   December 12, 2004 - December 18, 2004 ArchiveDecember 15, 2004Apple Makes iPods Incompatible with Harmony
RealNetworks' Harmony music service doesn't work with the newest iPod software, leaving customers who upgrade with unplayable files. Aren't the DRM wars great?
BitTorrent Infringers Cross Finnish Line
Finnish police arrested 34 locals associated with a popular BitTorrent download site.
Google Trounces Geico Already?
It looks like a judge just ruled in Google's favor: the company can use trademarked company names to trigger advertisements. We're listing that in the "Good for Consumers" column.
MD Spam Law Unconstitutional
The statute was found to improperly regulate interstate commerce and was tossed by a state judge.
It's a Small World After All
Ed Felten has written a P2P application in 15 lines of code to illustrate the futility of regulating the software. It's called TinyP2P, and it allows users to create "small world" networks for sharing files.
December 14, 2004Is Patent-Only Protection for Software Smart?
Greg Aharonian hopes to convince a court that copyright shouldn't apply to software -- a plan that would trade invalidating the GPL for a reduction in the term of the work's protection.
To Tivo, or Not to Tivo?
The company says neither, since "Tivo" is a registered trademark that's not supposed to be used as a verb. Or else.
December 13, 2004Sony Picks on Blogger Over Jeopardy Spoiler
When blogger Jason Kottke posted an audio clip of Ken Jennings' final appearance on Jeopardy, he wasn't expecting the show's parent company to call in the lawyers. After all, Sony didn't send nastygrams to the Washington Post or an ABC affiliate that disseminated the same info.
Google Adwords Spur Geico Lawsuit
The insurance company brought a claim against Google for letting other companies buy search results for the term "Geico."
Patents as Toxic Waste of Dotcom-Bust
Our own Jason Schultz on the fate of some nasty patents that were granted at the height of the boom.
Bad Santa
If the patent lobby succeeds in circumventing the EU parliament, the EU could get software patents by Christmas. Slashdot coverage here.
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