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Comment Local Municipality (Score 1) 312

by rekarc on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @03:18AM (#32960978) Attached to: Catching Satnav Errors On Google Street View

Before too much heat is put on google and the like, it is the responsibility of the local jurisdiction to provide accurate mapping, at least in the USA.. The case above is may be a raster to vector issue, however most of the 'the road we're driving on isn't on the map' and other inaccuracies is because the local municipality has not yet distributed the new maps and/or may have missed the last set of map updates or distributed them with the errors.

Comment Pagers - Emergency Services (Score 1) 584

by rekarc on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @06:35AM (#25718165) Attached to: Where Have All the Pagers Gone?

Speak with your local emergency services. All of us in the volunteer groups carry pagers for the same reasons you describe. Volunteer fire and rescue are your best bets, but also hospitals would be a great help in finding your local dealer.

RIAA Accepts $300 Offer of Judgement In Carolina 165

Posted by kdawson on Sunday July 15, 2007 @09:59PM from the when-will-they-just-give-it-up-and-go-home dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a North Carolina case, Capitol v. Frye, the RIAA has accepted a $300 offer of judgment made by the defendant. This is the first known use, in the RIAA v. Consumer cases, of the formal offer of judgment procedure which provides that if the plaintiff doesn't accept the offer, and doesn't later get a judgment for a larger amount, the plaintiff is responsible for all of the court costs from that point on in the case. The accepted judgment in the Frye case (PDF) also contains an injunction — much more limited than the RIAA's typical 'settlement' injunction (PDF) — under which defendant agreed not to infringe plaintiffs' copyrights."

False Copyright Claims 268

Posted by kdawson on Saturday July 14, 2007 @02:33PM from the one-sided-rights dept.

FreetoCopy writes "Teenagers downloading music may not be the worst copyright offenders. See this item (available for download in PDF file with free registration) about the growing problem of copyfraud — in which publishers, archives, and distributors make false claims of copyright to shut down free expression. From the paper: 'Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet's Water Lilies, and even the US Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use...'"

Judge Says No to RIAA Subpoena Request 154

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 14, 2007 @11:14AM from the trials-and-tribulations dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "For at least the second time, a federal judge has dealt the RIAA's campaign against college students a blow by refusing an ex parte motion by the RIAA for a subpoena against college students. In Newport News, Virginia, Judge Walter D. Kelley, Jr., denied the RIAA's motion for information about students at the College of William and Mary. The Court denied the motion outright, saying it was unauthorized by law. (pdf) Last month it was reported that a New Mexico judge had denied a similar motion directed against University of New Mexico students on the ground that it should not have been made ex parte."

Courts Reject Tech Corporation Bans on Class Action Suits 102

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 13, 2007 @11:52AM from the that's-going-to-get-ugly-fast dept.

Frosty Piss writes "Class action waivers included in cell phone companies' contracts with customers are invalid in Washington State because they violate the state's Consumer Protection Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Five plaintiffs accused Cingular of overcharging customers between $1 and $40 per month in roaming and hidden charges. Cingular had an arbitration clause that required individual arbitration and prohibited class action litigation or class action arbitration. From the article: 'In another class action-related ruling issued Thursday, the high court unanimously ruled in favor of a couple that filed a class action suit against America Online, Inc., claiming the Internet provider created and charged them for secondary membership accounts that they didn't want.'"

Submission + - Viacom Says "YouTube Depends on Us"

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Anonycat

on Saturday March 24, 2007 @09:39PM

Anonycat writes: "Michael Fricklas, a lawyer for Viacom, has an opinion piece in the Washington Post that asserts that YouTube is responsible for damages in the $1B lawsuit initiated by Viacom. Fricklas attacks on several fronts, including that the DMCA's "safe harbor" provisions don't apply because YouTube is knowledgeable to infringement and furthermore derives financial benefit from it, that putting the burden of spotting infringement on the content providers is an undue burden to them, and notably that "Google and YouTube wouldn't be here if not for investment in software and technologies spurred by patent and copyright laws" in defending the relevance of the IP sector. Whether you agree with the case being made or not, it's a nice look into the minds on the pro-Viacom side."

How to Keep America Competitive 652

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 26, 2007 @01:02PM from the going-where-the-money-is dept.

pkbarbiedoll writes to tell us that in a recent Washington Post article, Bill Gates takes another look at the current state of affairs in computer science and education. According to Gates: "This issue has reached a crisis point. Computer science employment is growing by nearly 100,000 jobs annually. But at the same time studies show that there is a dramatic decline in the number of students graduating with computer science degrees. The United States provides 65,000 temporary H-1B visas each year to make up this shortfall — not nearly enough to fill open technical positions. Permanent residency regulations compound this problem. Temporary employees wait five years or longer for a green card. During that time they can't change jobs, which limits their opportunities to contribute to their employer's success and overall economic growth."

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