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Barack Obama Wins US Presidency
Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants
Russia Mandates Free Software For Public Schools
Cambridge, Mass. Moves To Nix Security Cameras
Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All
17,000 Downloads Does Not Equal 17,000 Lost Sales
Canadian Court Rules "Hyperlink" Is Not Defamation
Monty Python Banks On the Long Tail Via YouTube
Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker
UK Government Abandons Piracy Legislation
EU Strikes Down French "3 Strikes" Copyright Infringement Law
Walmart Caves On DRM Removal
Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry
Senate Votes To Empower Parents As Censors
US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search
Paper Ballots Will Return In MD and VA
Rocket Hobbyists Prevail Over Feds In Court Case
French Assembly Rejects Three Strikes Bill
State Secrets Defense Rejected In Wiretapping Case
IWF Backs Down On Wiki Censorship
FOSS Development As Economic Stimulus
RIAA Litigation May Be Unconstitutional
Court Rules Autism Not Caused By Childhood Vaccine
Paul McCartney Releases Album As DRM-Free Download
McCain Backs Nuclear Power
RIAA Loses $222K Verdict
UK Government Boosts Open Source Adoption
Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected
Human Rights Court Calls UK DNA Database a 'Breach of Rights'
The Death of Nearly All Software Patents?
RIAA Gives Up In Atlantic Recording v. Brennan
New State Laws Could Make Encryption Widespread
Microsoft To Disable Autorun
Australian Internet Censorship Plan Torpedoed
German Court Bans E-Voting As Currently Employed
IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant By Default
Rick Boucher To Chair House Internet Committee
Belgian ISP Scores Victory In Landmark P2P Case
EMI May Cut Funding To RIAA, IFPI
Jack Thompson Disbarred
RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers
Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud
Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals
Red Hat CEO Says Economic Crisis Favors Open Source
MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free
Federal Circuit Appeals Court Limits Business-Method Patents
New Bill To Rein In DHS Laptop Seizures
SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus
EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones
KY Appeals Court Nixes Seizure of Gambling-Linked Domains
New EMI Boss Says 'Downloads May Be Good'
Cost-Conscious Companies Turn To Open Source
Judge Excludes 3 "John Does" From RIAA Subpoena
Time Warner Shelves Plans For Tiered Pricing
35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush
Handset Vendors Plug Micro-USB Charge Ports
Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best
US House Rejects Telecom Amnesty
Ubuntu Mobile Looks At Qt As GNOME Alternative
Breathalyzer Source Code Ruling Upheld
Court Finds Spamming Not Protected By Constitution
EU Patent Staff Go On Strike
MIT Students' Gag Order Lifted
The Post-Bilski Era Gets Underway
US House Kills Proposed Delay For Digital TV Transition
Copyright and Patent Laws Hurt the Economy
Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory
Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business?
Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional
Duke Demands Proof of Infringement From RIAA
Book Publishers Abandoning DRM
Courts May Revisit Software Patents
Court Nixes National Security Letter Gag Provision
Minn. Supreme Court Upholds City's Right To Build Own Network
Model-View-Controller — Misunderstood and Misused
Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180
Aussie Regulator Comes Down On SMS Spam
Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices
Fair Use Must Be Considered In DMCA Notices
French Three-Strikes Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Judge Tosses Telco Suit Over City-Owned Network
MGM First To Post Full-Length Features To YouTube
NY Bill Proposes Tax Credit for Open Source Developers
Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices
Standard Cellphone Chargers For Europeans
The SUV Is Dethroned
Warner Music CEO Says War With Consumers Was Wrong
Valve Takes Optimistic View of Piracy
Judge Makes Lawyers Pay For Frivolous Patent Suit
Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD
Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs
Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash
RCMP Won't Go After Personal Filesharers
Sharing 2,999 Songs, 199 Movies Is Safe In Germany
With Lawsuit Settled, Hackers Working With MBTA
Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College
All 44 Blackboard Patent Claims Invalidated
DOJ Needs Warrant To Track Your Cell's GPS History
