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"Name your shills," judge orders Oracle, Google
With the epic legal battle between Google and Oracle winding down, Judge William Alsup today made an unusual demand: the parties need to tell the court who its paid advocates are. Alsup is...The U.S. Publishing Industry: The Untold Story of Its Own Pirating Habits
The same giant publishers that today complain about piracy, have built their empires by pirating literary works themselves; HarperCollins is just an example A recent article by Greg Sandoval at Cnet casts a...European high court rejects Internet traffic filtering as violation of fundamental rights
While Thanksgiving is an American holiday, internet service providers and users in Europe had reason to give thanks yesterday. The highest court in the European Union overturned a ruling that would have forced...Piracy and Copyright Challenges in 1841 Mirror Those of Today
During the first half of the 1800′s a new technology was threatening the livelihoods of book authors. The printing press. To deal with the challenges at hand, Sir Thomas Talfourd drafted a new...SCOTUS lets stand ruling that downloads are not performances
The Supreme Court left in place a ruling by a New York federal appeals court, which determined that song downloads are not "public performances" under copyright law. The ruling represents a victory for...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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