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Study says Patents Hurt Innovation
Written by Dana Oshiro / July 2, 2009 10:00 AM / 8 Comments

According to a study published in The Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, patents may be harming our ability to innovate. Patents and the Regress of Useful Arts, written by

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Google Sticks Up for Privacy, Disables Uploads on YouTube Korea
Written by Sarah Perez / April 13, 2009 5:50 AM / 12 Comments

Google has disabled both uploads of videos and comments on the Korean version of YouTube after the South Korean government tried to enforce a new law which requires web sites

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Hasbro Drops Scrabulous Lawsuit
Written by Frederic Lardinois / December 16, 2008 11:38 AM / 7 Comments

Hasbro today announced that it has dropped its lawsuit against the makers of Scrabulous, the popular Facebook Scrabble clone that was forced to shut down earlier this year. Scrabulous later

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Larry Lessig Leaves Stanford to Return to Harvard Law
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 12, 2008 3:02 PM

Digital copyright reformer turned high-profile anti-corruption activist Lawrence Lessig announced today that he's leaving Stanford and returning to his previous employer, Harvard Law. Lessig will work on anti-corruption issues from

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EFF To Apple: Free Speech Isn't a DMCA Violation
Written by Sarah Perez / November 28, 2008 5:58 AM / 29 Comments

Apple has always been very protective over their proprietary software. The company doesn't want anything but iTunes to control an iPod - and for good reason, too. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/EFF_To_Apple_Free_Speech_Isn_t_a_DMCA_Violation';digg_bgcolor

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ProIP Act Signed Into Law - White House Gets Copyright Czar
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 14, 2008 12:03 PM

On Monday, President Bush signed the controversial ProIP bill into law, which will create a 'copyright czar' position within the White House and raise the potential fines for copyright infringements.

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Law 2.0 News: Mumboe Uses Semantics To Pull Key Data From Contracts
Written by Sarah Perez / October 1, 2008 6:40 AM / 2 Comments

Mumboe isn't just another enterprise collaboration suite. Instead, they focus on doing one thing and doing it well: making business agreements searchable. That's a very unique need they fill, which

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Judge Declares Mistrial in RIAA Case
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 25, 2008 9:41 AM / 2 Comments

Most cases in which the RIAA accuses somebody of illegally sharing files never make it to court. Instead, the RIAA usually offers the defendant a deal. Jammie Thomas, however, who

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Patents: GraphOn Sues Google for Connecting Databases to the Internet
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 18, 2008 10:01 AM / 8 Comments

GraphOn, which considers itself a "leading worldwide developer of server-based application publishing and Web-enabling software solutions," today announced that it is suing Google for infringing on four of GraphOn's patents.

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Italian TV Company MediaSet Sues Google, YouTube for $800 Million
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 30, 2008 12:30 PM / 15 Comments

Once again, a major media company is suing Google because of alleged copyright violations by users on YouTube, Google's popular video sharing site. Today, the Italian media company MediaSet filed

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