A girl can be sued over accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court justice has ruled.

In a ruling made public late Thursday, the judge dismissed arguments by Breitman's lawyer that the case should be dismissed because of her young age. He ruled that she is old enough to be sued and the case can proceed.

After rightsholders demanded damages of 600 euros ($828) the case dragged through the legal system. After nearly five years a court in Germany has just published its decision. It ruled that the damages demands of the rightsholders were excessive and instead ordered the defendant to pay 30 euros ($41.00) damages.

Notably it was decided that since the tracks were old there would be a limited demand for them. Furthermore, since it could only be proven that the tracks were made available for a short amount of time, few downloads of the tracks would have taken place.

A federal judge today issued an injunction against a new Massachusetts law that tried to apply its "matter harmful to minors" law to the Internet. Because it's difficult to ascertain someone's age on the 'Net, that attempt turned out to be far too broad.

Zobel agreed that the ACLU and other plaintiffs were correct in calling the law overbroad and that they were likely to succeed on the merits of their complaint.

Ryan Stevens founded NoteUtopia in order to provide a mechanism for students to buy, sell, and share their university course notes.

But less than six weeks into the startup's history, NoteUtopia has received a cease-and-desist letter from the California State University system, charging that the company violates a provision of the state education code.

It's worth noting, says Stevens, that sororities and fraternities have long had systems for sharing course materials among members.

A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online.

A reader quickly identified it as an Orion Guardian ST820 tracking device made by an electronics company called Cobham, which sells the device only to law enforcement.

"We have all the information we needed," they told him. "You don't need to call your lawyer. Don't worry, you're boring."

Apple really, really, really wants exclusive rights to the word "Pod," in names for tech products, the company has argued in an 873-page legal brief filed earlier this week.

Apple is reportedly arguing that a video projector with the word "Pod" in its name would cause confusion with its own iPod products.

A lawyer representing Sector Labs tells the publication there's a growing trend of dominant tech firms trying to assume ownership of ordinary words.

Should a telecommunications company be able to advertise its Broadband as "supersonic" when its speeds could be as low as 64Kbps?

The problem with these plans is that while the usual speed is 100Mbps, if a customer goes over their download limit for the month their speed is slashed to just 64Kbps. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) isn't happy about Optus' sensationalist claims, which it is sure breaches the Trade Practices Act.

A group of defendants have hired several DC lawyers to file a joint motion demanding that the subpoenas in the case be quashed, that the defendants be dismissed from the litigation, and that Boll's production company cover their legal expenses.

The Omnibus Motion argues that the DC court has no personal jurisdiction over these particular defendants, since none of them live or work in DC-and neither do their ISPs.

Because the plaintiff's actions caused these Does to incur legal fees defending themselves in a distant court, "an award of attorneys' fees and costs in their favor is appropriate."

The Swiss Federal Court has ruled that software which identified the internet protocol (IP) address of unauthorised music uploaders broke data protection law.

The Court recognised the economic interest that copyright holders had in stopping the illegal sharing of material in which they had rights, but said that that interest did not justify what it called a significant intrusion into the privacy of each affected user.

The Recording Industry Association of America said on Monday that current U.S. copyright law is so broken that it "isn't working" for content creators any longer.

Sherman said, "if legislation is an appropriate way to facilitate that kind of cooperation, fine."

Last week, the RIAA and a dozen other music industry groups called on Google and Verizon to crack down on piracy, saying in a letter that "the current legal and regulatory regime is not working for America's creators."