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Government Fights for Use of Spy Tool That Spoofs Cell Towers

The government's use of a secret spy tool was on trial on Thursday in a showdown between an accused identity thief and more than a dozen federal lawyers and law enforcement agents who were...

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Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Half-Ownership Claim of Facebook Is a ‘Fabrication,’ Magistrate Says

Declaring the case fraudulent, a magistrate judge on Tuesday urged a federal court to dismiss claims by a New York man whose lawsuit asserts he owns half of the social-networking service Facebook.

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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 Net News No Comments

MMS Is Not an Illicit File-Sharing Service, Appeals Court Says

The Multimedia Messaging Service is not an illicit file-sharing protocol, a federal appeals court ruled, setting aside Monday a complaint from an MMS-greeting-card supplier that claimed the nation's largest telecoms helped consumers infringe via...

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Monday, March 25th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Supreme Court Boosts Right to Resell Copyrighted Goods

The Supreme Court rules that buyers of foreign copyrighted works may resell them in the United States without the copyright holder's permission, a 6-3 decision Tuesday affirming the so-called "first sale" doctrine of federal...

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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 Net News No Comments

See No Evil: The Case of Alfred Anaya

Alfred Anaya was a genius at installing traps — secret compartments in cars that can hide everything from weed to jewelry to guns. And if they were used to smuggle drugs without his knowledge,...

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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 Net News 1 Comment