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McCain Backs Nuclear Power
The Death of Nearly All Software Patents?
IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant By Default
EMI May Cut Funding To RIAA, IFPI
Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals
MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free
SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus
New EMI Boss Says 'Downloads May Be Good'
35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush
Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best
US House Rejects Telecom Amnesty
Court Finds Spamming Not Protected By Constitution
MIT Students' Gag Order Lifted
Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory
Book Publishers Abandoning DRM
Courts May Revisit Software Patents
Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180
Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices
Fair Use Must Be Considered In DMCA Notices
The SUV Is Dethroned
Warner Music CEO Says War With Consumers Was Wrong
Judge Makes Lawyers Pay For Frivolous Patent Suit
Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD
Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs
RCMP Won't Go After Personal Filesharers
Sharing 2,999 Songs, 199 Movies Is Safe In Germany
All 44 Blackboard Patent Claims Invalidated
German Court Abolishes German Snooping Law
UK Music Retailers Beg, Drop the DRM
US Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims
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
Delays to Canadian DMCA Could Doom Act
RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate"
Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices
Britain Advises Against Vista, Office 2007 for Schools
Case Against Video-Sharing Site Dismissed
Congress Considers Reform On Orphaned Works
FCC Chief Says Comcast Violated Internet Rules
ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain Tasting
ISO Puts OOXML On Hold
MSM Noticing That Patent Gridlock Stunts Innovation
Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015
Mod Chips Legal In the UK
Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature
RIAA's $222k Verdict Is Likely To Be Set Aside
UK Report Slams EULAs
US Judge Bars Unauthorized Sales of Phone Records
USPTO Reaffirms 1-Click Claims 'Old And Obvious'
Blizzard to Boll - DENIED!
Charter's Trials of NebuAd Halted
Digital Models Not Subject To Copyright
Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified
FCC Commissioner Urges, Don't Regulate the Internet
FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel
Google Wins Agreement To Anonymize YouTube Logs
Magistrate Suggests Fining RIAA Lawyers
Microsoft Under Third EU Investigation for OOXML
Open WiFi Owners Off the Hook In Germany
Politician Takes Enlightened Stance on Gaming
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
States Throw Out Electronic Voting Machines
Wikileaks Gets Domain Back, Injunction Dissolved
Comcast Makes Nice with BitTorrent
Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution
Judge Orders RIAA to Show Cause in DC Case
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
eBay's Plan to Force PayPal Rejected Down Under
AOL Opens Up the AIM Instant Messaging Network
Canadian TV to Adopt DRM-Free BitTorrents
White House Decides P2P Isn't All Bad?
AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet
Bank That Suppressed WikiLeaks Gives It Up
Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship
COPA Suffers Yet Another Court Defeat
Canadian Songwriters Propose Collective Licensing
Cisco To Open-Source New Messaging Protocol
Companies Coming Around To Piracy's Upside?
Dell Loses Bid To Trademark "Cloud Computing"
Democrats Propose Commission To Investigate Spying
Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft
EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM
EU Calls For Use of Open Standards
EU Views Net Censorship As a "Trade Barrier"
FCC To investigate Comcast Bittorrent Meddling
Facebook Caves To Privacy Protests Over Beacon
ISP Filters & Copyright Extension Defeated In EU
Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records
Microsoft Spokesman Says ODF "Clearly Won" Standard War
NC Judge Takes "A Fresh Look" At RIAA Subpoenas
New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray
Non-Compete Clauses Thrown Out In California
Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada
UK Prosecutors Say 'Cult' Acceptable
Game Developers Should Ignore Software Pirates
Blizzard Patches No-CD Support Into Warcraft III
Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes
Computer Games Make Players Less Violent
DOJ Doesn't Like the Idea of A Copyright Czar
EU Think Tank Urges Full Windows Unbundling
FTC Defends Ethernet From Patent Troll
Next Year's Laws, Now Out In Beta!
