U.S. Antitrust Chief Asks Foreign Countries To Lay Off iTunes
Justice Department antitrust chief Thomas Barnett cited proposals by some foreign officials to impose restrictions on iTunes as an example of overzealous regulation that he said could discourage innovation and hurt consumers. The top U.S. antitrust official urged overseas governments to think twice before interfering with popular new technologies, singling out the over zealous scrutiny of Apple Computer’s iTunes online music...
eDonkey Settles Infringement Suit For $30 Million
eDonkey the renegade file-sharing application owned by MetaMachine, has agreed to shutdown its service and pay a $30 million settlement to avoid a infringement lawsuit by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). eDonkey has also agreed to discontinue distributing its file-sharing application. The result follows months of negotiations with the RIAA, which sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company in September of last...






