The Courts Stories for 2003

AOL Spam Case Dismissed Over Jurisdiction Problem 32
Can I Distribute This? 33
Court Rules Against Photographers in Copyright Suit 116
DOJ Drops Online Music Antitrust Investigation 102
The Year In Tech Law 96
Liberal Party of Canada Sues Satire Website 109
Linus Blasts SCO's Header Claims 599
DeCSS: Jon Johansen Acquitted In Retrial 457
Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA Subpoena Case 839
Kazaa Ruled Legal in The Netherlands 313
RealNetworks Sues Microsoft Over Antitrust Issues 491
Take Two/Rockstar Reveals Plans, Designer Sues Over GTA 83
CRIA Prepares To Sue P2P Copyright Violators 383
D-Squared Can Resume Pop-Ups, For Now 67
Viral GPL Misconceptions Elegantly Explained 527
Roland Backs Down On MT-32 Emulator 161
Groklaw Outlines More SCO Linux Contributions 258
Legal Recourse Against Spammers You May Know? 101
Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name 922
Rockstar Investigated Over GTA - Vice City 201
UK Spam Law Goes Live 215
VoIP Gets A Big Backer And Another Lawsuit 169
World Summit On The Internet And IT 323
SCO Ordered to Produce Evidence 693
SCOrched Earth 436
Sega Goes Crazy, Sues Fox, EA Over Taxi 127
McBride's New Open Letter on Copyrights 770
Interview with Groklaw's Creator 31
Canadian Supreme Court To Define ISP Role 240
Daring Console Heist Nets Broken Machines 39
Japanese P2P Users Arrested, Creator Targeted 205
RIAA Extends Legal Action 600
Pornographic Spam And The Workplace 58
PC Pitstop Continues Anti-Spyware Campaign 25
More Damning SCO Evidence At Groklaw 404
RIAA Tactical Legal Victory vs SBC 182
DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins 559
China Releases Cyber Dissident 470
Maine to Launch Internet Sex-Offender Registry 725
Microsoft Drags Feet with Settlement Claims 133
Laptop Thief Caught via AOL Login 524
Canadian Music Industry Wants Royalties on Net Usage 572
Diebold Folds In DMCA E-Voting Lawsuit 153
FatWallet To Sue Best Buy Over DMCA Threat 263
Who Is An ISP? 208
Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? 677
Microsoft Settles More Lawsuits 16
Oyez Project Providing Eldred MP3s (and More!) 8
MPAA Close to Another "Stealth Victory" in Ohio 84
Wardriver Charged with Theft of Communications 678
EU Hi-Tech Crime Agency Created 88
RIAA Threatens 15-Year-Old 1016
Chinese Lawsuit Seeks Return of Virtual Weapons 18
AT&T Sues PayPal and eBay for Patent Infringement 355
Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping 445
SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year, And More 971
McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print 782
SCO News Roundup 473
JBoss Offers Lawsuit Indemnification 112
3 New Defendants Named In MP3s4free.net Case 274
DMCA Doesn't Protect Garage Door Remotes 304
Microsoft Defies EU Commission 872
The Computer Owner - Guilty or Not Guilty? 539
Jail Time for Movie Swappers 953
SCO Fires back, Subpoenas Stallman, Torvalds et al 1145
IBM Subpoenas SCO Investors, Analysts 507
O'Reilly On What Happened To BountyQuest 134
Microsoft CA Settlement Claim Forms Hit Mailboxes 131
IBM Puts Pressure On SCO 395
Microsoft Not Out Of Anti-Trust Hot Water 320
Students, ISP Sue Diebold 345
Man Arrested in Australia Over Nigerian E-mail Scam 346
FTC Issues Report Critical Of Patent Policy 206
Open Source and Government Data Rights? 13
Microsoft Settles Six Class-Action Suits 171
EFA Claims No Illegal Material On mp3s4free.net 334
SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void 1186
Patent Sought For Amazon Marketplace 182
MIT's New Music Sharing Network 214
SCO Asks IBM To Make SCO's Case For It 459
Californian Court Fines Spammers $2 Million 151
Judge Examines Microsoft Settlement Progress 374
Literary Law Guide for Authors 85
Copyright Extension In Australia 258
