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It's Hard To Settle Quietly In The Blogosphere

Call it the latest in castoffs of a litigious society, or maybe a lesson in the new transparency the Internet allows. Simpler, if you want to keep a legal threat quiet, make sure your threat is a) valid and b) not made to a blogger with a history of telling everybody about legal threats.

Dancing Baby Takes Universal To Court

If some copyright holders had their way, you couldn't listen to a CD in your car with the windows down. Somebody might hear it without paying for it. The latest Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawsuit against Universal Music hopes to prevent similar abuses on the Internet.

Judge Denies Both Sides In Tur v. YouTube

Neither side in the lesser-known and first YouTube lawsuit won a motion for summary judgment in court last week. Both sides presented their arguments for dismissing the other's claims, and both were turned down by the judge, meaning Tur v. YouTube will move into the discovery phase.

Litigation And Regulation to Kill Music 2.0?

RIAA lawsuits are increasingly targeting college students and turning a generation of music consumers into enemies and outlaws. ASCAP thinks a download constitutes a performance and wants payment for both mechanical and performance royalties. Internet radio which already pays higher royalties than AM/FM broadcasters has been hit with new royalty rates that could put most of them - and all of the music discovery engines like Pandora - out of business.

Intel Finds AMD Litigation Inside

Chipmaker AMD has filed an antitrust suit against bitter rival Intel over its dominant position in the OEM industry.

Kos and Barr Sign Agreements To Resolve Patent Litigation

Kos Pharmaceuticals and Barr Pharmaceuticals have signed Co-Promotion, Licensing and Manufacturing, and Settlement and License Agreements relating to the resolution of the patent litigation involving Kos' Niaspan products.