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- Court Says It's Okay To Remove Content From The Public Domain Copyright It (TD)
- 'Hot News' Doctrine Could Stifle Online Commentary and Criticism (EFF)
- PLEASE fix RSS feed?
- Paywall Cuts Traffic to the Times By Nearly a Half (Hitwise)
- In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline (NYTimes)
- Fark creator says wisdom of crowds is overrated (TheHill)
- Sony forced to recall 534,000 VAIO notebooks (Tech Herald)
- What Does Cory Doctorow Use? Well, Now You Know
- Hacker Cracks Pirate Bay, Exposes 4M Pirates
- German student Moons and Throws Puppy at Hells Angels, Escapes on Stolen Bulldozer
- NTP Sues Six Major Tech Companies Over Wireless Email Patents (Slashdot)
- Do-not-call fines total $73,000; only $250 collected (CTV)
- Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux (Slashdot)
- Closing the Digital Frontier (TheAtlantic)
- ESRB Exposes Emails of Gamers Who Filed Privacy Complaints (Slashdot)
- Court rules FCC crackdown on broadcaster on air curse words is unconstitutional(NYDN)
- Woman Jailed for Texting Threats to Herself (Threat Level)
- What’s Really Going on Behind Murdoch’s Paywall? (Newser)
- DARPA To Turn Humans Into Batteries (Slashdot)
- Playboy launches new work-safe website (News.com.au)
- Pay-Per-View Journalism Is Burning Out Reporters Young (Slashdot)
- Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police (Slashdot)
- Comcast To Customer: Pay Us $0.00 Or We'll Cancel Your Service (Pics Incl) (Gizmodo)
- The Weird Logic of Paywall Challengers (The Big Money)
- F.B.I., Challenging Use of Seal, Gets Back a Primer on the Law (NYTimes)
- Blizzard Cracking Down On "Inappropriate" Starcraft 2 Maps (G4TV)
- Pentagon orders Wikileaks to delete classified documents (BB)
- Samsung, Toshiba, LG, Sharp and Others Sued for Price Fixing on LCD Screens (TheHill)
- Access Copyright's 1300% Tariff Increase - Deadline to Object is August 11, 2010 (MG)
- Assange prosecutor cited for secrecy breach (Thelocal)
- The internet and It's Masses, Disconnected with a click of a button.
- Don't Let Schools Chip Your Kids (ACLU)
- New book says we relate to our computers like humans (VentureBeat)
- Man drops ‘kitty porn’ defense; pleads guilty to kiddy porn (Sentinal)
- HDCP Master Key Confirmed; Blu-Ray Has Been Cracked (PCMag)
- Hackers hit Hollywood's Piracy Watchdog
- Jack Valenti Testimony at 1982 House Hearing on Home Recording of Copyrighted Works
- The Obama administration's war on privacy (Salon)
- Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent (NYTimes)
- AOL buys TechCrunch (MSNBC)
- Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial (WA Post)
- The real cost of free (Cory Doctorow - Guadian)
- CBC Podcasters Pressured to Ban Creative Commons Music
- Hearing on Internet Blocking in the European Parliament (EDRI)
- Teen voice of Dora the Explorer sues network (Viacom) (CBC)
- Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back (Threat Level)
- Ancient Civilization Reportedly Scared That Writing Will Make Us Stupid (STToday)
- We reveal the crappiest news sites on the web (TechEye)
- WikiLeaks says funding has been blocked after government blacklisting (Guardian)
- Piracy - Jesus Did It (Image)
- Will 400,000 Secret Iraq War Documents Restore WikiLeaks’ Sheen? (Threat Level)
- Microsoft Releases Attack Ad on OpenOffice (YouTube)
- Court Orders Google To Reveal Commenter Identity (Gothamist)
- Congress To Investigate Abusive Debt Collection By Wireless Providers (Hot Hardware)
- Did The RIAA Really Just Come Out In Support Of 'Opt-In' Copyright? (Techdirt)
- From Radical Extremism to Balanced Copyright: Canadian Copyright and the DigitalAgena
- Leaked Letter — BSA Pressures Europe To Kill Open Standards (Slashdot)
- DoD Study Contradicts Charges Against WikiLeaks (Slashdot)
- Facebook says apps transmitted user information (Washington Post)
- Microsoft Moves to Help Nonprofits Avoid Piracy-Linked Crackdowns (NYTimes)
- Author: 4chan bootlegging led to big sales increase (BB)
- WikiLeaks’ 400,000 Iraq War Documents Reveal Torture, Civilian Deaths (Threat Level)
- Criminal Justice Blog Battles Copyright Troll (EFF)
- Big cable loses 500,000 subscribers in Q3, we neglect to send flowers (Engadget)
- First Look at RockMelt, a Browser Built For Facebook Freaks (Epicenter)
- Corporate Cop’s Covert Video at Issue in Xbox Modding Case (Threat Level)
- Net Pioneers Say Open Internet Should Be Separate (Slashdot)
- GSA workers' Social Security numbers e-mailed (SFC)
- Lawsuit Shows Dell Hid Extent of Computer Flaws (Slashdot)
- Wikileaks hints at diplomatic cable release "7 times" greater than Iraq War Logs (BB)
- Hong Kong Team Stores 90GB of Data In 1g of Bacteria (Slashdot)
- Tandberg Attempts To Patent Open Source Code (Slashdot)
- Hershey Co. sues competitor Mars, claiming trademark infringement in candy packaging
- WikiLeaks reveals undiplomatic U.S. critiques (CBC)
- RIAA Now Blames Journalists For Its Piracy Trouble (Slashdot)
- Which Shipping Company is Kindest to Your Packages? (Popular Mechanics)
- Bank of America shares plunge amid WikiLeaks rumor (The Sun News)
- FBI Typo Triggers Errant E-mail Search (TSG)
- WikiLeaks may release 'UFO' files (Strait times)
- