Your Rights Online Stories for 2009

What Would Have Entered the Public Domain Tomorrow? 331
USPTO Awards LOL Patent To IBM 274
Italy May Censor Torrent Sites 194
Following In Bing's Footsteps, Yahoo! and Flickr Censor Porn In India 167
MS Issues Word Patch To Comply With Court Order 179
Google Might Get Into Hosted Gaming Via YouTube 36
Nokia Claims Patent Violations in Most Apple Products 419
Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites 227
Court Orders Shutdown of H-1B Critics' Websites 605
NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes 507
TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight 888
Groklaw Putting Comes v. Microsoft Docs Online 159
Patrolling the US Border Via Webcam 249
Fraudulent Anti-Terrorist Software Led US To Ground Planes 147
Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names 301
Google About Openness 283
Comcast Pays Out $16M In P2P Throttling Suit 176
Amazon Kindle Proprietary Format Broken 203
Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google 241
A New Libel Defense In Canada; For Blogs Too 146
Wikileaks Targets the Local News Frontier 57
Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word 272
Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed 549
New USPTO Test Could Limit Software-Based Patents 123
Cyber-Security Czar To Be Named 139
Alternative 2009 Copyright Expirations 427
The Chinese Route To a Web Free of Porn 420
Legislator Wants Cancer Warnings For Cell Phones 314
DirecTV Sued By Washington State 181
Microsoft Sued Over Bing Trademark 191
AU Authority Moves To Censor Net Filtering Protest Site 225
Holy See Declares a "Unique Copyright" On the Pope 447
DMCA Takedown Scandal, Part Two 153
Nvidia Waiting In the Wings In FTC-Intel Dispute 143
Library Groups Ask DOJ To Oversee Google Books 108
Vimeo Sued For Audio Infringement 85
Verizon Defends Doubling of Early Termination Fee 319
Psystar Not Closing Up Shop 439
Mandatory Use of Open Standards In Hungary 163
Google Found Guilty of French Copyright Infringement 254
Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers 553
Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When? 133
EU Demands Canada Rework Its Copyright, Patent Law 271
Obama Backs New Launcher and Bigger NASA Budget 391
Netflix Sued For Privacy Invasion 262
After Berlusconi Attack, Italy Considers Web Censorship 160
Australian AvP Ban Reversed 71
The Social Difficulty of Saving Earth From an Asteroid 391
How Europe's Mandated Browser Ballot Screen Works 169
EPIC Files FTC Complaint Over Facebook's New Privacy Policy 103
Zune HD Twitter App Censors Tweets For You! 155
UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 796
FCC's New Broadband Plan Prioritizes Competition 71
Former Congressman Learns About Streisand Effect 527
Student Banned From Minnesota Campus Over Facebook Comments 806
US FTC Sues Intel For Anti-Competitive Practices 230
UK Government Seeks New Web Censorship Powers 187
BetaNet Sues Everyone For Remote SW Activation 227
Judge Orders Permanent Injunction Against Psystar 242
22 Million Missing Bush White House Emails Found 326
White House Holding Piracy Summit 268
Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits 316
Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant 161
Aussie Gov't To Introduce Bill That Would Require ISP-Level Censorship 200
The Trial of Terry Childs Begins 502
Australia Could Finally Get R18+ Games 143
Eolas Sues World + Dog For AJAX Patent 647
Cuba Jails US Worker Handing Out Laptops, Cellphones 400
"Loud Commercial" Legislation Proposed In US Congress 636
Supreme Court Takes Texting Privacy Case 184
SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violations 309
Cybersecurity Czar Job Is Useless, Says Spafford 104
Microsoft Fined In India For Using "Money Power" Against Pirates 204
Secret Copyright Treaty Timeline Shows Global DMCA 184
Broadband Rights & the Killer App of 1900 565
Israeli ISPs Caught Interfering With P2P Traffic 139
Facebook Founder's Pictures Go Public 219
How Do I Keep My Privacy While Using Google? 533
EU Recommends Noise Limits On MP3 Players 360
MySpace-Imeem Deal Leaves Indie Artists Unpaid 124
US and Russia Open Talks On Limits To Cyberwar 80
Microsoft Invents Price-Gouging the Least Influential 259
Copyright Industries Oppose Treaty For the Blind 135
House Outlaws Obama's NASA Intervention 209