X10 Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection 322
Gator Forces Site To Remove 'Spyware' Label 927
Prosecuting Spamming Crackers? 51
Game Violence Lawsuit Hits Take Two, Sony, Wal-Mart 67
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Webcasting Royalties 51
FTAA Treaty Threatens Innovation 386
France: No Google Text Ads For Trademarked Words 470
RIAA Threatens More Music-Lovers 636
Anti-Spammers Win Major Court Battle 213
Bernstein Cryptography Case Dismissed 139
Feds Admit Error In McDanel Security Case 211
Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts 597
US Senate Backs Genetic Privacy 262
Websites that Attempt to Decipher the Legalese? 22
Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case 1476
Ubisoft Gets Restraining Order In EA Non-Compete Battle 34
NY Times Reveals SCO/Canopy Group Hypocrisy 223
Successful Do-Not-Call Complaints? 440
Roland Attacks MT-32 Emulator Project 219
McBride Interview from Utah SCO Protest 207
Fax-Spam -- What Can One Do? 63
Red Hat Cornering SCO in Delaware 356
Can You Sue Over Loss of Personal Information? 479
First Lawsuits Filed under Missouri's No-Spam Law 156
Parents Sue School Over Use of Wi-Fi Network 667
SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony' 1217
Suing Your Customers: Winning Business Strategy? 395
Company Files Motion to Stop IE Distribution 580
FTC Settles With Texas Based Spammer 18
Federal Court Throws Out Minnesota VoIP Regulation 92
10th Circuit Says FTC Can Enforce Do Not Call 372
9th Circuit Overturns FCC's Cable Modem Decision 344
Charter Cable Sues To Quash RIAA Subpoenas 324
U.S. Court: Lexmark Can Tie Rebates To Refills 365
More Jail Time For Computer Crime Starting Next Month 419
EFF Position on Trusted Computing 183
Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Insecure Software 537
What to Do When Your ISP Steals Your Domain? 68
Innocent File-Sharers Could Appear Guilty? 380
Trash is Private Property in New Hampshire 82
Few Takers For RIAA's "Clean Slate" 252
FBI Investigating Lamo Via Patriot Act Provision 621
Microsoft Sends Takedown Notice To MSFreePC.com 358
Australian IT Minister Alston Replaced 122
The Cult of the NDA 284
3rd Lawsuit Against VeriSign Seeks Class Action 128
Microsoft Wins Summary Judgement in Smart Tag Case 156
Kazaa Sues Record Labels 528
RIAA Sues the Wrong Person 686
HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification 326
European Parliament Clashes Over Software Patents 213
Sony, Intel To Push Content Protection 276
eBay Exec. Boasts About Lack Of Users' Privacy 20
Groklaw Sends A Dear Darl Letter 268
VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder Service 403
Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size 1090
Take-Two Interactive and Sony Sued Over GTA 902
Slashback: Blaster, Sabers, Canada 317
Taking a Closer Look at the P2P Subpoenas 276
British Court Issues Bizarre Copyright Ruling 418
Californians Can Get Free MS-Settlement PCs 265
Senate Hearing Webcast Today On DMCA Subpoena Powers 21
SBC Refuses To Name File-Sharing Users 373
SCO Volleys to Red Hat 469
Google Wins the Filesharing Wars? 200
Justice Department Proud of Patriot Act Slippery Slope 1108
Microsoft-Antitrust.gov Opens for Public 245
RIAA PR Efforts Examined 552
Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' 1163
Anti-Game Violence Lawyer Profiled 58
RIAA Sued For Amnesty Offer 533
Good Guys 2, Spammers 0 415
Adrian Lamo Surrenders 639
MIT Releases Subpoenaed Student's Info 84
Register.com Loses Class action Lawsuit 454
PA Child Porn-Blocking Law Challenged, Suspended 283
Judge OKs Competitive Pop-Up Ads 373
RIAA Sues 261 Major P2P Offenders 1076
White Wolf Sues Sony 130
Dutch Court Rules That Linking Is Legal In Scientology Case 386