School Boards Rule, Internet No Longer Dangerous
5th Circuit May Stop Patent Troll "Forum Shopping"
AOL Adopting Jabber (XMPP)
All Fifty States May Face Voting Machine Lawsuit
BusinessWeek Takes On the RIAA
CoreCodec Apologizes For CoreAVC Takedown
Court Finds Part of Copyright Act Unconstitutional
Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill
EBay Abandons Plans For PayPal Monopoly
Judge Permits eBay's "Buy It Now" Feature
Microsoft Blesses LGPL, Joins Apache Foundation
Microsoft Goes After "Career Pirates"
RIAA Throws In Towel On "Making Available" Case
Secret Printer ID Codes May Be Illegal In the EU
Sen. Ted "Tubes" Stevens Is Indicted
Software Patent Sanity on the Way?
Tenise Barker Takes On RIAA Damages Theory
Verizon Wireless To Open Network
Web Contracts Can't Be Changed Without Notice
FCC Votes To Punish Comcast
Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers
Students Downloading Jihadist Material Acquitted
Apple Mulls Flat-Rate "Unlimited Music" Option
Diebold Election Results Released By AZ Judge
FCC Considers Taking Action Against Comcast
FCC, FAA Still Don't Want Cell Phones on Planes
New Legislation Could Eventually Lead to ISP Throttling Ban
TV Industry Using Piracy As A Measure Of Success
White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online
State Cannot Force Removal of SSNs From Privacy Advocate's Site
6% of Web Users Generate 50% of Ad Clicks
AIDS Drug Patent Revoked In US
British Government Considers Tenfold Increase To Copyright Penalty
Cisco CSO Says Antivirus Money "Completely Wasted"
Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October
Could the RIAA Just Disappear?
Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids
FISA Bill Vote Today, With Telco Immunity
FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration
Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted
Google Reverses "Absurd" Mozilla Code Ban
Google's Street View Meets Resistance In France
Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home
IE 8 To Include New Security Tools
India Third to Appeal ISO's OOXML Approval
India Votes Against OOXML
Investors, "Beware" of Record Companies
Italian Parliament To Mistakenly Legalize MP3 P2P
Johnson & Johnson Loses Major Trademark Lawsuit
Judge Recommends Guilty Verdict for Jack Thompson
MPAA Botched Study On College Downloading
Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format Specs
Microsoft's New Leaf On Interoperability
NZ Judge Bans Online Publishing of Accuseds' Names
Ohio Sues Over Missing Electronic Votes
Open Source Voting Software Success
Open-Source College Textbooks Gaining Mindshare
Outages Leave Google Apps Admins In the Hotseat
Pirate Yourself, Become a Best-Seller
Prior Art In Barracuda-Trend Micro Lawsuit
Psystar Will Countersue Apple
RIAA's Attack On NewYorkCountryLawyer Fails
Strong Court Ruling Upholds the Artistic License
Study Suggests Music Industry Embrace Piracy
Supreme Court Won't Hear ACLU Wiretap Case
Tor Books Is Giving Away E-Books
Two Powerful Blows Against Air Pollution Controls
Verizon, Comcast Say They Are P2P Friendly
Yahoo Exec Says "Enough DRM"
YouTube Stands Up To IOC Over Free Tibet Video
eBay Beats Tiffany In Net Trademark Case
Australia Scraps National ID Plan
Yahoo Offers Compensation For Unplayable Music
Lawyer Banned for Threatening File-Sharers
$1,000 Spray Makes Gadgets Waterproof
Amazon Gift Ordering Patent Revoked In EU
Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist
Apple After Jobs
BBC Rules That Wi-Fi Radiation Findings Were Wrong
Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination
CCTVs Don't Work in the UK
China Has Largest On-Line Population
China Races To Clean Up Olympic Air
Comcast Is Reading Your Blog
Comcast Says FCC Powerless to Stop P2P Blocking
Congress Turns Up The Heat on FCC's Chairman
Corporate Encouragement For Sharing Your WiFi
Court Orders White House to Disclose Telecom Ties

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