Google and Microsoft Sued By Mini Music Label 105
White House Plans Open Access For Research 74
Documentation Compliance Means MS Can Resume Collecting Protocol Royalties 139
$860 Million In Fines Handed Out For LCD Price-Fixing 151
Apple Counter-Sues Nokia Over Patents 137
Judges Can't "Friend" Lawyers in Florida 138
Three Lawmakers Ask For Enforcement Against Leak Sites 316
AT&T's Net Neutrality Doublethink 215
Mozilla Exec Urges Switch From Google To Bing 527
Anticipated Closure of BitTorrent Sites Spurs Panic Downloads In China 114
Best Way To Clear Your Name Online? 888
USPTO Asking For Ideas To Enhance Patent Quality 42
FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors 355
Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface 446
US Patent Office Fast Tracks Green Patents 136
Court Says Fair Use May Hold In Some RIAA Cases 145
FTC, Google Go After Scammers 64
Facebook Axes "Beacon," Donates $9.5M To Settle Suit 71
Questionable "Best Effort" Copyright Enforcement 123
Microsoft To Get Malware Bailout In Germany 226
Israeli Knesset Approves Biometric Database Law 303
Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233
DVD-by-Mail Services Cleared In Patent Troll Case 73
Google CEO Says Privacy Worries Are For Wrongdoers 671
Subverting Fingerprinting 169
FCC May Pry Open the Cable Set-Top Box 222
CRIA Faces $60 Billion Lawsuit 280
eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today 129
Ambassador Claims ACTA Secrecy Necessary 407
Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense 596
Palm Sued Over Palm Pre GPL Violation 374
Iran Slows Internet Access Before Student Protests 289
"Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked 245
Iranian Crackdown Goes Global 313
Open Source Attempt To Crack GSM Encryption 78
"Accidental" Download Sending 22-Year-Old Man To Prison 1127
FCC Inquires About Controversial Verizon Fees 178
New Aliens Vs. Predator Game Doesn't Make It Past AU Ratings Board 277
Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With Felony Movie Piracy 705
Hunting the Mythical "Bandwidth Hog" 497
Spain's Proposed Internet Law Sparks Protest, Change 103
Malware Could Grab Data From Stock iPhones 127
Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service 254
DS Flash Carts Deemed Legal By French Court 267
UK Judge Orders Wikipedia To Reveal User's Identity 260
Federal Appeals Court Tosses Spam Patent 76
Windows 7 Under Fire For Patent Infringement 241
FCC Preparing Transition To VoIP Telephone Network 250
FCC Wants Proposals To Manage White Space Database 46
EFF Wants To Know If the Feds Are Cyberstalking 135
Danish DRM Breaker Turns Himself In To Test Backup Law 466
Google May Limit Free News Access 236
Craigslist Blocks Yahoo Pipes 164
Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking 802
SarBox Lawsuit Could Rewrite IT Compliance Rules 124
Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times 315
Verizon Changes FiOS AUP, -1, Offtopic 560
Spammer Lance Atkinson Fined $16 Million 100
US Congressman Announces Plans To Probe Wikileaks 311
Recipient of First Software Patent Defends Them 392
Games Workshop Goes After Fan Site 174
Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video 189
UK Pub Reportedly Fined For Illegal Wi-Fi Download 102
India Hanging Up On 25 Million Cell Phones 103
Dell Defect Turning 2.2GHz CPU Into 100MHz CPU? 314
EU ACTA Doc Shows Plans For Global DMCA, 3 Strikes 406
Augmented Reality and Privacy 144
German President Refuses To Sign Censorship Law 272
NASA Campaigns For Safer Launch Requirements 193
Government Delays New Ban On Internet Gambling 143
Colleges Struggling With the Digital Bathroom Wall 262
In AU, Film Studios Issue Ultimatum To ISPs 227
EU About To Grant US Unlimited Access To Banking Data 277
30,000 UK ISP Users Face Threat Letters For Suspected Illegal File Sharing 218
India To Have Automatic Communications Monitoring 96
Virgin Media To Trial Filesharing Monitoring In UK 280
Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US 571
Apple Asks Judge To Shutter Psystar's Clone Unit 346
Grandmother Googled Murder Penalties Before Partner's Death 8
Italian Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentences For Google Execs 197
Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned 670
Google's Reach Hits Your Tivo 98
