Neowin News Feed for: Legality

Facebook investigated by FTC over deception with apps

Paul Ferson — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:09:48 +0000

Facebook is coming under scrutiny by the FTC after it was discovered the company had 'deceived' developers by charging for app verification and doing nothing. Read more...

Philippines could introduce its own variant of a SOPA-like bill

Paul Ferson — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:22:52 +0000

Irwin Tieng, a prominent Filipino politician, has put forth the possibility of a bill echoing SOPA, which was rejected earlier this year after major internet protesting. Read more...

YouTube's existence threatened in Japan

Paul Ferson — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:17:19 +0000

In the wake of the capture of one of the terrorists responsible for the Tokyo sarin gas attacks of 1995, Japan's government has quietly amended one of their laws which could theoretically ban YouTube. Read more...

New Tool Checks Legality Of Open-Source Software

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:17:05 +0000

With the growing use of open-source software, businesses may find themselves using someone else's intellectual property without knowing it. While it's never been a smart business move to use someone else's intellectual... Read more...