A DVR service offered by Cablevision does not infringe upon the rights of content holders just because it stores its recordings on Cablevision servers rather than on the actual DVR devices, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.
“We do not believe that an RS-DVR customer is sufficiently distinguishable from a VCR user to impose liability as [...]
It looks like the MPAA has come up with a novel approach to getting consumers to stop downloading illegal movies on the internet. Well novel for them anyway. Instead of concentrating on lawsuits like the RIAA they’re apparently developing a website to help consumers find legal ways to watch movies.
According to an anonymous source the [...]
It is estimated that customers could receive up to ï¿¡326 million or ï¿¡2,000 per person if the action proves successful.
The protection policies are usually sold alongside loans and credit cards, car finance and Legal occasionally mortgages.
Law firm Clyde & Cois is launching the case against HFC, a lender owned by HSBC, which sold payment protection [...]
Vaune Dillmann thought the wording on his bottle caps was just a clever play on the name of the Northern California town where he brews his beer — Weed.
Federal alcohol regulators thought differently. They have ordered Dillmann to stop selling beer bottles with caps that say “Try Legal Weed.”
While reviewing the proposed label for Dillmann’s [...]
PayPal performs payment processing for online sellers, allowing them to accept credit card payments and money transfers without having their own merchant credit card accounts.
The policy, to come into effect on June 17, will mean all items must be paid for using PayPal, which eBay owns, or cash on delivery/pick-up. Direct bank deposits, cheques and [...]
A ban on benzylpiperazine-based pills took effect at midnight, making any retailer selling the drugs from today liable for prosecution.
Under legislation passed last month, BZP and six similar substances are classified as C drugs, as is cannabis. Users have six months grace before they can be prosecuted for personal possession.
Party pill retailer Dan ONeill said [...]
Mr Cunliffe today announced he had approved Telecoms plan for a three-way split in its operations.
Telecom had been required to put forward the plan as part of the Governments decision in 2006 to reregulate aspects of the industry to boost competition and investment in broadband infrastructure.
The amended plan- legally enforceable from today- breaks Telecom into [...]
The case will be heard over two days starting tomorrow, though state science company Crop and Food Research began planting the disputed brassicas last November.
Crop and Food last May won Erma approval to field test GE cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli and forage kale containing genes derived from a soil bacterium to control caterpillar pests, such as [...]
Microsoft/Yahoo deal poses antitrust issues - Google
Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsofts bid, which, at $US31 a share, Yahoo management believes undervalues the company, the source said.
A second source close to Yahoo said it had received a procession of preliminary [...]
Trelise Cooper objected to Arrowtown-based Tamsin Cooper registering her name as a trademark and got into a 20-month legal battle which she finally settled amicably last year, confident consumers could differentiate the two brands.
Ms Cooper, whose company turns over more than $15 million a year, said in July she didnt want a negative focus, but [...]