Australian Govt. Proposes Internet "Panic Button" For Kids 434
Shedding Your Identity In the Digital Age 138
Two Senators Call For ACTA Transparency 214
Brain Scans Used In Murder Sentencing 328
Google Analytics May Be Illegal In Germany 241
UK File-Sharing Laws Unenforceable On Mobile Networks 130
Police Arrest Man For Refusing To Tweet 550
Inside England and Wales' DNA Regime 141
Prison Terms For Spammer Ralsky, Scientology DoS Attacker 328
New Virginia IT Systems Lack Network Backup 211
Bing Cashback Can Cost You Money 333
Obama Kicks Off Massive Science Education Effort 801
Amazon Scores Gift-Delivery Patent 91
Opera Closes China Loophole; Reinstates Censorship 272
Google Patents Displaying Patents 93
No More Fair-Price Refund For Declining XP EULA 339
Facebook Photos Lead To Cancellation of Quebec Woman's Insurance 645
Brazilian Breaks Secrecy of Brazil's E-Voting Machines With Van Eck Phreaking 157
NIMF To Close Its Doors 68
Pittsburgh To Tax Students 344
Bing Censoring All Simplified Chinese Language Queries 214
RFID Fingerprints To Fight Tag Cloning 59
iPhone Owners Demand To See Apple Source Code 298
Xbox Live Class Action Being Investigated 453
Patent Issued For Podcasting 150
Second Life To Remove Free Content From Web Search 187
Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage 486
Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All 94
Microsoft Applies For Patent On Tufte's Sparklines 175
Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 450
New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks 212
China Enforces Even Stricter Regulation On Games 235
Secret UK Plan To Appoint "Pirate Finder General" 332
AT&T Loses First Legal Battle Against Verizon 214
Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job 643
Smart Grid Could Pose Threat To Privacy 297
Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere 327
US Government Using PS3s To Break Encryption 570
When a DNA Testing Firm Goes Bankrupt, Who Gets the Data? 114
Accountability of the Scientific Stimulus Funding 242
Spain Codifies the "Right To Broadband" 312
AU Senator Calls Scientology a "Criminal Organization" 511
T-Mobile UK Employees Sold Customers' Information 65
Chinese Court Rules Microsoft Violated IP Rights 237
Founder of Tibet's "Butter-Lamp" Site Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison 3
Senate To Air Findings In Web "Mystery Charge" Probe 120
Obama Talks Internet Freedom, China Censors 312
Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 548
Copyright Time Bomb Set To Go Off 402
UN Officials Remove Poster Mentioning Chinese Firewall 409
Hackers Fail To Crack Brazilian Voting Machines 143
Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks May Be Illegal 398
Psystar Crushed In Court 640
Google Files a Revised Books Settlement Proposal 51
TSA Changes Its Rules, ACLU Lawsuit Dropped 285
German Killers Sue Wikipedia To Remove Their Names 859
BlueHippo Scam Collected $15M, Only Shipped One PC 216
FreeCreditReport.com Wins 1,017 Domains By UDRP 184
Nicaragua Creates Innovative Agricultural Information System With Open Source 78
Bernie Madoff's Programmers Arrested 280
"Breathtakingly Stupid" EU Cookie Law Passes 447
City Laws Only Available Via $200 License 411
eBay For Millionaires 118
Recovering the Slums of the Internet? 218
MPAA Shuts Down Town's Municipal WiFi Over 1 Download 323
How To DDoS a Federal Wiretap 112
Intel and AMD Settle Antitrust, Patent Lawsuits 165
Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior 657
China Lauds iPhone App That Spreads Gov't Views 158
Judge Rules Web Commenter Will Be Unmasked To Mom 404
$9 Million ATM Hacking Ring Indicted 86
Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets 245
Justice Dept. Asked For Broad Swath of IndyMedia's Visitor Records 244
SFLC Finds One New GPL Violation Per Day 187
Glenn Beck Loses Dispute Over Parody Domain 1172
Regulator Blocks BBC DRM Plans 177
US Supreme Court Skeptical of Business Method Patents 160
In the UK, Big Brother Recedes and Advances 176
Microsoft Tries To Censor Bing Vulnerability 275
Finnish Computer Store Buys Teen's Name 7
Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer 586
Lawsuit Claims Top iPhone Games Stole User Data 149
Lulu Introduces DRM 222
WIPO Committee Presentations Show Nuanced View of Copyright 84

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