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Texas Instruments: still harassing hobbyists

Texas Instruments has dropped its spurious DMCA threats against hobbyists who’d blogged about potential mods to the company’s programmable graphing calculators. Researchers were able to reverse-engineer signing keys , “allowing modders to...

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Monday, November 2nd, 2009 Net News No Comments

Texas Instruments threatens calculator hobbyists

Texas Instruments should stop using the DMCA to threaten hobbyists who blogged about potential mods to the company’s programmable graphing calculators, says the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). TI’s calculators perform a “signature...

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Copyright Alliance: You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

Oz economist Tom Koltai kept getting a CAPTCHA error when he tried to sign up for the Copyright Alliance petition imploring US president Bartlet Obushma and his side-kick, HoJo Hidem, to look...

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Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Net News No Comments

Cyberbullying Bill Gets Chilly Reception

Lawmakers gave Rep. Linda Sanchez's cyberbullying bill a cool reception Proposed legislation demanding up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to...

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Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Net News No Comments

Lawsuit: Copyright Filtering Technology Infringes

Copyright filtering technology is a form of copyright infringement, according to a lawsuit against document service Scribd. The lawsuit, lodged in a Texas federal court Friday, broaches a novel legal theory in which...

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Monday, September 21st, 2009 Net News No Comments

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