Posted by Simon Perry on 21 September 2007 | Tagged as: USA, Licensing, Open Source, Legal
US company, Monsoon Multimedia is being taken to court for violating the terms of the open source NGU General Public License (GPL) of the BusyBox project.
This is the first time this has happened in the US, as previous infringements have been sorted out through correspondence and talking. Having been through this process already and not […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 September 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Microsoft, Europe, Legal
With the overview of Microsoft losing of their European appeal against the European court case completed, we thought you’d appreciate the actual judgement handed down.
1. Annuls Article 7 of Commission Decision 2007/53/EC of 24 March 2004 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 [EC] and Article 54 of the […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 September 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Microsoft, Europe, Legal
Microsoft has lost its appeal against a court ruling that they abused their dominant position in Europe.
The judgement released today was handed down by the European Court of First Instance - following the hearings on 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 April 2006 - is huge, running to 1373 points.
In the courts words “The […]
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 3 September 2007 | Tagged as: Skype, Services, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, VoIP, Legal
New report says that Brits still none too keen on that VoIP thang.
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 August 2007 | Tagged as: News In Brief, Sky, UK, Legal, Regulation
The Sky/Amstrad comes in for a looky see.
Posted by Simon Perry on 3 August 2007 | Tagged as: Google, Licensing, Legal
Google .. on your car license plate … what a jolly jape!
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 30 July 2007 | Tagged as: Music, Legal
Ahoy there! Piracy hits an all time in the UK.
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 July 2007 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, VoIP, Legal, Regulation
Ofcom think that VoIP service that allow people to call landlines, should have access to 999 services.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 23 July 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Social software, Web 2.0, Legal
Facebook fans posting up too much personal info may fall victim to identity theft.
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 July 2007 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, Legal, Mobile, Cellular
Ofcom has floated a proposal to simplify the process of moving your mobile phone number to another provider and cutting the transfer time to within two hours, a stark contrast to the five days it takes now.
With the two hour goal just over two years away, Ofcom has ruled that the mobile industry must reduce […]
