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With anti-shill order, Google/Oracle judge enters "uncharted territory"

TangoPango Two legal experts have told Ars Technica that Judge William Alsup's new  order  forcing Google and Oracle to name their paid advocates is highly unusual—but neither could pinpoint any specific constitutional problems....

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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Copyright Troll Lawyer Slammed By Court of Appeals

In 2010, lawyer Evan Stone filed a suit on behalf of Mick Haig Productions against 670 as-yet unknown individuals the company believed had been unlawfully sharing their film “Der Gute Onkel” using BitTorrent....

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Friday, July 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Internet content blocking travels downstream, affects unwary users

Much of Oman's Internet traffic is routed through India, as well as the Suez Canal. TeleGeography A team of Canadian researchers have uncovered an unusual new example of “upstream filtering,” where online content...

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Thursday, July 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

The Oatmeal mails pics of cash, Kodiak bear seduction to lawyer

The package destined for Charles Carreon. Matt Inman The FunnyJunk/Oatmeal/Carreon circus—which raised issues of online defamation, copyright compliance, "cyber-vandalism," and the ethics of online fundraising, and which drew in groups as disparate as...

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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

“Let’s Build Better Copyright Laws” Says La Quadrature Du Net

Soon after ACTA was denied in the European Parliament, La Quadrature Du Net is implying that this is a great opportunity to build new and more viable copyright laws. Last week ACTA was...

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Monday, July 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments