California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban - The court overturned a ban on same sex marriage which means same-sex couples can now legally marry in the state. The only way to overturn the ruling is to get the state to add an amendment to the state constitution which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will not support. This is also the very reason why so many states in 2004 skipped right by drafting a law and went to the amendment stage as they knew that the law itself is unconstitutional on most state and national levels. I just hope no same-sex marriage will makes its way to the US Supreme Court as we all know they will support any such law, hearing the merits of the case would just be for the case of appearances.
Nintendo Loses Patent Case - The game company has been ordered by the world wide leaders of patent law incompetence, the court of Tejas, Texas, to pay $21 million to patent troll Anascape Ltd. for supposed patent infringement in their Gamecube controllers. The problem with current patent law is the patent itself is often reviewed by government employees who simply don't have the technical knowledge to recognize what they are looking at so pretty much rubber stamp any idea whether its feasible or not. So in this case Anascape probably patented an idea related to a game controller but never developed a working version as it’s not required. Nintendo years later designed a controller whose technology is similar to the patent and thus a case is born. Patent law doesn't recognize a random idea from the actually existence of that idea in action. It’s all a farce much like copyright law is today.
CBS Buying CNET - CBS is buying CNET networks to the tune of $1.8 billion or $11.50 a share. The additional will make "CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States." CNET networks include CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot, TV.com, MP3.com, and News.com. If you work for CNET, I recommend updating your resumes as there will be a ton of job duplication and therefore many layoffs.
RIAA Pays $108k in Lawyer Fees - Tanya Andersen has scored another victory against the RIAA, this time for lawyer fees over the war the RIAA has waged against her and she is now waging against them. She was falsely accused of copyright infringement and her lawyer has basically been spanking the RIAA repeatedly over their intimidation tactics. Hopefully this will help set a precedent for other ongoing cases from the RIAA who are desperate to maintain an old and useless business model. The RIAA represents only the companies, not the artists so don’t worry about the ruling costing your favorite money.
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