• , Dec 17, 2004, 12:00 AM
  • P2P Needs a Fix, but What? Wired, December 17, 2004 As the Federal Trade Commission's two-day workshop exploring peer-to-peer technology ended Thursday, both sides in the debate expressed a willingness to work together but found little common ground. The FTC is collecting preliminary information on P2P technology and software, which detractors claim often mislead consumers by giving them the impression that they can legally download copyright works without permission. Read the whole story...
  • AOL Settlement Includes Tight Controls Wahsington Post, December 17, 2004 America Online Inc.'s settlement with the Justice Department imposes a strict new set of controls on the company, including requirements that the Internet giant hire a corporate monitor and disclose serious wrongdoing discovered internally to the government. Read the whole story...
  • Charities Find Dollars on the Internet CNN, December 17, 2004 Charities looking to fill their stockings this year over the Internet are encountering a new generation of donors promising to change the face of philanthropy. Read the whole story...
  • FTC Issues Final Rules Defining CAN-SPAM ClickZ, December 17, 2004 One year to the day after the original CAN-SPAM bill was signed into law, the Federal Trade Commission issued final regulations specifying what constitutes an e-mail with "commercial primary purpose". The ruling closely follows the text of the proposal released on August 13, with important new specifics that seek to dispel the ambiguity around determining the primary purpose of dual-use messages, said Catherine Harrington-McBride, staff attorney for the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Read the whole story...
  • eBay to buy Rent.com for $415 million Cnet, December 16, 2004 eBay announced late Thursday that it had agreed to acquire the apartment rental service Rent.com for $415 million, the latest move in its expansion beyond Internet auctions. Read the whole story...