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Voting Vagaries
There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines…
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SCDC taking a swat at Diebold's black box
The digital commoners at Swarthmore are speaking out about voting-machine manufacturer Diebold's attempt to use copyright to hide documents that reveal seri…
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New Scientist on clever new DRM
A few days ago, bIPlog pointed to a New Scientist article on a clever anti-piracy scheme called Fade, distributed by (of all people), Macrovision. Fade is desi…
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Ninth Circuit Finds Cable Modem Service Part “Telecommunications Service” and Part “Information Service"
The appropriate regulatory classification of cable modem services has been disputed for over the last five years. In response to conflicting federal court decis…
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VeriSign Shareholder Derivative Action Dismissed
VeriSign is a leading provider of Internet security and control services, facilitating on-line communications and commercial transactions. Following the period…
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New York State Court Holds that Plaintiffs Must Meet a Higher Standard when Making a Claim of Libel against an Author of a Work
The New York Supreme Court granted summary judgment for defendants and dismissed a libel suit against the author and publisher of Primary Colors, a novel based…
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Court Rules on Motions for Partial Summary Judgment on MP3.com Copyright Infringement Suit
In late 1999 and early 2000, MP3.com sought to provide a service to its users by making available mp3 files of musical compositions. At the time, technology to…
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Tenth Circuit Allows FTC Enforcement of National Do Not Call Registry
On October 7, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals greenlighted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to continue implementing the National Do Not Call Registry -- a…
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Personal Jurisdiction Found Where Online Sales to Few Forum Residents
Plaintiff, Brach's Confections, Inc. ("Brach's"), a Delaware corporation with its principal places of business in the Northern District of Ill…
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Car Buyer’s Website Critical of Dealership Allowed to Use Company’s Trade Name in its Domain Address
The court in Crown Pontiac addressed whether a preliminary injunction may properly issue against a consumer who incorporates a company’s trade name into a websi…
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Church of Scientology Loses Copyright Infringement Case in Dutch Court
[Editor's note: What follows is a detailed summation of a case from a non-US jurisdiction. The degree of detail is intended to reflect the technical nature…
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EU Appellate Court Overturns Customs Tariff Classification of Sony PlayStation®2
[Editor's note: What follows is a detailed summation of the case that may be of limited interest to non-specialists. The degree of detail is intended to ref…