I recently received this very interesting question from one of my readers in relation to my post “bit(ter)(torrent) fight to the end“. Before I post my thoughts, I thought to put it out to my readers for some comment first:
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Your recent article bit(ter)(torrent) fight to the end as well as the current lawsuit against The [...]
Towards the close of November, a legal spat has broken out between a number of South African Torrent sites and RiSA (the Recording Industry of SA – a lobbying group representing a number of South African music producers).
Recently some Somali pirates caught the world’s attention, but another kind of pirate has also recently been hunted, although with much less drama than the Somali food pirates. Since the beginning of this month, the BSA (Business Software Alliance), has been airing advertisements on local radio stations, offering employees up to R100 000* (with the [...]
Back in 2006 a bunch of Belgian news publishers (Copiepresse) successfully sued Google to stop the Google News Service from publishing the headlines from the Belgian newspapers.
The publishers were particularly upset at the fact that one was able to still read the headlines and first couple of sentences from Google’s site long after the news [...]
Simpler, Better, Faster. With us you are number one. Finger lickin’ good! Life’s good. Sheer driving pleasure. Trademarks are all around us and are an integral part of any successful business.
In South Africa, the registration of trademarks is governed by the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993. The act came into operation in May 1, [...]
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