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The Daily Memo - 7/28/06
Good on Chicago - its city council is looking to increase the minimum wage by almost 80%, to $9.25. (BBC News)
Friendster is starting to get awarded patents related to online social networking, meaning lawsuits against Facebook and MySpace could be waiting in the future. (WSJ Law Blog)
A Canadian man in court for charges of sexual harassment and sexual assault was released on bail, only to wind up committing two new offenses before even getting out of the courthouse - trying to steal one woman’s purse and then groping another woman. (CTV)
“American Idol” winner Taylor Hicks got a preliminary injunction against a former producer, forbidding him from releasing a song that Hicks wrote and recorded back in the ’90s. (The Hollywood Reporter, Esq.)
Kazaa has entered into a settlement for more than $100 million with the record labels that sued it over the peer-to-peer network. (c|net)
Turns out you don’t get to keep your parent of the year award if you’ve recently pled guilty to arson. (The State)
The FCC is getting so ridiculous that PBS is considering not airing a World War II documentary by famed documentarian Ken Burns, for fear of fines. (Daily News)
How to beat the RIAA? (Techdirt)
