Warner Brothers sued for unauthorized use of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: Apr 26 - May 03 Law & Disorder Warner Brothers sued for unauthorized use of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat by Timothy B. Lee Warner Brothers is facing a federal lawsuit for using two feline-themed Internet memes in a video game without their creators' permission. The authors of "Keyboard Cat" and "Nyan Cat" have sued the media giant arguing that the game Scribblenauts, published by WB Games, infringes their copyrights and trademarks. The game's developer, 5th Cell, is also named in the lawsuit. Read More Law & Disorder Spyware used by governments poses as Firefox, and Mozilla is angry by Jon Brodkin Mozilla has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a company that sells spyware allegedly disguised as the Firefox browser to governments. The action follows a report by Citizen Lab, which identifies 36 countries (including the US) hosting command and control servers for FinFisher, a type of surveillance software. Also known as FinSpy, the software is sold by UK-based Gamma International to governments, which use it in criminal investigations and allegedly for spying on dissidents. Read More Features How the FBI cracked a “sextortion” plot against pro poker players by Nate Anderson At 8:05am on the morning of December 1, 2010, an FBI search warrant team swarmed up to a Silicon Valley home on an unusual misson: find the "sextortionist" who had been blackmailing pro poker players over the Internet. One agent pounded on the door and shouted out, "FBI!" Movement was heard inside, but no one opened the door. The agent knocked again, but the door stayed shut, so out came the battering ram. Wham—the door gave and FBI agents flooded inside, guns drawn in the dim light. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Plan to boost in-flight Internet could wreak havoc on satellite networks How our brains navigate the world without us noticing Barnes and Noble reinvigorates Nooks with access to Google Play store Feeding bees corn syrup may leave them vulnerable to colony collapse HTML5 Epic Citadel demo shows the power of WebGL in the browser Indictment: Sysadmin passed over for promotion quits, then strikes back Top Bitcoin exchange hit with $75 million suit over failed partnership Chinese “spy” caught with NASA laptop full of porn, not secrets Google hires a “Chief Game Designer” for its “Android Play Studio” Warner Brothers sued for unauthorized use of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at garn14.tech@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.