The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Kmart over deceptive gift card advertising and sales practices. Consisting of fine print in …
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Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) Hits Small Webcasters
The CRB has dramatically hiked the royalty rates for licensed music broadcast on the Internet. If you're using, or considering using, such music as part of your business, check out the new …
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Internet Attorney: Cybersquatting Draws Microsoft’s Wrath
After suing hundreds of cybersquatting domain name owners last year for infringing on its trademarked terms, Microsoft (MSFT) has announced that it will launch a new round of lawsuits against …
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Viacom Sues Google For More Than $1,000,000,000
Based on YouTube's unauthorized showings of Viacom programs, Google (which now owns YouTube) is being sued for copyright infringement...for more than a billion bucks. Viacom contends that Google is …
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Facing The Music At Starbucks
Starbucks is launching its own music label and hopes to land Paul McCartney for its first album.What lessons can be learned from this for your business?First, it is a matter of distribution. …
How Charitable Is Your Charity?
The Dallas Business Journal reports that the Texas Stampede, benefiting the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, is in the bottom two (2%) percent of charities as ranked by Charity Navigator. …