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Cultural barriers to international technology outsourcing
India is the poster child for the success new technology can bring to developing countries. U.S. businesses have been outsourcing all kinds of high-tech servic…
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Date Set for Oral Argument
We received the D.C. Circuit's order setting oral argument in the webcasting royalty cases for October 13, 2004 (a Wednesday) at 9:30 a.m. before Judges Sen…
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CIS End of Year Party!
Please join us as CIS celebrates this academic year's legal successes, and the people who worked with us to improve civil liberties in the digital age. Int…
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CFP 2004, Bad Patents
Yesterday I got to hang out at the Computers, Freedom, & Privacy conference at the posh Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley. There were some great panels,…
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Stanford Daily: FCC may tap Internet phones
The Stanford Daily quotes Jennifer Granick in this article about government mandated back doors.…
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Recording Industry Dealt Blow in P2P Decision by Canadian Federal Court
On March 31, 2004, the Federal Court of Canada refused to force 5 internet service providers (“ISPs”) to reveal the identities of 29 anonymous subscribers accus…
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Florida District Court Severs Claims Against “John Doe” Defendants by Record Companies for Failure to Meet Same Transaction Requ
Sixteen record companies who own or license copyrights in popular sound recordings in the United States filed a copyright infringement suit against twenty-five…
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Suit Against Google, Overture, and Others Claiming Trademark Infringement Will Continue
Robert Novak, former owner of the website Petswarehouse.com, filed a pro se suit against Google, Overture Services, Kanoodle, Judge-for-Yourself.com, and Bioche…
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Misuse of password found not to violate Digital Millennium Copyright Act
IMS Inquiry Management Systems Ltd. sued competitor Berkshire Information Systems Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…
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New York District Court Asserts Jurisdiction over File Sharing Company iMesh and Its Israel-Based Subsidiary
On March 12, 2004 a New York District Court asserted jurisdiction over iMesh.Com, Inc., a file sharing company incorporated in Delaware, and its Israel-based su…
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Yoga Copyright Case Update
The Cyberlaw Clinic has won the first round in its effort to oppose yoga guru Bikram Choudhury's claim to copyright in a sequence of yoga postures. The Hon.…
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SecurityFocus: Former anti-piracy 'bag man' turns on DirecTV
Kevin Poulsen looks at recent developments in the DirecTV fight with this article for SecurityFocus.…