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Downloading Songs Cost Minnesota Woman $220,000

A court ruling today finalised the damages that a Minnesotan woman will have to pay for distributing a handful of songs usingfile sharing platform Kazaa. You know a file sharing trial has gone...

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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

ITC rejects Google’s "patent loan" to HTC

The International Trade Commission has rejected HTC's attempts to use five patents on loan from Google against Apple in smartphone-related complaint. ITC Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender agreed with Apple's arguments that only...

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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Obama Administration Demands Reinstatement of $1.5 Million Fine

It seemed that the $2,250 per infringing song has become the brand new standard in the US with regards to file-sharing. After the Jammie Thomas case and Joel Tenenbaum case pointed to this...

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Sunday, June 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Free Anonymous Usenet Downloading With Just a Web Browser

It’s a battle that’s been running in some people’s minds for the last decade. What’s better for downloading – BitTorrent or Usenet? Chances are, most people reading this post will have used BitTorrent...

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Saturday, June 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments

ITC judge to use "Cheech and Chong" test in Apple v. Samsung case

An International Trade Commission judge plans to use what he called the "Cheech and Chong test" to determine if Samsung's products indeed copy Apple's designs for the iPhone and iPad. The remarks came...

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Friday, June 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments