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How to get More Ink Out of ‘Empty’ Printer Catridges
We wrote about the Class Action lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard over printer-ink monopoly pricing and false “empty catridge” warnings that force customers to guy buy more ink long before the cartridge is really empty. What made today important was a story over on Yahoo about a guy named Farhad Manjoo that was not going to take [...]
Continue reading...Konami (Dance Dance Revolution) Sues Viacom/Harmonix (Rock Band)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Konami, creators of Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution and Drum Mania rhythm games (and the Metal Gear Solid series), sued Viacom/Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, for patent infringement (this patent). Viacom/Harmonix claim they are doing nothing wrong and have their own patent to prove it. Any guesses as to what this means for Rock Band 2? [...]
Continue reading...War Against Internet Users, P2P Traffic and Piracy Begins
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Was browsing through Slashdot today and saw two interesting articles. It looks like nations, naturally under the guidence of the RIAA/MPAA and similar groups, are beginning to move ‘anti-piracy’ legislation forward. The first part of the problem is to give ISPs complete amnesty from pirated material, which will protect them from litigation and give them an [...]
Continue reading...Monster Cable Would Sue Jesus
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monster Cable, the company that produces the bullshit-performing and overly expensive A/V cables that Circuit City and Best Buy always try and ram down your throat when you buy a new TV doesn’t just create cables with a 800% markup, they also sue every other company that uses the term “Monster” in their name (Except [...]
Continue reading...Seagate Plays the Douchebag Card (Stymies SSD)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Well it happened… a few months ago it was rumored that Seagate held some IP that was essentially infringed upon by all existing solid state drive (SSD) designs. There were rumors that Seagate would pull that card just as the market was exploding in order to either kill off competition in the space or seriously [...]
Continue reading...Mass Lawsuit Against Cable Providers
Friday, September 21, 2007
A huge lawsuit has been filed against every cable provider (satellite included) for forcing users into purchasing hugely expensive packages when they only want 1 or 2 channels from that package. The suit is seeking that users be able to piece-meal the channels they want instead of being controlled by the cartel created between the cable [...]
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Monday, August 25, 2008
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