Posted 10/28/07 at 11:32:51 PM by Erin Simon

After several telecommunications companies are revealed to be discriminating which content they'll transmit, two senators start the investigative ball rolling.

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Internet, phone, law, speech, censorship, antitrust, telecoms, telecommunications, senate, investigation

Posted 10/14/07 at 10:34:24 PM by Erin Simon

Consumer backlash goes litigious as two class actions are filed against Apple for disabling unlocked iPhones.

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apple, iphone, lawsuit, law, antitrust, at&t, consumer, class action, bricking, unfair competition, monopoly

Posted 09/24/07 at 12:06:13 AM by Erin Simon

A plucky band of cable consumers tries to sue their way to not having to pay for stuff they don't want. How will this affect your cable bill? Stay tuned.

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tv, television, cable, lawsuit, law, antitrust, tying

Posted 09/16/07 at 09:10:21 PM by Erin Simon

A company has filed suit against a number of media and hardware producers alleging that they infringed its patent in the idea of putting music in a playlist. Really!

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lawsuit, patents, law, infringement, antitrust, patent, playlist, prior art, sherman act

Posted 09/09/07 at 08:43:52 PM by Erin Simon

The DoJ Antitrust Division doesn't think net neutrality will help consumers, because we all know how competitive the telcom market is.

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network, Internet, law, net neutrality, fcc, neutrality, tiered access, doj, antitrust, department of justice, public comment