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A link is a URL, a fact not unlike a street address, and is therefore not copyrightable. However, a list may be copyrightable under a compilation copyright if it contains some originality. An example of a list of facts that lacks the requisite originality is a telephone book.
Wheeler: Consumers should be allowed to unlock phones after paying off contracts.
La NSA y el FBI desvelan en el Congreso amenazas terroristas concretas desmanteladas por las prácticas secretas del Gobierno
In a recent and wonderful New York Times essay, John Tierney documented the pervasive left-leaning bias of the social sciences in particular and academia in general, which he persuasively painted as the home of tired ideological groupthink.
Gov. Rick Perry signed HB 2268 on June 14, and it takes effect immediately.
After some updates to the CCI website, the original page with legal alternatives has been removed. Those who click on the shiny “how do I find the movies and music I want legally” banner will get a 404 notice.
New research commissioned by the Australasian Performing Right Association reveals that Australian file-sharers are more affluent and better educated than their non-downloading counterparts.
Un hombre de 29 años prácticamente renunció a su propia vida para revelar el escandaloso plan de vigilancia del gobierno de EE.UU. sobre nuestros correos electrónicos, Facebook y Skype. EE.UU.
The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper.
On Sunday we predicated that "there's one reason why the administration, James Clapper and the NSA should just keep their mouths shut as the PRISM-gate fallout escalates: with every incremental attempt to refute some previously unknown facet of the US Big Brother state, a new piece of previously unleaked information from the same intelligence organization now scrambling for damage control, emerges and exposes the brand new narrative as yet another lie, forcing even more lies, more retribution against sources, more journalist persecution and so on."
The current NSA scandal raises a ton of questions -- and gives enterprises another excuse to resist the cloud
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld
Jobs in the hidden market are much better than the jobs listed in the public market.The point of this article is to strongly suggest that job-seekers should only spend 20% of their time working the
As we noted last week, one of the key claims following the revelations about the Prism program was that it was aimed at those outside the US, and that US citizens were caught up in it only incidentally.
Denying their involvement in PRISM and other US government surveillance programs isn't enough. Help us urge tech companies to call on Congress to launch a full and immediate investigation.
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[ Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare’s plays, Beethoven’s piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet’s Water Lilies, and even the U.S. Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright ineverything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical news- papers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are oftenaccompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the “owner’s” permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use. ...]
I. En un estricto sentido técnico jurídico, se entiende por garantía constitucional el conjunto de instrumentos procesales, establecidos por la norma fundamental, con objeto de restablecer el orden constitucional cuando el mismo sea transgredido por un órgano de autoridad política.
by Justin Pot "Have you ever considered writing a book? Are you planning to self-publish the book? If so, you probably have a lot to learn about the various processes you need to go through and the companies that can best help you along the way. "Check out “Your Guide To Self Publishing: From Print to Kindle and Beyond!” This guide is by Christian Cawley, a resident MakeUseOf writer who has self-published his own book multiple times. It’s a comprehensive guide to the self-publishing process in order to make your life easier when you embark on the journey. "Whether you’re working on a piece of fiction, poetry or any other piece of literature, this guide outlines your self-publishing options – digital and physical alike."
Via Jim Lerman, juandoming
Fake Internet cafes, 24/7 phone analysis, and BlackBerry hacking for political gain.
Every organization is designed to get the results it gets. Poor performance comes from a poorly designed organization.
This week, the French authority Hadopi issued its first order of disconnecting the net for a person who shared culture and knowledge. Hadopi's behavior is completely illegal.
Thursday, June 13, 2013 by Paul Resnikoff That's according to several indie label sources, all of whom have agreed to share top-level contract details with Digital Music News. These are bigger labels you've definitely heard of, along with a number of smaller labels and indie distributors. All of them are essentially confirming this: Apple is now sending pre-filled, inferior contract terms to independent labels for iTunes Radio inclusion.
France is seen as the pioneer of so-called “three strikes” anti-piracy legislation, in which repeated file-sharing offenders are disconnected from the Internet.
A lot remains uncertain about the number of users affected by the NSA PRISM surveillance program that is taking place, the extent to which companies are involved, and how the NSA handles this sensitive data.
by Casey Johnston - June 13 2013, 2:48am CEST Social MediaStartups Facebook is setting itself up to introduce the hashtag to status posts, per a press release from the company Wednesday. The company acknowledges that the feature is “similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest,” and will in fact integrate with the hashtags used on Instagram.
Activists hope for an anti-spying coalition reminiscent of anti-SOPA protests.
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With the asterisk debate postponed, the delegates in Dubai have arrived at the meat of the proposed treaty on international telecoms and are hitting deadlocks which make one wonder if any of them have seen the proposals before.
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