01.09.2011 Until recently Wikileaks and The Guardian newspaper were firm allies. However, Wikileaks has commenced pre-litigation against the newspaper, alleging a Gurdian journalist disclosed top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables.
29.07.2011 European digital music service Spotify, which in recent weeks launched in the US and has close collaborative ties with Facebook, has already become embroiled in a patent suit over the creation and business execution of a digital music service.
27.06.2011 A summary of some of the tech articles in the weekend newspapers, including how e-book publishing is disruptive for the wrong reasons, the future of rail travel, the death of privacy and Irish women on eBay in recessionary times.
24.06.2011 Internet giant Google is about to be hit with a number of subpoenas by US federal authorities in what amounts to a broad investigation into whether the company abused its dominance in web search advertising.
22.06.2011 Telcos and ISPs in Ireland have just more than a week left to respond to proposals aimed at changing Ireland’s copyright laws, which they fear could result in controversial ‘three strikes’ remedies. But it seems changes to legislation aimed at curbing illegal downloads are inevitable.
15.06.2011 A jury member in the middle of a stg£6m drugs trial in the UK faces up to two years in prison for using Facebook to communicate with one of the defendants.
20.05.2011 Microblogging site Twitter is being sued by a footballer after users of the service began tweeting his name in connection with an alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas.
14.05.2011 A Pandora’s Box of legal issues has been opened after it emerged that iOS app developers in the US and UK have been approached by patent licensing firm Lodsys accusing them of infringing its patents in relation to in-app purchases.
13.05.2011 The International Trade Commission has ruled in Eastman Kodak’s favour deciding that Kodak’s digital camera technology doesn’t violate Apple’s patent rights.
13.05.2011 For the first time a high court Judge in the UK has issued an injunction that explicitly bans the publication of information via Twitter or Facebook.
