At the end of last year, several U.S. officials and newspapers, such as the New York Times, indicated that the Obama administration has planned to submit legislation to Congress that would make it easier for law enforcement officials to wiretap the Internet.  The bill would require all communication service providers to have the capability to [...]

Over the past five years mixed martial arts (“MMA”) has gained considerable traction in the sports market, from both a global perspective and, to an even further extent, in the eyes Americans.  MMA, as defined by Wikipedia.org is “a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills, from a [...]

The National Football League Players Association (“NFLPA”) has filed a collusion case against the NFL, which the union confirmed on January 18, 2011. Union spokesman George Atallah has not commented on the exact details of the suit, but the allegations reportedly center on the lack of activity in restricted free agency last year, as free [...]

Charges have been dropped in the federal trial of a California man charged with violating the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digitial Millenium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). The trial revitalized the issue of whether video game console modification should be exempted from the anti-circumvention provisions of the act.  Andrew “Bunnie” Huang, author of the bookHacking the [...]

The Black Eyed Peas, the popular hip-hop act behind recent radio smashes “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling,” may be getting a sinking feeling after being served with a duo of lawsuits accusing the group of copyright infringement.  Over the past two years, the Peas have enjoyed massive popular and critical success.  “Boom Boom [...]

In 2005 the Broadway musical Jersey Boys opened to massive critical acclaim and was later honored at the 2006 Tony Award’s as the year’s best musical.  The play told the rags to riches tale of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons through music, dancing and use of historical footage.  Five years after the first curtain [...]

Blizzard Entertainment, maker of various popular computer games, filed suit in the Central District of California recently against three users who made and sold “hacks” to their latest creation, Starcraft II.  The lawsuit was filed shortly after Blizzard banned at least 5,000 gamers from the game in mid-September for using such programs.  The hacks at [...]