright legislation piracy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:31:05 -0400 ITworld staff 69138 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/69027/irish-startup-takes-over-microsofts-code-protection-scheme An Irish startup has taken over Microsoft's Software Licensing and Protection Services, a service to help independent software vendors protect their code and reduce software piracy. http://www.itworld.com/development/69027/irish-startup-takes-over-microsofts-code-protection-scheme#comments Development Legal Software News copyright drm ISV Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:40:28 -0400 ITworld staff 69027 at http://www.itworld.com