copyright laws

College student Noah Witherspoon recently announced some unfortunate news. His free Tetris-esque game Tris is currently the top most popular free app in the App Store, but it seems it's popularity drew the attention of the Tetris® Company, and they are claiming a "copyright" claim on the game and are forcing him to take it down by Wednesday, August 27th.

If you've read our App Reviews lately then you can probably guess that we are pretty big fans of Pandora Radio, and the internet-radio movement they've been a part of, but it's no secret that the RIAA and internet radio do not get along. So far they've been able to hold on despite the constantly growing mountain of fees and royalties, but they may be nearing the end of their rope.