Tuesday, August 30, 2005

ISP Found Guilty of Copyright Infringement

 protect content  

ISP Found Guilty of Copyright Infringement
Softpedia - USA
... According to ZDNet, Stephen Cooper, operator of a Web site called MP3s4free.net, was found guilty Thursday of copyright infringement by Australia Federal Court ... 
 

 BPI claims victory in legal music downloads
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
... Macrovision says "it is now entirely possible to protect content from illegal file-sharing," but most would agree cracker devotees seem to always find a way. ...

Type of content: VENDOR WHITE PAPER
TechWeb - USA
Small-to-medium enterprises (SME) seeking to protect their mission critical data resources are often tantalized by the functionality of an enterprise-strength ...

Wayback Machine Sued for Copyright Infringement
Search Engine Journal - USA
Wayback Machine is used so often by many of us for many reasons. Want to see the first RustyBrick Web site, use the wayback machine. ...

Music industry claims big scalp in piracy case
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
All five defendants in the music industry's piracy case against music download web site MP3s4free.net were found to have infringed copyright today and the ...  

Today in filesharing: Linking is infringement in AU; legal music ...
Silicon Valley Watcher - San Francisco,CA,USA
... infringement for hyperlinking from his site to sites containing copyright MP3s, ZDNet ... Richard MacManus, web technology analyst and writer from Read/Write Web. ...

Judge Dismisses Navy SEAL Suit Against AP
Wired News - USA
... reporters that alleged the news organization violated privacy and copyright laws by ... Seth Hettena found posted on a commercial photo-sharing Web site, Smugmug ...  

Law Firm Accused of Internet Hacking
Empire Journal - Chestertown,NY,USA
... firm of Internet hacking for the purpose of accessing archived web pages that ... claiming that the firm has also violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and ... 

The Web Hits The Stacks
BusinessWeek - USA
... vast body of knowledge hidden either in the so-called deep Web that browsers ... printed matter published in the last century are still under copyright, and rights ...  
  

Website Promotion Through Newsletters
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... Make sure, however, you do not transfer the copyright of your article to anyone ... box for your advertisement, make sure you include your entire web site address ... 
 

Industry Leaders Form Partnership

FosteReprints, the industry's leading provider of reprints, has formed a partnership with iCopyright, the leader in online content licensing and copyright compliance.

Michigan City, IN (PRWEB) July 15, 2005 -- FosteReprints, the industry's leading provider of reprints, has formed a partnership with iCopyright, the leader in online content licensing and copyright compliance. The partnership enables FosteReprints to provide its publishers with an additional service and source of revenue by managing the licensing of their online content.

"The iCopyright team is thrilled to be partnering with FosteReprints. The company's reputation within the publishing industry and their on-site print capabilities are a perfect complement for intelligent copyrighting," said Mike O'Donnell, President and CEO.

With more than 800 publications currently using iCopyright technology, the program developed by DataDepth Corporation, has set the nation's standard for the licensing and copyright compliance of editorial content. iCopyright was recently awarded the Software and Information Association's Codie Award for Best Digital Rights Management Software. The Associated Press, Reuters, VNU, Forbes.com, Ziff Davis, Penton, BNP and Primedia are among the publishers utilizing iCopyright technology.

"The opportunity to provide our publishers with this valuable service and revenue enhancement is a winning combination. Partnering with iCopyright is a natural extension of Foster's existing commitment to protecting our clients' content," stated Michelle Wolfe, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

FosteReprints operates a fully integrated, state-of-the-art printing facility. In addition to custom reprints, the company offers ePrints and a multitude of ancillary products designed to help the publishing industry grow. FosteReprints is based in Michigan City, Indiana and can be reached at 800-382-0808, e-mail protected from spam bots or www.fostereprints.com.

Media Contact:
Michelle Wolfe
219-879-8366

Monday, August 29, 2005

Getting a grip on real estate data scraping

 protect "web site"

Getting a grip on real estate data scraping
Inman.com (subscription) - Emeryville,CA,USA
... also has developed two technologies to help members protect their listings ... an approach that differentiates data from information, according to NAR's Web site. ...

Internet Archive Sued Over Access To Pages
Search Engine Watch - USA
... from the New York Times discusses how the Internet Archive is being sued for crawling the web and making copies of web pages. A copyright infringement case ...  

 Military Investigating Soldier Blogger in Iraq
Media Channel - New York,NY,USA
... he'd been ordered by his commander not to publish any more comments on the Web. ... the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. ...

Podcasting: Can This New Media Make Money?
Knowledge@Wharton (subscription) - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Leigh, is to embrace podcasting and make programming available on the web without time ... Copyright issues are "tricky," but they can be worked out, says Werbach. ...

Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... to one US expert, "Intellectual property, consisting of the core copyright industries, movies ... and copying CD and DVD digital files from internet web sites are ...

AlwaysOn selects AppSecInc as Top 100 Private Company award winner
ITWeb - South Africa
... SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software and network asset management. ...

Antivirus software provider banks on revenue from new business ...
eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan
Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of network antivirus and Internet content security software, yesterday said it had a potential cash cow in ...

SunnComm's MediaMax Maintains Technical Superiority and US Market ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... (OTCBB: QTIG) with its international reach, implements the delivery of digital content security products for the music and entertainment industry. ...  

Deploying psychology in the fight against phishing
IT-Analysis - UK
... These details can then be used to steal the e-mail recipient's identity. ... into a web site, but that would require that a massive database of images be maintained ... 

Mix, Match, And Mutate
BusinessWeek - USA
... to customize the way a Web site works on a particular PC. Crooks could write malicious scripts -- say, to secretly log keystrokes to steal financial data, says ...

