Since 1946, electronic media coverage of federal district courts has been expressly prohibited. But now, 14 federal trial courts and 100 judges will participate in a three-year digital video pilot, a first for the Federal Judiciary. More »
While many judges around the country are throwing out file sharing lawsuits on account of questionable or faulty arguments, DC federal judge Beryl Howell just recently allowed three cases filed by copyright holders to proceed. What makes it intriguing is that she used to be a former RIAA lobbyist. More »
A delusional Minnesota court has ordered Jammie Thomas, wanton criminal Kazaa user, to pay a total of $US1.92 million for sharing 24 songs. As my own little protest, I’m going to illegally download Metallica’s entire discography. And I hate Metallica. More »
Today, a Federal court of appeals ruling definitely caught the attention of tech companies world wide: in a 9-3 ruling, the court effectively made patenting anything not directly related to an actual machine or object–most purely software-only patents, for example–against the law. As you might imagine, this has massive implications, and the battle is likely to carry on to the Supreme Court.
