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US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
Talkback What's next, is the RIAA going to install microchips into our radios to find out who is recording music off of the radio onto cassette tapes? File Swapping/Sharing should be legal. It's ridiculous. If I buy someones CD and I want to send a friend a...
[February 28, 2004, 17:36]
US Justice Department eyes online video efforts
News The process that is under way with the Department of Justice.is part of the standard operating review process for a joint venture such as the one created with MovieFly," Levy said. The Justice Department has begun investigating two joint ventures...
[December 24, 2001, 11:20]
US Justice Department OKs BT's MCI buyout
News Department of Justice announced on Monday it has conditionally approved British Telecommunications PLC's $20 billion-plus buyout of MCI Communications Corp.the largest takeover of a U.S.based company by a foreign concern.
[July 8, 1997, 15:43]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
News The US Department of Justice is prepared to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates, a top government official said on Tuesday. There does have to be some kind of a public message that stealing is stealing is stealing," said Malcolm, who oversees...
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
Microsoft bows to US government pressure
News Microsoft will alter a Windows XP music-purchasing feature in response to criticism from the US government, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Controversy over the "Shop for Music Online" feature became public in October 2003, when the...
[January 16, 2004, 7:50]
US launches probe into Google Books settlement
News The US Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that is has opened a formal investigation into the settlement between Google and book publishers over the digital publishing rights to certain books, citing antitrust concerns.
[July 3, 2009, 9:33]
E-gold execs plead guilty in money-laundering case
News The executives in charge of online payment system E-gold have pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. According to the Department of Justice, the E-gold operation was attractive to criminals because...
[July 23, 2008, 14:19]
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The US Department of Justice has ended its two-year criminal probe into backdated stock options at Apple and has decided not to file charges against current and former executives, including chief executive Steve Jobs, according to a report on...
[July 11, 2008, 10:42]
US regulators want rewrite of Google book settlement
News The US Department of Justice on Friday urged the court overseeing Google's book-search settlement with authors and publishers to reject the settlement in its current form, although it strongly hinted that the parties are flexible on certain...
[September 21, 2009, 9:44]
US agency wants more cash to fight file sharing
News The US Justice Department recommended a sweeping transformation of the nation's intellectual-property laws, saying peer-to-peer piracy is a "widespread" problem that can be addressed only through more spending, more FBI agents and more power for...
[October 13, 2004, 9:30]
International crackdown scores warez victory
News The US Department of Justice has landed its first conviction against an American defendant caught via Operation Fastlink, a multinational law enforcement effort undertaken against online software piracy.
[December 29, 2004, 8:30]
Report: Google considering book-settlement tweaks
News Google is in talks with the US Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in its book-search settlement over possible modifications to the deal that could assuage the concerns of the Justice Department, according to a report.
[September 17, 2009, 8:16]
Music pirate faces prison term
News The US Department of Justice said on Thursday that it had accepted a guilty plea in a criminal copyright case involving the former leader of a Net music piracy group called the Apocalypse Crew. Shumaker's case, part of the long-running Operation...
[August 22, 2003, 10:45]
Justice Dept: Why Oracle won't win
News His predecessor at the US Department of Justice took on Bill Gates and Microsoft. Pate, the antitrust chief at the Department of Justice, is responsible for overseeing the government's attempt to block Oracle's hostile takeover bid for competitor...
[March 9, 2004, 10:45]
Oracle and Justice Department look to June trial
News Oracle and the US Department of Justice are seeking a trial date of 21 June, in the closely watched antitrust case over Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft, according to papers filed on Monday in the US District Court of Northern California.
[March 10, 2004, 10:30]
Will MS pact changes open floodgates?
News Andy Gavil, an antitrust professor with the Howard University School of Law, said the Justice Department and Microsoft have little choice but to change the settlement following a query made by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in a 31...
[February 28, 2002, 9:10]
US government, Net firms fail to agree on data retention
News A meeting at the US Justice Department last week to discuss forcing Internet providers to record Americans' online activities ended without reaching an agreement, according to multiple participants. Another participant said it appeared that the...
[June 5, 2006, 10:25]
Hynix fined $185m for DRAM price fixing
News The US Department of Justice announced Thursday that Hynix Semiconductor has agreed to plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations over DRAM price fixing and pay a $185m (£96.7m) fine. Hynix is the latest DRAM maker to reach a settlement with the...
[April 22, 2005, 9:45]
Yahoo-Google deal opposed by ad-trade group
News The US Association of National Advertisers announced on Sunday that it has sent a letter to the head of the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice, citing its opposition to the Yahoo-Google search-advertising deal.
[September 8, 2008, 14:07]
US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal
News The US Department of Justice has reportedly hired a well-known antitrust litigator for a possible court challenge to a planned advertising deal between Google and Yahoo. Also this week, the US Association of National Advertisers sent a letter to...
[September 9, 2008, 11:47]
