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Music

Student Forced To Pay $US675,000 To RIAA For Sharing 30 Songs

8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Joel Tenenbaum admitted to sharing 30 songs with Kazaa back in 2004 (Kazaa! So quaint!) and was originally fined $US150,000 per song. He worked that down to “only” $US22,500 per song, but that’s still $US675,000 in total. More »
Business

Intel Smacked With Staggering $US1.45 Billion Fine in Euro Antitrust Case

9:13PM John Herrman | In the largest trust-busting fining in EU history—about twice as severe as the infamous Microsoft antitrust ruling of 2004 and a hair worse than the ensuing $US1.44 billion penalty for noncompliance—Intel has been ordered to pay $1.45 billion by European Commission regulators. What the hell did they do? EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said Intel had pursued a strategy aimed mainly at excluding A.M.D. by paying computer makers and retailers to postpone, cancel or avoid A.M.D. products entirely. More »
Online

Pirate Bay Founders Plan a DDo$ Attack on the IFPI

12:30PM Andi Wang | After the Pirate Bay founders were fined $US3.5 million, they swore they wouldn’t cough up a single cent. Instead, they’ve come up with a DDo$ plan of attack that’ll cost the IFPI instead of themselves. More »
Vehicles

Chicago Street Lights May Scan for Car Insurance

2:10AM Mark Wilson | Ticketing red light runners is standard practice in many big cities, but Chicago is considering doing one better and scanning every car going by for up to date insurance. More »
Press

Europe Fries Microsoft with US$1.35 Billion Fine for Antitrust Violations

11:26PM Jesus Diaz | The Eurocrats have put Microsoft in the frying pan again with a painfulnormous US$1.35 billion fine “for defying sanctions imposed for antitrust violations.” This new fine brings the total amount to US$2.52 billion. Clearly, Microsoft’s recent moves have not convinced the European Union’s skepticism at all. Note: the Digg badge in this article is from the original news source. [BBC] More »
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Microsoft, shaddap and pay your $689.4 million …

11:09PM Charlie White | Microsoft, shaddap and pay your $689.4 million antitrust fine, Euro court says [New York Times] More »
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PhotoViolationMeter Wants Your Number

2:25AM Seamus Byrne | The PhotoViolationMeter on trial in cities including Niagara Falls and Vancouver will call you on your phone before your time runs out. Developed by Photo Violation Technologies, the fancy parking meter will not only give you a ring, but will also allow for you to buy meter time wirelessly after it gets your credit card info. Failing that, just pay your fine right at the meter. More »