MrLint - Slashdot User

City laws only available via license-> 2

Submitted by MrLint on Thursday November 12 2009, @08:09PM

MrLint writes "The City of Schenectady has decided that their laws are copyrighted, and that you cannot know them without paying for an "exclusive license" for $200. This is not really the first time things of this nature has occurred, Oregon has claimed publishing of laws online is a copyright violation (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/04/oregon-publishing-our-laws-online-is-a-copyright-violation.ars). As the internet continues to make inroads as the primary, or sole source of information for people, will we end up with a society where all the laws are behind a paywall? Will the inability to find out the law become a reasonable defense?"
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Buffalo gets new trial on WiFi patents-> 0

Submitted by MrLint on Tuesday October 07 2008, @11:13AM

MrLint writes "Its been a long nearly 2 year of silence since CSIRO won a patent battle against Buffalo Tech, causing an injuction preventing the sale or wireless routers On September 19th, 2008 a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that CSIRO patent claims are invalid and Buffalo is getting a new trial. With any luck we can get out grubby hands on low cost wifi routers again!"
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