When the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was enshrined into law with the passage of the historic Telecommunications Act of 1996, it contained a number of controversial provisions that covered "obscene or indecent" online content.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has accused RealNetworks of destroying evidence relevant to a lawsuit over the company's DVD-copying software.

I'll confess, I was a little perplexed by news this morning that Vivek Kundra had been officially named federal Chief Information Officer (the White House press release is

Update: The Cook County Sheriff's Department is asking a federal judge to close the Erotic Services section of Craigslist, as well as reimburse the department $100,000 it has cost to pursue Craigslist-related prostitution investigations over the past year, accordin

Over 50 years after its last major overhaul, there's a widespread sense that the US patent system has gone off the rails.

The RIAA has filed tens of thousands of lawsuits against suspected file-sharers—and that's just the US total.

Software Tree, a Silicon Valley database company that develops object-relational mapping technologies, has filed a lawsuit against Red Hat, alleging that the Java-based JBoss application server infringes on one of its patents.

A few years back, satellite imagery was the exclusive domain of government entities. But private business has gradually moved in, and over time, the equipment they're sending into space is providing sharper imagery and greater detail.

The Jammie Thomas file-sharing case in Minnesota might not go through a retrial after all.

The Pirate Bay trial wrapped up today in Sweden as the defendants gave their closing statements; the verdict is currently scheduled for April 17th.