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Microsoft angered by game-code piracy
News Media giant Vivendi Universal was forced to delay release of its highly anticipated PC game "Half-Life 2" last year, after the source code was stolen. Microsoft threatened severe penalties on Thursday for those who circulate a stolen copy of "Halo...
[October 15, 2004, 12:25]
Game-copying software under fire
News Atari, Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games filed suit against the software company in New York federal court, asking a judge to block distribution of 321 Studios' Games X Copy software. A group of major video game companies has sued 321...
[June 16, 2004, 9:35]
Arrests made over 'Half-Life 2' code theft
News The theft posed numerous security risks for the online game and forced struggling publisher Vivendi Universal to delay the release, which is now set for an unspecified date this summer. Game developer Valve Software announced on Thursday that law...
[June 11, 2004, 8:35]
CA confirms Kumar's replacement
News Before working at Vivendi Universal Games, he served as chief executive of Flipside, which was purchased by Vivendi Universal. Cron, who was previously chief executive of Vivendi Universal Games, will take on chief executive responsibilities...
[April 27, 2004, 9:15]
Hollywood homes in on student swappers
News ACNS was jointly designed by Vivendi Universal Entertainment and Universal Music Group in response to an open call for technical solutions to peer-to-peer piracy. Universal Studios, Paramount, MPAA and RIAA have all begun using Extensible Markup...
[April 19, 2004, 14:45]
Europe's 'DMCA on steroids' gets go-ahead
News Fourtou's involvement has raised some controversy, since she is married to Vivendi Universal president and chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou, a powerful company whose interests are directly affected by the intellectual property rights enforcement...
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
MP3.com artists to be given a new home
News In it he called on former MP3.com owners Vivendi Universal to arrange for the preservation of the independent music archive's contents. Shortly after buying the MP3.com domain name and announcing that its sprawling music archive would close, CNET...
[November 27, 2003, 11:50]
Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law
News The MEP responsible for guiding the IP enforcement directive through the European Parliament, Janelly Fourtou -- the wife of Vivendi Universal president and chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou -- granted the delay in response to demands by a...
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
MP3.com assets sold
News CNET Networks said it has signed a definitive agreement with Vivendi Universal Net USA to acquire the assets of MP3.com, with the deal scheduled to close in December. Robertson ultimately sold the MP3.com property to Vivendi Universal, which...
[November 17, 2003, 9:40]
Stepping up to a giant
News In 2001, Robertson started Lindows.com, a software start-up with the goal of turning the open-source Linux operating system into a genuine mass-market consumer item and a serious threat to the dominance of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
[August 6, 2003, 11:40]
MP3.com wavers on brink
News The company was bought by media giant Vivendi Universal for $372m (£228m) in May 2001 but has been on rocky ground ever since, with users failing to warm to the idea of paid-for music services while free alternatives such as Kazaa are still...
[July 11, 2003, 13:43]
Support wanes for GameCube
News Vivendi Universal Games, the interactive entertainment arm of the French media conglomerate, will produce fewer GameCube titles this year, as industry support for the console wanes, said Phillip O'Neil, senior vice president for sales and marketing.
[May 16, 2003, 8:05]
Vivendi bids au revoir to entertainment
News Faltering French media giant Vivendi Universal plans to unload most of its US entertainment business but will not immediately sell its Universal Music Group division, chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou said.
[May 1, 2003, 11:44]
Apple tunes up for music service
News There has been much talk of Apple and music of late, including speculation that the company has been in talks with Vivendi Universal to buy Vivendi's music business. Apple has scheduled a media event for 28 April, at which the company may debut a...
[April 22, 2003, 10:29]
Wednesday - Apple Records?
Blog Nah, as far as can be ascertained it's a case of Apple going to Vivendi -- who owns Universal -- and offering money for back catalogue online distribution rights. Vivendi, keen to offload as much as possible in order to pay off its no-longer-trendy...
[April 17, 2003, 16:15]
Notebook sales lift Apple earnings
News Earlier Wednesday, Apple denied that it had made any offer to invest in or acquire a record label, although the company would not comment on whether it had held talks with Vivendi Universal. Buoyed by strong laptop sales, Apple Computer on...
[April 17, 2003, 8:47]
Apple denies Universal Music bid
News Countering speculation that it is close to buying Vivendi Universal's record label, Apple Computer said Wednesday that it has never offered to make such an investment or purchase. In a statement, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said there was no...
[April 17, 2003, 8:37]
ITunes music sharing app goes online
News In a case of unusual timing, the re-emergence of iCommune comes amid speculation that Apple may make a bid to buy the largest of the world's top recording labels, Vivendi's Universal Music Group. If at first you get a cease-and-desist letter, try...
[April 16, 2003, 7:29]
Apple may buy Universal Music
News Shares of Apple Computer fell on Friday after a report that the company was in talks to buy the music company of Vivendi Universal for as much as $6bn, or about £3.7bn. A Vivendi Universal representative said that a number of third parties have...
[April 14, 2003, 8:02]
Ad-skipping feature found in TiVo
News The feature has been controversial from a legal standpoint, resulting in an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit, which was filed against Sonicblue by media companies, including AOL Time Warner, Walt Disney, MGM and Vivendi Universal.
[January 16, 2003, 10:16]
