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Supreme Court seeks a way around "perpetual copyright" on foreign goods

flickr / deltaMike If the Supreme Court is looking for a middle ground in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, it's going to be hard to find. That copyright case, argued this morning, could have a...

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Do it “on the Internet,” get a patent, sue an industry—it still works

The federal courthouse in Marshall, Texas. MARSHALL, TEXAS—The slide that defense lawyers showed to the jury read: “This isn’t new.” In a patent case, it could have been a smoking gun—after all, it...

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Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Kids To Get 3 Strikes and Copyright Education In Paris

During the past year Hadopi, the government body charged with operating France’s 3 strike anti-filesharing program, has communicated directly with the public on its affairs. It has periodically released stats on who is...

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Monday, June 18th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Private Trackers And How They Work

While portals like ThePirateBay, Kat.ph, isoHunt, Mininova and so forth, offer their services publicly, there are thousands of other websites that like to keep a low profile, comprised of small but strong communities...

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Monday, April 2nd, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Meganomics: The Future of “Follow-the-Money” Copyright Enforcement

Strictly speaking, the top five pirated films of the year were Fast Five , The Hangover II , Thor , Source Code , and I am Number Four . It’s not a ‘best...

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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

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