Apple may have won quite a few back to back court battles over patent infringement cases, but has had a "minor" setback in China. Ironically, the tech giant is accused of having infringed on the copyright of eight Chinese authors and two companies and has been ordered to pay 1.03 million yuan, or $165,000US, as fine for causing financial losses to the parties concerned. The … [Read more...] about Apple Found Guilty of Selling Illegal eBooks in China, Fined $165,000
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Unglue.it Back In Action After Finding New Payments Provider
Unglue.it, whose launch earlier this year was only recently overshadowed by its news that it has had its first successful “ungluing,” was forced to halt future attempts at unglue it campaigns when it’s payment processor, Amazon Payments, decided to pull the plug on its acceptance of donations. What is ungluing? It’s the crowdfunding process by which individuals pledge … [Read more...] about Unglue.it Back In Action After Finding New Payments Provider
Amazon to Halt Processing of Crowd-Funded eBook Access
Unglue.it, the recently launched crowd-funding site that allows consumers to make pledges of payment to "unglue" ebooks, thus eliminating the copyright and DRM, has just been informed by Amazon that the retailer will no longer honor pledge payments for this kind of transaction. CEO Eric Hellman issued a statement today: “Amazon Payments has informed us that they will no … [Read more...] about Amazon to Halt Processing of Crowd-Funded eBook Access
France to impose tablet tax
What if you are required to pay a tax to the government for a reason as trivial as owning a tablet PC? Well, that's exactly what the legislators at France are considering doing and will include all tablets with an internal memory greater than 40 GB. Strangely, Windows has been exempted from the new proposed tax regime - Private Copy tax - which government sources claim is due … [Read more...] about France to impose tablet tax