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Comment Re:Correction Requested (Score 1) 498

by myster0n (#20352423) Attached to: Another US Tech Trade Deficit

No, actually, it means that any idea or design owned by a manufacturer in one country is a patent that can't be enforced in another. It's not THAT hard to reverse engineer stuff.
Actually, it is, when, as you suggested in another post, nobody travels outside the US and the internet is blocked off at the borders, AND you don't import anything. In fact, in your model you wouldn't even KNOW of the new idea or design. The US could just as well be in another galaxy. In some cases this shouldn't matter much, in other cases it could literally mean life or death.
Politics

Obama Requests Creative Commons for Presidential Debates 478

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the free-for-all-debate dept.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama recently submitted a letter to the DNC asking for the Presidential debates to be licensed under the Creative Commons. This move would give everyone the freedom to share, recut, and edit the debates as they wish. "I am a strong believer in the importance of copyright, especially in a digital age. But there is no reason that this particular class of content needs the protection. We have incentive enough to debate. The networks have incentive enough to broadcast those debates. Rather than restricting the product of those debates, we should instead make sure that our democracy and citizens have the chance to benefit from them in all the ways that technology makes possible."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Looks to refuel talks with Yahoo

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froggero1
froggero1 writes: "Software-but-not-so-much-search giant Microsoft wants to rekindle the takeover talks with Yahoo. According to the New York Post article, Yahoo! has repeatability turned away their offers, but Microsoft hopes that a lucrative 50 billion dollar offer will bring them back to the table. This move would increase Microsoft's web search market share to roughly 38%. But will one company being in control of the second and third ranked search engines have any impact on Google?"
Media

Submission + - AACS Body Responds to Key Postings

Submitted by massivefoot
massivefoot writes: Bloggers "crossed the line" when they posted a software key that could break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has said. An AACS executive said it was looking at "legal and technical tools" to confront those who published the key.

Feed I, Columbine Killer (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
The infamous Super Columbine Massacre role-playing game is in the news again after being slammed from Slamdance. But is the game sick or is it a serious examination of the massacre? Unlike most knee-jerk critics, Clive Thompson actually plays the game to find out.


Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Cisco on the brink of losing iPhone trademark

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Just when everyone thought that Apple had made a big mistake by announcing the iPhone when Cisco held the rights, it seems Cisco could lose the rights in iPhone in Europe through non-use, according to Out-law.com. There's a trade mark attorney talking about it in their podcast (mp3). So what happens if Cisco has the rights in USA and Apple has the rights in Europe?
Bug

Submission + - Crazy Microsoft telnet bug deletes your data!

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havardi
havardi writes: "Don't ask me why you'd enable telnet on your Windows XP machine, but if you do be prepared to lose some data. When you logout of your telnet session, virtually everything and anything in Documents & Settings\Username\Local Settings\ is deleted!! Go ahead, give it a ride!"

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