The Bush Administration has weighed in on the side of the record companies in their copyright infringement lawsuit against Jammie Thomas, a single mother recently found liable for uploading 24 tracks to Kazaa.

After weeks of criticism, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday finally apologized for the controversial Beacon program, which publishes information about members' off-site purchases to their friends. The company also changed the program so that people can now opt-out once and for all.

Nielsen is reportedly set to join the ranks of companies offering online copyright policing. The company has partnered with Digimarc for the program, Digital Media Manager, which will roll out next year, according to media reports.

Universal Music Group has decided to stop MySpace from streaming entire songs of artists signed to the label. Instead, UMG is only permitting 90-second samples of songs to stream on the social networking site, according to press reports.

This weekend, The New York Times condemned Yahoo for having revealed the identities of two Chinese dissidents to the authorities, resulting in their jailing....