- Tue Jan 4 2005 Court deals Microsoft setback in piracy case
Appeals court tosses out earlier ruling in Microsoft's favor, saying more hearings are needed in the case against MBC Enterprises.
- Thu Mar 22 2007 Net porn ban faces another legal setback
Federal judge says 1998 law targeting Web sites deemed "harmful to minors" goes too far and violates the free speech rights of American adults.
- Fri Apr 6 2007 After setback, Vonage wins temporary relief
Appeals court blocks a judge's order that would have stopped the Net phone company from taking on new customers.
- Tue Jul 15 2008 'Warcraft' maker wins round in exploit 'bot lawsuit
Court deals setback to man behind MMO Glider software, which helps characters cheat at World of Warcraft and is the subject of a lawsuit with WoW maker Blizzard Entertainment.
- Thu Mar 9 2000 Judge issues injunction against AOL in contract dispute
America Online subsidiary Digital City is dealt a major setback in a lawsuit brought by a former partner, HotJobs.com, over a broken advertising contract.
- Wed Feb 2 2005 Secret 'bus cams' challenged in court
Pennsylvania court deals setback to a class-action lawsuit that challenges school bus surveillance cameras.
- Thu Dec 14 2000 Hollywood dealt setback in DVD code case
The motion picture industry's effort to ban computer code that subverts its DVD encryption scheme suffers a setback from the California Supreme Court.
- Fri Feb 11 2000 Sony dealt PlayStation setback in ruling
The game industry giant suffered a setback in its legal battle to kill a software program that allows Macs to run games designed for the PlayStation.
- Fri Dec 19 2003 Court: RIAA lawsuit strategy illegal
A federal appeals court hands a major setback to the record industry's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file swappers, in a high-profile case pitting copyright law against the privacy rights of Internet users. - Mon Apr 28 2008 Dancing tot's mom faces setback in YouTube-Prince case
Federal judge in San Jose, Calif., dismisses lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation against Universal Music that alleges copyright misuse, but the case isn't exactly dead yet.