German Court Abolishes German Snooping Law
UK Music Retailers Beg, Drop the DRM
US Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims
iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld
Lessig's "In Defense of Piracy"
Texas Board of Education Supports Evolution
Content Filtering Pulled From Free Broadband Proposal
Anti-Terrorist Data Mining Doesn't Work Very Well
Arizona Judge Shoots Down RIAA Theories
Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too
ICANN Moves To Disable Domain Tasting
Judge Rules Sprint Early Termination Fees Illegal
NJ Supreme Court Rules For Internet Privacy
Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid
Study Recommends Online Gaming, Social Networking For Kids
ABC/Disney Considering Hulu
Delays to Canadian DMCA Could Doom Act
Dutch Study Says Filesharing Has Positive Economic Effects
Feds Tighten DNS Security On .Gov
Linux Needs Critics
Obama Edicts Boost FOIA and .gov Websites
RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate"
Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses
AT&T, Verizon To Require Opt-In For User Tracking
Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices
Bill To Add Accountability To Border Laptop Search
Britain Advises Against Vista, Office 2007 for Schools
Case Against Video-Sharing Site Dismissed
Congress Considers Reform On Orphaned Works
Congress Endorses Open Source For Military
FCC Approves Unlicensed Use of White-Space Spectrum
FCC Chief Says Comcast Violated Internet Rules
Finnish Court Dismisses E-Voting Result
ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain Tasting
ISO Puts OOXML On Hold
MD Appellate Ct. Sets "New Standard" For Anonymous Posting
MSM Noticing That Patent Gridlock Stunts Innovation
Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015
Mod Chips Legal In the UK
Mozilla Nixes Firefox EULA Requirement
Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature
RIAA's $222k Verdict Is Likely To Be Set Aside
UK Report Slams EULAs
US Government Responds Harshly To ICANN gTLD Plans
US Judge Bars Unauthorized Sales of Phone Records
Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology
Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case
Researcher Finds No Link Between Violent Games and School Shootings
Feds Consider H-1B Changes After Uncovering Fraud
AP Suspends DoD Over Altered US Army Photo
Amazon Launches "Frustration-Free Packaging"
Appeals Court Stays RIAA Subpoena Vs. Students
Apple Drops Part of iPhone Developer NDA
Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine
Blizzard to Boll - DENIED!
Canada Rejects Business Method Patents
Charter's Trials of NebuAd Halted
Creative GPLs X-Fi Sound Card Driver Code
Digital Models Not Subject To Copyright
Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified
FCC Commissioner Urges, Don't Regulate the Internet
FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel
Fire Your IT Boss
Google Wins Agreement To Anonymize YouTube Logs
Magistrate Suggests Fining RIAA Lawyers
Malaysia Frees "Anti-Islamic" Blogger
Microsoft Under Third EU Investigation for OOXML
Mozilla Admits Firefox EULA Is Flawed
NY Court Says Police Can't Track Suspect With GPS
Open WiFi Owners Off the Hook In Germany
Politician Takes Enlightened Stance on Gaming
Positive Rights News From Europe
President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act
Questions Arising On Mercury In Compact Fluorescents
RIAA "Making Available" Theory Rejected
RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download
Referee Recommends Disbarment For Jack Thompson
Royal Society "Creationist" Resigns
SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format
Social Networking Sites Getting Risky For Recruiting
States Throw Out Electronic Voting Machines
The Case Against Web Apps
USPTO Reaffirms 1-Click Claims 'Old And Obvious'
Wikileaks Gets Domain Back, Injunction Dissolved
Wikipedia Opts Out Of Phorm
Windows 7 Trades Email and Photo Apps For Downloadable Ones
Comcast Makes Nice with BitTorrent
Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution
Judge Orders RIAA to Show Cause in DC Case
Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks
Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch
Oregon AG Seeks to Investigate RIAA Tactics
South Park To Be Available Online Free and Legal
USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent
Virginia Begins Open-Source Physics Textbook
eBay's Plan to Force PayPal Rejected Down Under
Game Developers Should Ignore Software Pirates
The Pirates Will Always Win, Says UK ISP
AOL Opens Up the AIM Instant Messaging Network
Canadian TV to Adopt DRM-Free BitTorrents
White House Decides P2P Isn't All Bad?
ACLU Wins, No Sexting Charges For NJ Teens

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