The trial pitting Google vs. Oracle on the claim of intellectual property infringement by Google in Android has reached almost a tabloid like feel. Outside the courtroom feels like the red carpet as tech giant after tech giant emerge from limos and town cars to testify.

The United States government has formally lodged a request to extradite alleged copyright pirate Kim Dotcom from New Zealand, a lawyer representing the US says.

A consortium of film studio giants has begun a High Court appeal against internet service provider (ISP) iiNet over illegal downloads.

iiNet has proposed a way of dealing with copyright infringements involving an impartial referee which, it claims, can remedy the friction between ISPs and film studios.

The film industry wants to tackle movie piracy to level the playing-field, not to avoid implementing new content delivery models, according to the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).

On the opening day of the copyright case appeal hearing, AFACT barrister, David Catterns, has pointed to iiNet chief, Michael Malone’s testimony in the original hearing.

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has claimed iiNet punishes spammers but not copyright infringers in the first day of the copyright case’s appeal hearing in the Full Federal Court.

Google's years-long attempt to create an online library and store with millions of books will face yet another legal hurdle with the filing of a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit by the American Society of Media Photographers.