Deploying psychology in the fight against phishing
IT-Analysis - UK
... question, using its logos and perhaps containing legitimate links to the real web site. ... These details can then be used to steal the e-mail recipient's identity ...

Boost Your Wi-Fi Security
PC World - USA
... They want to steal your personal data, such as credit-card numbers, or ... address, rather than the standard "http." For instance, your bank's Web site address may ...  

 

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Software Freedom Law Center Adds Plone Foundation as Newest Client

Software Freedom Law Center Adds Plone Foundation as Newest Client
Wednesday July 13, 7:10 am ET

World's Leading Open Source Content Management Software Project Turns to Law Center for Legal Services and Support

HOUSTON and NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), today announced it will represent the Plone Foundation. The Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, supports the development and promotion of the open source content management system, Plone, and its developer community.

"Plone is a sophisticated open source Content Management System that requires the best IP legal representation available," said Joel Burton, president, Plone Foundation. "By working with the Software Freedom Law Center, we are guaranteed that the world's best legal minds on Free and Open Source Software will be representing the best interests of the Plone Foundation and community."

Plone is a content management framework that sits on top of Zope, a widely-used open source web application server and development system. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is supported by thousands of developers and companies around the world. Plone works with most popular relational database systems, LDAPs, filesystems and other data store software and runs on a wide range of operating systems, including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and BSD.

"Legal representation must be an essential component of any open source project in order to effectively protect developers and users of software that provides considerable value to the market," said Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center. "The Software Freedom Law Center will provide Plone with the necessary legal counsel it requires to ensure peace of mind for developers, vendors and users."

About Plone and the Plone Foundation

Plone is the leading Content Management System for the award-winning Zope application server. Supported by thousands of developers from around the world, it is one of the most sophisticated, popular, and easy to use Content Management Systems on the market today. Plone provides a highly customizable, server-side architecture, and boasts a simple yet flexible API. Plone is highly scalable, stable, extensible, and has open standards as its core mentality. It runs on many operating systems, including Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X, and many varieties of Unix. It has wide international support, and is shipped with the interface available in over 30 languages. Users of Plone include Marriott, NASA, Lufthansa, Continental Airlines, the Governors of Texas and Hawaii, and many others. Information about Plone is available at www.plone.org.

About The Software Freedom Law Center

The Software Freedom Law Center -- chaired by Eben Moglen, one of the world's leading experts on copyright law as applied to software -- provides legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software. The Law Center is dedicated to assisting non-profit open source developers and projects. For criteria on eligibility and to apply for assistance, please contact the Law Center directly or visit the Web at www.softwarefreedom.org.

     Media contacts:      Jennifer Cloer      Page One PR/Software Freedom Law Center      503-547-9451      jennifer@pageonepr.com 



Source: Software Freedom Law Center
 

SunnComm's MediaMax Maintains Technical Superiority and US Market ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... tirelessly to deliver a mechanism where the rampant "casual" theft of copyrighted ... (Pink Sheets:SCMI) has become the leader in digital content enhancement and ...

Cracking Down on Global Intellectual Property Theft Jim Kouri, CPP

 "content security"

Industry Leaders Bill Lattin and Durrell Hillis Join Corrent Board ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Corrent Corporation markets a full-line of purpose-built security appliances including firewalls, SSL VPN, proactive content security, and virus protection. ...

MediaZone and EchoStar Partner to Broadcast Club America Soccer ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... its partner because of its ability to offer a complete turnkey solution of delivering and marketing paid media coupled with full content security, billing and ...

Cracking Down on Global Intellectual Property Theft Jim Kouri, CPP
Opinion Editorials - Fairfax,VA,USA
... At least eight major online distribution sites were dismantled, preventing tens of millions of further losses to the content industry. ... "The theft of this ...  

 USC Says Applicant Files Were Hacked
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... That person then reported the flaw to the SecurityFocus web site, which in turn ... More malicious attackers stole personal information from their schools at the ...

Seasoned Intellectual Property Partner, Neil Smith, Joins Sheppard ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... issue whether the Internet technique of "framing," that is bringing up a web page through a window or a frame of another web page, was copyright infringement. ...

Victims and witnesses
La Vanguardia (Suscripción) - Spain
... available, in contrast to what happens with the traditional system of copyright, that would ... Justin's account spread as happens with information on the Web. ...

Yahoo, The DMCA, And Blackhat Techniques
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
Apparently, through the use of a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) complaint, you ... uk in a revealing report that also indicated the Platinax web site was ... 
 

Could blogging spread computer worms?
Register - London,England,UK
... Dave Rand, chief technologist for Internet content security at Trend Micro, said that worms might be created that exploited vulnerabilities in RSS readers to ...

GFI MailEssentials Earns Windows Server 2003 Certification Through ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... gfi.com/mes/. GFI Software Ltd is a leading provider of network security, content security and messaging software. Key products ...  

  Credit union site hacked
Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro,VT,USA
... Around 2 pm, credit union officials discovered their Web site was the target of "phishers," or hackers trying to steal personal information via the Internet. ...  
 

Robbers Steal $1M and Kill a Guard
The Moscow Times - Moscow,Russia
... 1995. In a statement on its web site, it identified Nekrasov and Shakhmuratov as employees of the security agency Strelets-M. "We ...

Computer Fraud Targets E-Mail Messages
WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
... Southtrust's "real" web site explains its name is being used in an illegal phishing ... computer criminals will go to great lengths to try and steal your personal ...  

Teenager Suspected of Operating Phishing Scam
Korea Times - Seoul,South Korea
... yesterday that they are investigating the 17-year-old boy, identified as Kim, on suspicion that he made a bogus bank Web site and stole personal information ...