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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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