Patent Terrorists Lose Big In MP3 Case Against Microsoft
The US Senior District Court has ruled that Microsoft does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 Billion dollars for technology used to encode and decode digital audio files in the Windows Media Player. The French concern claimed that the technology infringed on two of its patents. The ruling overturned a previous jury verdict in a lower court. Yesterday’s the judge issued a ruling “in favor of Microsoft and against Lucent,...
British Government Rejects Extended Copyright Term
Officials in the United Kingdom have decided not to support extended copyright terms for recording artists, which it categorized as “consumer-unfriendly.” Not surprisingly, the decision has caused an uproar by industry groups led by label association BPI, as well as AIM and IFPI. In its 18-page opinion, the British Department of Culture, Media and Sport noted that many recording copyrights eventually revert to labels....
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