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Judge slaps TorrentSpy with $111 million damages

BitTorrent peer-to-peer search site must pay damages in copyright infringement suit with the MPAA

Hollywood wants $15 million from Pirate Bay

Motion Picture Association wants damages for copyright infringement from the people behind The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music and movies

Japan eyes adding copyright fee to iPod price

Japan's proposed fee on digital music and video devices would be used to partially compensate rights holders for revenues lost to piracy

Bloggers beware

Indian workers don’t want U.S. jobs, survey reports

A recent survye by Evalueserve found that most Indian high-tech graduates see more opportunities in India than they do in the U.S.

ISPs, Web sites must tackle piracy, says CBS, Viacom chief

Content providers like Sumner Redstone's CBS and Viacom have been battling online piracy of movies and TV shows for several years

Stupid hacker tricks part 2: Youth and consequences

Tech-savvy delinquents set the Net aflame with boneheaded exploits that earn them the wrong kind of fame

Google takes down open source project after DMCA complaint

Google has removed its CoreAVC for Linux project after a complaint from the codec's developer for 'reverse engineering without permission'

OLPC names new president, COO

Charles Kane will move from CFO to COO for the nonprofit

U.S. firm fined for violations related to H-1B program

Outsourcer iGate to pay $45,000 to settle allegations it discriminated against U.S. residents when attempting to hire foreign workers