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Tue, 13 May 2008 06:05:00 GMT

Researcher finds illegal immigrants are a net economic liability

Robert Rector was waiting for this week.A senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Rector has been crunching numbers on the cost of illegal immigration for years. And now, as Congress fumbles toward some sort of deal, his work is giving us a
Tue, 13 May 2008 06:05:00 GMT

Megajoy upbeat that new online video regs will reduce piracy

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Tue, 13 May 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Ocean Tomo to Sell Patents Aimed at Maximizing Efficiency and Relevancy of Internet Search Process at Live IP Auction on 26 June in Amsterdam

CHICAGO --(Business Wire)-- Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced that it will offer for sale a Lot of Digital Media Systems & Management patents disclosing methods for selectively augmenting retrieved information from a network resource at The Ocean
Mon, 12 May 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?

? Few Are Neutral in Net Neutrality Battles ? Net Neutrality Supporters Testify ? Comcast Blocks Public From FCC Hearing ? Congress Gets Net Neutrality Legislation ? Time Warner To Test Metered Pricing For Broadband ? House Committee To Probe
Mon, 12 May 2008 18:48:00 GMT

Ocean Tomo to Sell Patents Aimed at Maximizing Efficiency and Relevancy of Internet Search Process at Live IP Auction on 26 June in Amsterdam

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced that it will offer for sale a Lot of Digital Media Systems & Management patents disclosing methods for selectively augmenting retrieved information from a network resource at . US Patents
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:56:00 GMT

Ocean Tomo to Sell Patents Aimed at Maximizing Efficiency and Relevancy of Internet Search Process at Live IP Auction on 26 June in Amsterdam

CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced that it will offer for sale a Lot of Digital Media Systems & Management patents disclosing methods for selectively augmenting retrieved information from a network resource at . US Patents
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Laws awareness to discourage cyber related crimes

): The word 'cyber crimes' usually raise eyebrows among the computer users, IT experts and especially among the countrymen where majority of the people are not familiar with the relevant laws. The number of Internet users is growing very rapidly
Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:00 GMT

US courts get heavy on piracy as cableco suggests capping download volume

12/05/2008 11:35:00 - by Commsday & Ian Scales There's much unfinished business around copyright, P2P, streaming and net neutrality that's unlikely to go away without a fight or two. It's an issue (or rather, a vaguely interlinked set of issues)
Mon, 12 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

(Software piracy reduction accelerates socio-economic development: BSA)

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Mon, 12 May 2008 11:58:00 GMT

After Dealing with Piracy Complaints, Torrent Tracker Returns from the Dead

The Icelandic copyright organizations that sued the country's largest BitTorrent tracker suffered another defeat after the court decided that there were no legal grounds in the case against the service. According to Ben Jones of TorrentFreak, the
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Legal Liability for Internal Emails Often Overlooked

Red Earth Software, developer of email policy enforcement software, warns that many companies are not filtering their internal emails, hence making their organization vulnerable to harassment, racist and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Although many
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:54:00 GMT

Intellectual property threatened as Internet avenues open wider

Not too long ago, companies were thought of as locally or regionally based. An Ohio firm wasn't too concerned about a competitor in California, even one with a similar name or product. They just didn't bump into each other in the marketplace. 'Now, due
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:11:00 GMT

Amazon sues NY to block new Internet tax law

Amazon is suing the state of New York to block a new law that requires out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes if they have a physical presence in the state. Attorneys for Amazon filed the lawsuit in New York City on April 25 challenging
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Dutch officials eye crackdown on illegal online casinos

Dutch authorities intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and are calling on banks to stop providing financial services to them, a Reuters report said. The Reuters report also quoted a Justice Ministry spokeswoman as saying that 'it is illegal to
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:00 GMT

Amazon sues NY to block new Internet tax law

Amazon is suing the state of New York to block a new law that requires out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes if they have a physical presence in the state. Attorneys for Amazon filed the lawsuit in New York City on April 25 challenging
Mon, 12 May 2008 04:52:00 GMT

BSA offers $1m US 'piracy' bounty

Cnet News , Employers , Americans willing to report their employers for using counterfeit software will be able to claim up to $1m (£496,181) in rewards, after the Business Software Alliance announced a three-month promotional bounty. Although the
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:00 GMT

Law tries to deter cyber Jekylls and Hydes from hiding online identities

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Sun, 11 May 2008 19:52:00 GMT

Google to screen YouTube videos for copyright

YouTube will launch a system in September designed to prevent copyright-infringing material from going up on the site, a Google lawyer said in court on Friday. Google, which acquired YouTube in October 2006, plans to generate a library of digital video
Sun, 11 May 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Los Angeles County Deems Piracy "Public Nuisance"

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Sun, 11 May 2008 18:17:00 GMT

NBC: Zune to get piracy filter as Apple resists [U]

(Updated with Microsoft comment) NBC Universal today revealed in a discussion with the New York Times that Microsoft is working to implement an anti-piracy filter into its Zune media players. While not outlining the amount of progress, the studio's
Sun, 11 May 2008 18:07:00 GMT

RIAA Clings to DRM and the Past: It's Time to Look Forward

AM PT Posted by Tom Spring Just when you thought the music business was entering a reasonable truce with the DRM-hating public the Recording Industry Association of America wants to promote the controversial technology. David Hughes, who is in charge
Sun, 11 May 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Colleges fret RIAA push for state anti-P2P laws

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Sun, 11 May 2008 16:44:00 GMT

Peter Griffin: Legal downloads likely to struggle

It looks like we'll have a movie download service in New Zealand this year allowing you to legally download movies and TV shows to your computer in the same way you've been able to do with music for years through services such as iTunes and Digirama.
Sun, 11 May 2008 13:43:00 GMT

iPod tax Japan's answer to piracy

Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency wants to add a tax to digital music and video devices to offset money lost to piracy. 5/9/2008 2:39:00 PM by IDG News Service Also, BestBuy buys stake in a European retailer and Microsoft reaches out to developing nations
Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:00 GMT

IFPI Hunting ISPs for Not Banning Illegal File-Sharing Apps

IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, makes new efforts in its fight against illegal file-sharing services announcing that it plans to sue a Swedish ISP which refused to support its move. Unfortunately, the name of the ISP was
Sun, 11 May 2008 11:30:00 GMT

Online gold, money trades cited as illegal

HCM CITY - The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on Wednesday issued an instruction warning investors that online gold and dollar trading was illegal under current law. SBV said that online trading was risky and that it had caused losses to many investors.
Sun, 11 May 2008 10:42:00 GMT

RIAA: DRM not dead and will likely be invigorated by subscriptions

When Sony BMG became the last major label to sell DRM-free tracks, we all hoped the consumer-hostile technology would soon be dead and forgotten - at least for the music industry. According to RIAA's David Hughes, however, news of DRM's death has been
Sun, 11 May 2008 06:51:00 GMT

RIAA: DRM is not dead

Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that
Sun, 11 May 2008 06:44:00 GMT

Privacy watchdog guns for Amazon and Friends Reunited

Privacy International (PI) is to make more complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after to make its privacy procedures more transparent. The watchdog is to make a series of submissions to the ICO, starting next week with complaints
Sun, 11 May 2008 05:17:00 GMT

Actor dispatches Amazon's 1-Click patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office has demolished Amazon.com's bid to patent its 1-Click online purchasing system - thanks to the efforts of a New Zealand actor and amateur patent watcher. In its decision, dated 26 September, the three-judge panel
Sun, 11 May 2008 05:01:00 GMT