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Colleges as Copyright Cops?

Posted 11/15/2007 at 12:39pm | by

A new federal financial aid bill includes unprecedented copyright provisions calling on universities to curb students' filesharing.

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Facebook Ads Put You in the Spotlight

Posted 11/11/2007 at 9:06pm | by

The social network's new "social ads," which create the appearance of user endorsement, could run afoul of state law.

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Immunity for Telecom Compliance in Warrantless Spying ?

Posted 11/08/2007 at 9:04pm | by

The Senate debates whether to grant retroactive immunity to the phone and internet service providers who allegedly illegally turned over massive amounts of customer data to the NSA.

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Fair Use in Filtering

Posted 11/04/2007 at 9:51pm | by

Copyright-maximalist and fair use-protecting principles for filtering user-generated content for copyrighted material butted heads this week.

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Senators Call for Probe of Private Censorship

Posted 10/28/2007 at 9:32pm | by

After several telecommunications companies are revealed to be discriminating which content they'll transmit, two senators start the investigative ball rolling.

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News in Porn Law

Posted 10/25/2007 at 9:09pm | by

The Sixth Circuit invalidates a law imposing strict record-keeping requirements on pornographers. Smut peddlers rejoice.

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1-Click Shopping For All

Posted 10/18/2007 at 8:36am | by

After a blogger files for reexamination, Amazon's One-Click patent is invalidated by the PTO.

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Lawsuits Target iPhone Bricking

Posted 10/14/2007 at 8:34pm | by

Consumer backlash goes litigious as two class actions are filed against Apple for disabling unlocked iPhones.

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Second-Guessing the RIAA Jury's Verdict

Posted 10/07/2007 at 7:05pm | by

The RIAA won its first jury trial targeting P2P users for copyright infringement, but the case might not be over yet.

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