Kids Kill, Victim Sues Game Maker 1035
The Economist Contrasts American, European Patent Approaches 205
More Criticism of SCO's Claims To UNIX 400
Google Removes Kazaa Links, Keeps Sponsored Links 275
Adrian Lamo Charged With Hacking 527
SCO's Next Target: SGI? 338
Racketeering Suit Filed Against DirecTV 237
UK Games Trade Body Criticized Over Backups 9
RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers 789
Semiconductor Employees Suing IBM 273
RIAA Prepares Legal Blitz Against Filesharers 1192
SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims 436
Protests Delay European Software Patent Vote 316
Hacking By Subpoena 30
Software Customer Bill of Rights 293
Microsoft vs. Burst.com 410
Wendy Seltzer Interviewed 72
Sony Settles Case With Lik Sang Over Mod Chips 11
Blaster Writer Caught 1157
SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies 478
Small Webcasters Sue RIAA 315
Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE? 437
RIAA Tracking Songs by MD5 Hashes 779
Slashback: Bouncing, Taxing, Releasing 343
Further Selections From the Mixed-Up SCO Files 697
'Jane Doe' Lawyer Glenn Peterson Talks With GrepLaw 227
PanIP May Be Standing On Shaky Ground 261
AOL Sued For Over-Zealous Blocking 546
DeCSS Loses Free Speech Shield 613
E-Pass Can Resue Patent Case Against Palm 190
Embarrassing Dispatches From The SCO Front 715
Gamer Sues MMORPG After Losing Items 97
Anonymous User Challenges RIAA Subpoena 411
Australian Court Doubles CD Importers' Fines 258
RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5 1107
Australian Gov't To Launch Net Crackdown 24
SCO Prepares To Sue Linux End Users 1209
Joining the ACLU? 259
Louisiana Tries Anti-Spam Law 226
SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid 1137
RedHat Starts "Open Source Now" Fund 240
EFF Coordinates Fight Against DirecTV 268
Higher Education Committee Releases Report on P2P 206
When Wrongfully Accused of Hacking, What Can You Do? 105
GPL in Court - Good or Bad? 413
EU IP Enforcement Directive Criticized 295
Kiddie Porn - The Virus Did It 610
Is the SCO Lawsuit a Good Thing for Linux? 422
RIAA Quashed 76
Jesus Castillo, Supreme Court, And Free Speech 578
IBM Countersues SCO, And More! 1156
SCO Targets US Government, TiVo 1539
EU Says Microsoft's Abuses Are Ongoing 561
SCO May Countersue Red Hat, SuSE Joins The Fray 622
RIM Loses NTP Case, To Pay $53 Million 256
UCITA Committee Disbanded 16
What Became of Low Power FM? 18
Florida Citizens' Anti-trust Payout Dwarfed By Lawyers' 265
Jonathan Zittrain On The Spiderweb of Copyright Law 194
Lobbyist Morgan Reed Answers Your Questions 304
Inquiry Into RIAA's Piracy Crackdown Tactics 727
Castronova's Notes on Hacker Court 156
Is Licensing SCO Unix Legally Dangerous? 85
SBC Fights RIAA Over DMCA Subpoenas 455
Australian Federal Court Overturns Legal Modchip Sales 177
The RIAA Hit List - A Pattern Emerges? 657
Telemarketers Sue Over "Do Not Call" List 1004
2191.78 Years for the RIAA to Sue Everyone 636
IBM Points Out SCO's GPL Software Distribution 482
Corporate Fallout Detector 267
German Constitutional Court Blocks Napster Suit 173
Still More Sex.com 29
SBC Hit with Antitrust Lawsuit 209
Questions for DoJ IP Attorneys Asked and Answered 641
Microsoft's Patent Problem 712
Skeptical Reactions To SCO From Around The Globe 495
Australian Linux User Group Fights Back Against SCO 504
MIT, Boston College Refuse DMCA Subpoenas 668
When Good Spammers Go Bad 305
Nationwide Class Action Filed Against DoubleClick 525
Deep Linking Legal in Germany 142
California Microsoft Settlement 193
Seminar On Details Of The GPL And Related Licenses 171
Statistical Analysis of Copyright Registrations 337
Sexual Harassment for Consultants? 159
Meet the DoJ's 'Anti-Piracy' Lawyers 721

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