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ACTA negotiators finished; text "largely finalized"

Is the Anti-CounterfeitingTrade Agreement (ACTA) a done deal? That's what this weekend's joint government statement implied as another ACTA negotiating round ended in Tokyo. "Participants in the negotiations constructively resolved nearly all substantive...

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Monday, October 4th, 2010 Net News No Comments

Bomb threat as US Copyright Group sues 2,000 more file-swappers

After filing its high-profile infringement case against Hurt Locker file-sharers back in May, the US Copyright Group went quiet. While the lawyers moved against the 14,000 anonymous "Doe" defendants they have accused of...

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Friday, October 1st, 2010 Net News No Comments

Antipiracy lawyers pirate from other antipiracy lawyers

Sure, going after file-swappers has the potential to be hugely lucrative , but there are problems. Problem number one: someone needs to write all of the warning letters and response letter templates and...

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Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Net News No Comments

The case for (and against) 4Mbps universal broadband

In the great debate over how to get affordable high speed Internet into the hands of every American, one of the biggest bones of contention is defining the baseline standard for broadband. The...

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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 Net News No Comments

As USPTO evaluates Bilski, Red Hat says end software patents

When the Supreme Court heard the Bilski case earlier this year, it ruled that the specific business method patent at issue in the case was invalid and contended that the patentability of intangible...

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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 Net News No Comments

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