The music industry will attempt to seize money paid to acquire the Pirate Bay, according to a high-level music industry source and a spokesman for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group representing the music industry worldwide.
The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada´s privacy commissioner said on Thursday.
The French National Assembly [official website, in French] on Wednesday approved [materials, in French] 282-238 a bill that would relax the country´s restrictions on Sunday commercial activities. If passed by the Senate next week, the bill would alter a 1906 law establishing the principle of "Sunday rest" to allow businesses in tourist zones and major cities to open on Sundays.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday that Maryland alcohol price regulations violate federal antitrust laws.
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] on Wednesday sought to delay the trials of three suspected terrorists while the US government revises the military commission [JURIST news archive] system used to try them.
US Supreme Court [official website] nominee Sonia Sotomayor [WH profile; JURIST news archive] reiterated her commitment to applying the law fairly to the facts of each case as members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] concluded their questions [materials] Thursday. During questioning from Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) [official website], Sotomayor said.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende [official profile] said Tuesday that the Netherlands would be willing to consider accepting Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees, despite earlier statements to the contrary. Meeting with US President Barack Obama [official website] in Washington, DC, Balkenende said that his country might accept transferred detainees [Dutch News report] if it would help to close the detention facility [JURIST news archive].
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] on Tuesday dissolved [opinion, PDF] an injunction that had previously barred the enforcement of a controversial abortion notification law in Illinois. Having been the subject of numerous court challenges, the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 [text] was most recently enjoined [JURIST report] by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] early last year.
A Los Angeles blogger who leaked new Guns N´ Roses songs on the Internet before their official release on the band´s first new album in 17 years, was sentenced to two months of home confinement on Tuesday.
Amazon.com Inc has been sued by a user of its Kindle electronic reader who claims the device´s cover, which is sold separately, can break the screen and make the device inoperable.
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled on behalf of a minister jailed for violating his probation by writing that the judge who oversaw his trial would be subjected to God’s wrath.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is battling the effects of a hiring freeze with a new internship program for unemployed lawyers and law grads.
A Massachusetts lawyer portrayed by Hilary Swank in a recently completed movie says a $3.4 million settlement vindicates the years she spent fighting for the release of her wrongfully convicted brother.
Pressure mounted on Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday after ruling party lawmakers called for a meeting to debate the party´s ailing fortunes at which his harshest critics are expected to seek his resignation.
Wall Street expects Google Inc to report tepid revenue growth for the second quarter on Thursday amid a tough advertising market and a sharpened attack on its business by rival Microsoft Inc.
The National Portrait Gallery has threatened legal proceedings for breach of copyright against a man who downloaded thousands of high-resolution images from its website, and placed them in an archive of free-to-use images on Wikipedia.
The United States on Wednesday called for more transparency from China on the arrests of four mining employees, including an Australian national, on charges of stealing state secrets.
An Iranian airliner which crashed Wednesday killing all 168 passengers and crew plunged into the ground and disintegrated on impact, according to a security official.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on abortion rights, and said President Barack Obama never asked her about the issue before he chose her for the bench.
Lifestyle Lift, a cosmetic surgery company, has reached a settlement with the State of New York over its attempts to fake positive consumer reviews on the Web, the New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday.
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