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Company targets Apple, Microsoft and others for not using enough DRM
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070511-company-target...
What do Vista, Flash, RealPlayer, and iTunes have in common? According to Media Rights Technologies (MRT), all of them are infringing products under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and MRT has just sent cease-and-desist letters to Microsoft, Adobe, Real, and Apple.
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Submitted by liquidboy
61 months, 1 week, 6 days, 5 hours agoTags: MRT, microsoft, apple, itunes, real, adobe
MPAA Math: 40% Plus 70% Equals?
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070508/202525.shtml
MPAA continues to invent new math. It adds up the 70% (of camcorded movies) coming from Canada with the 40% coming from New York City (not to mention % from the rest of the world) and still come up with 100%. Considering they can't back up earlier reports claiming 30%, 40% and 50% from Canada, don't expect them to explain the 70% either.
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US: Senate hears the Internet radio blues, takes action
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070510-senate-hears-t...
Coalitions like SaveNetRadio.org have been petitioning Congress for relief after the Copyright Royalty Board denied an appeal to reconsider its decision earlier this year on Internet radio fees. Today, two senators rode to their rescue...
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US intelligence wants ability to censor satellite images
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070509-us-intelligenc...
The head of a US intelligence agency told the Associated Press that commercial satellite services like Google Earth may need to be censored in the future in order to protect American interests....
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EFF to psychic: There will be a DMCA abuse suit in the near future
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070509-eff-to-psychic...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun fighting back this week against one DMCA takedown abuser. The organization has filed a lawsuit against "paranormalist" Uri Geller for sending a takedown notice to YouTube over a video that heavily criticizes his psychic and magical abilities. The suit alleges that Geller and his company Explorologist Ltd. "knowingly and materially" misrepresented their claim under the DMCA when demanding that the video be taken down, and therefore violated the..
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The Pirate Bay called a right-wing effort to 'reach young people' through file-sharing?
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8741/The+Pirate+Bay+called+a+ri...
New plan of attack by the IFPI tries to link TPB with right-wing extremist groups, with one guy saying "Politicians loved the bit about the music but, the aim was to reach young people" to apparently spread a right-wing ideology.....
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RIAA "extortion": why the only RICO they fear is Suave
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070506-riaa-extortion...
For those that don't know what RICO is this is a great introduction article. Read what RICO is and how it may or may not be relevant to RIAA...
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US: New bill to give bloggers same shield law protection as journalists
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-new-bill-to-gi...
A proposal to extend the "Free Flow of Information Act of 2007" to give bloggers the same protection as journalists. Introduced last week (first week of May 2007) by Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA), the bill is meant to offer a federal version of reporter "shield" laws that are in place in some 32 states in the US.
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(Car) Auto Accident Lawyer - Does they really helps?
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http://www.12buyonline.com/auto/auto-accident-lawyer.html
With so many law schools out there and so many lawyers coming onto the scene every year, a good portion of them inevitably end up jobless or in less than desirable jobs, such as working as an auto accident lawyer. Are their services really helpful? Let's find out.
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Submitted by boonchek
61 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours agoTags: car, auto, reference, law, help, review, article, information
US FCC: FCC warns carriers to stop blocking free conference calls
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070504-fcc-warns-carr...
The Federal Communications Commission has told large telcos and carriers to stop blocking calls to conference calling services routed through Iowa. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said after a public appearance yesterday that the Commission told the big telcos that if they do not stop blocking the calls, the FCC "would end up taking action as we saw necessary," according to GigaOm.
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