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john.mcafee.win32 being removed from quarantine soon

A judge in Guatemala has ordered the release of John McAfee, who will seek refuge in the US to avoid a murder inquiry in Belize, according to his lawyer. The Associated Press reported the...

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Ohio attorney creates fake child porn for case, now must pay $300,000

In case it wasn’t clear, you can definitely be busted for digitally manipulating photographs to make them look like child pornography—or as it’s sometimes called, child abuse imagery. And even if it wasn’t against...

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Saturday, November 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Expert Witness Dinged $300,000 for Making Fake Child Porn

Dean Boland. Photo: Courtesy of Dean Boland An Ohio lawyer who serves as an expert witness in child pornography cases is on the hook for $300,000 in civil damages for Photoshopping courtroom exhibits of...

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Friday, November 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments

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

Warrantless Eavesdropping Before Supreme Court

Photo: anthonycmaki/Flickr The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments on whether it should halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications, a program that Congress eventually legalized in...

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Friday, October 26th, 2012 Net News No Comments