India-US sign MOU on deal with cyber cri...

India and US have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to fight cyber crime jointly by timely exchange of information between the Computer Emergencies Team of both Countries, namely Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The agreement was signed by Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary for the US...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arreste...

The 29 year old ‘Julian Assange’, founder of the controversial WikiLeaks was arrested by British Police, being wanted by Sweden Police for sexual offences… and is supposed to be sent to Sweden, as his bail was rejected by British Court. The arrest has received harsh criticism from all around the world, as violative of free speech. WikiLeaks, which was founded in...

P2P limewire music service shut down by ...

Manhattan Federal Court granted the music industy request to shut down the Limewire sharing service, which was liable for copyright infrngement, as it allowed sharing of music, movies, TV shows, etc for free over the Internet. Ofcourse, this is not something new as violating softwares have always been on target of famous music labels in US and Europe. Saying that LimeWire’s...

Important Judgments Aug-Sept 2010

Downloads are not performances, rules US court A music download is not a performance of a work and therefore does not demand an additional licence and fee, a US court has ruled. A stream of a file is a performance, though, the court said. Read More Argentine court overturns ruling on search engines’ liability for links An appeals court in Argentina has ruled that search engines...

Indian National Sentenced to 81 Months i...

An Indian national was sentenced today to 81 months in prison on conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to “hack” into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg of the...

US Court fixes location of Domain Name b...

United State Court Of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Office Depot v. Zuccarini In December 2000, Office Depot obtained a judgment against Zuccarini under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (“ACPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), rising out of Zuccarini’s registration of the domain name “officdepot.com.” Office Depot was unable to collect on the judgment and...