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Report: Canada One Critical Step Closer to Joining the TPP

There's been a development in the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiations and it involved Canada. We recently learned that Canada is one critical step closer to joining the secretive agreement. What could that mean...

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Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Opinion: The problem with software patents? They don’t scale

Timothy B. Lee, a regular contributor to Ars Technica and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, has joined forces with Christina Mulligan, a postdoctoral resident fellow at the Information Society Project at...

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Thursday, March 8th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Mystery Buyer Wins Auction for Copyright Troll’s Domain

The online domain for Righthaven — a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing people for sharing stories online — has sold at auction for...

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Monday, January 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Copyright Troll’s Domain Name Auctioned to Pay Legal Fees

Righthaven, a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing people for sharing stories online, is having its domain name auctioned off to help satisfy the...

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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Oakland Police’s Tear Gas Gives Occupy a Victory

OAKLAND, Calif. — The city of Oakland, California enlisted police officers from 18 California police departments Tuesday, hoping to rid itself of the Occupy movement that had set up camp in a downtown...

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Friday, October 28th, 2011 Net News No Comments