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4 years for Ore. man for eBay counterfeit software

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:01 -0000

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USPTO Says No More Software Patents

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:42:58 -0000

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Six U.S. states account for half of national piracy losses - Network World

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:35:30 -0000

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Court Hits BitTorrent Users Who Failed to Appear | TorrentFreak

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:54:52 -0000

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Ed Foster's Gripelog || Spyware bill cloaks a mini-UCITA

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:59:05 -0000

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The Patry Copyright Blog: First Sale Victory in Vernor

Sun, 25 May 2008 02:23:54 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

On Tuesday, Judge Richard Jones of the U.S. District Court in Seattle handed down an opinion in Timothy Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., handing Vernor victory in an important exposition of the first sale doctrine. (H.T. and congrats to Greg Beck). The case also illustrates why notice and notice is a better system for safe harbor regimes than the U.S. notice and take down approach USTR is trying to force on other countries.

Under a notice and notice regime, eBay would not have to make judgments it has no ability to make, and Vernor's auctions would have gone forward because Autodesk was not, seemingly going to sue: recall that Vernor brought a declaratory relief action. Notice and take down, however, gave Autodesk the very relief it was denied by the court.

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Fraud, Phishing and Financial Misdeeds: Internet Gangstas don't appreciate software piracy, either!

Fri, 02 May 2008 20:01:04 -0000

Despite the clear licensing agreement and the associated warnings, this package still ended up being traded freely in underground forums shortly after it was released. It just goes to show you just can’t trust anyone in the underground these days.

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Open source is not piracy - Perl Buzz

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:10:32 -0000

Jeff's made a big stumble, and I hope he corrects it soon, publicly. In his latest article, We Don't Use Software That Costs Money Here, he talks about how the free software alternatives to non-free software are getting better all the time. Unfortunately, he claims that

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Sony BMG's hypocrisy: company busted for using warez

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:57:55 -0000

PointDev, a French software company that makes Windows administration tools, received a call from a Sony BMG IT employee for support. After Sony BMG supplied a pirated license code for Ideal Migration, one of PointDev's products, the software maker was able to mandate a seizure of Sony BMG's assets.

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