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AP Takes Bloggers on in Copyright Fight; Arrington Boycotts It

The Associated Press is battling small online news sites -- in essence, bloggers -- that have "quoted too heavily" from its stories, reports the Guardian. The news site takes issue with bloggers that quote large excerpts from a news story, even if they link to the original article. Irene Keselman, the intellectual property governance coordinator for the AP, sent a letter to the Dr  [...]

Consumers Expect Local Businesses to Pick up Phone, Fix Online Info

Eight of 10 Americans have little patience for merchants who don't answer the phone. For the key demographic for most home and professional services (adults 35-44) that figure rises to nearly 88 percent, according to a study conducted in August for FastCall411 by Synovate, writes MarketingCharts. The implications of the study,  [...]

Enterprise Software Pirate Bounty Sings to Tune of $1M

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has just increased its reward ceiling for piracy reports to $1,000,000, reports Ars Technica. The increase is part of a special promotion that will feature in online and radio ad campaigns. The offer expires in October; latecomers can expect to receive the standard $200,000 for accurate claims. "Businesses often  [...]

Free 'Click-to-Call' Feature Now Found on Google Maps

Google is rolling out click-to-call functionality in the U.S. via Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/ Microsoft's Windows Live Local has been offering click to call, but the feature has been showing up on Google Maps as well, with Google picking up the tab for the call, writes Garett French in a ZDNet blog, citing Washington state blogger Justin Uberti, who offers details. http://juberti.blogspot  [...]

Google Click-Fraud Settlement Approved

An Arkansas judge has approved a proposed $90 million offer to settle a class-action suit against Google, but apparently not everything is settled. Miller County, Arkansas, Judge Joe Griffin on Thursday approved Google's settlement offer - up to $60 million in online ad credits and $30 million in legal fees - to businesses that accused it of charging them for false clicks and not doing enough to prevent click fraud,   [...]

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Online Threats Leave Impact on E-tailing

eMarketer has released a report on online privacy and security and the impact that online theft and fraud have on online retail. According to the "Online Privacy and Security: The Fear Factor" report, nearly 60 percent of the U.S. population age 14 and above does not buy online. Moreover, more than a third (36.6. percent) of internet users do not buy online. Among online "shoppers" - those who browse, research and compare pr  [...]

Million Dollar Homepage Reaches Goal, Suffers DDoS Attack

Click to enlargeThe final 1,000 pixels of the Milli  [...]

Half of SMBs Don't Respond to Customer Email

Small-to-midsize companies are not responding to customer email as they should - even less so than enterprise-level firms - according to a study cited by Internet Retailer. The study determined that 51 percent of SMBs don't respond to customer emails at all, versus 41 percent of larger enterprises surveyed last year. Moreover, 70 percent of the smaller companies failed to respond to emails within 24 hours, compared with 61 perc  [...]

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U.K. Firms Ignorant of Own Spam Law

The Register: Anti-spam laws baffle UK.biz Research revealed that five out of six British businesses remain in the dark about the U.K.'s recently passed anti-spam measures. Clearswift found that the precious few business officials aware of the laws thought them woefully inadequate, with 92 percent saying that they were not nearly tough enough. About half of the businesses surveyed sent out unsolicited emails to prospectiv  [...]