Unlikely adversaries, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Verizon Internet Services Inc. are tangled in a controversy over alleged music piracy. The RIAA is seeking to enforce a subpoena issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to ascertain the identity of a Verizon customer has allegedly committed copyright infringement through file sharing, and futher to prevent this individual from continuing the activity.
The Motley Fool has an interesting article on this dispute, and the overlapping issues of privacy, music sales, and copyright.
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Daily Archives: September 19, 2002
GAO Releases New Report on the Operation of the USPTO
Today the GAO released the following report: Intellectual Property: Information on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Past and Future Operations. GAO-02-907, published August 23, 2002. Revenues, already booming for this agency, will be even higher as their proposed Strategic Plan calls for an increase in overall fees of 51% for large entities, and 67%… Continue Reading
Debate in Airline Passenger Database Intensifies As Release Nears
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency that was created in the wake of 9-11 (Public Law 107-71), to quote President Bush, to “give all Americans greater confidence when they fly.” On July 19, 2002 there was a hearing on the status of the work of this agency, and among the topics discussed were… Continue Reading
