Tag: DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

The trial of alleged Xbox-modder Matthew Crippen began this week, and a stern lecture from the bench has already forced a courtroom apology -- from the prosecution. The unprecedented trial hinges on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), but discrepancies in the Act -- combined with problematic behavior from the prosecution -- reportedly left U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez with ...

Google has dominated the tech-news cycle for the last few days. The Internet is still abuzz with news of Buzz, and Google's foray into the ISP business is attracting plenty of press, as well. But not all of the coverage has been for positive reasons. The company has found itself embroiled in a scandal that has been dubbed "musicblogocide2010" by the Twitterverse. Several popular music blogs, ...

Some folks online are up in arms over the arrest of geek-supreme Matthew Crippen, a student at California State University at Fullerton. According to the charges, Crippen was illegally modding gaming consoles to play pirated games, and doing so for financial gain. Modding game consoles is, in fact, a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Note: Don't post pirated products, ...