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Brief: Microsoft barred from selling Word, has plan for workaround
The US Court of Appeals has ordered Microsoft to drop support for editing Custom XML in Word, essentially stopping the company from selling current versions of one of its flagship products and affirming a $290 million patent infringement judgment against the software giant. The injunction, which goes into effect on January 11, 2010, not only bars the sale of Word 2007, but also affects all editions of Microsoft Office 2007, since Word comes bundled with all of them. It’s not as bad as it seems, however.
Continue reading »US Congress earmarks $30m for anti-piracy fight
DHS boasts busts in ‘Operation Holiday Hoax’ The Motion Picture Assocation of America on Monday graciously stroked US Congress for promising $30 million towards fighting IP crime in 2010.…
Continue reading »Net neutrality friends and foes squaring off, Oxford-style
Proponents and opponents of new net neutrality legislation squared off in New York yesterday as part of an Oxford-style debate organized by Tech-Debate.com. The participants included Tim Wu from Colombia Law School, AT&T SVP Robert Quinn and Brad Burnham from Union Square Ventures. What’s an Oxford-style debate, you might ask?
Continue reading »The MPAA and Tales of Human Error
p2pnet news view | MPAA:- MPAA boss Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman, about to re-enter the hinterland of obscurity , says SOC is “the option” for people “to enjoy movies in a more timely fashion”. If Hollywood is behind it, it’s a foregone conlusion it can’t be good for us, and so it’ll come as no surprise to learn ( Soc ) is just a DRM consumer control rose by another name. “If the FCC agrees, the MPAA and the movie studios it represents (Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, Disney, and Warner Brothers) would be able to ‘turn off’ any output plug they choose, like those on the back of consumer electronics devices of an entertainment system, during special video-on-demand movies on cable television,” said p2pnet , quoting a 2008 Public Knowledge post.
Continue reading »Coming soon: Freetard, The Movie
Music biz rise and fall hits the, um, small screen You’ve read all about music labels screwing the pooch. Now see the motion picture!…
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