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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday issued a warning letter to a Detroit-based firm operating an Internet and mail order business selling Canadian prescription drugs. The FDA claims CanaRx Services, Inc., is operating an illegal business and is a risk to public health. The letter states that CanaRx Services is causing the shipment of […]

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) President Cary Sherman is likely in for some hostile questioning Wednesday morning when he testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on the music industry’s use of the subpoena power provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Chairing the hearing will be Sen. Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.), who on Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) accused Verizon and SBC Communications of “promoting illegal downloading” and engaging in “hypocritical behavior” by resisting the subpoenas issued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Boxer’s comments came during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing convened to review the controversial subpoena power provisions of the Digital Millennium […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to permanently extend the current temporary moratorium on Internet taxes that expires on Nov. 1. The legislation, passed on a voice vote, amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act (IFTA), which imposes a federal ban on state and local taxes on Internet access services and certain Internet-based […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Verizon return to court Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia hears Verizon’s appeal of a January ruling requiring the telecom giant to comply with a subpoena request by the RIAA to reveal the identities of customers who allegedly infringed copyrights using […]

A handful of federal government websites are beginning to reach performance levels that sometimes rival those of private industry, according to data released Monday by the University of Michigan. The data is part of the E- Government Satisfaction Index, a customized special report of federal websites from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The index […]

WASHINGTON — The three-panel U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia peppered attorneys for both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Verizon with questions about the subpoena powers of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Tuesday morning. Verizon is appealing a January ruling requiring the telecom giant to comply with a […]

Digital rights management (DRM) efforts by the private sector are much more well-received by the software, technology, Internet service provider, and consumer factions than efforts being made in the courts or in Congress, according to a report released Tuesday by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC). The report also finds that market-driven solutions are being […]

Amit Yoran, the founder of an Internet government security firm and a current vice president at Symantec, has been named by the Bush administration to head the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity division. In his new role, Yoran will be responsible for implementing the administration’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a report issued by […]

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation Wednesday to permanently extend the existing temporary ban on Internet access taxes that expires on Nov. 1. The bill amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act (IFTA), which imposes a federal moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access services and certain Internet-based sales […]

Even by the litigious standards of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it was a tumultuous week. Already engaged in a three-year legal war against peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for serving as conduits for alleged music piracy, the principal trade group of the major music labels flooded courtrooms from coast to coast with 261 civil […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which filed 261 civil lawsuits earlier this week against alleged online music pirates, became a litigation target itself after a Novato, Calif., man slapped an injunctive action against the music trade group claiming its “clean slate” amnesty program is a deceptive business practice. In addition to the lawsuits […]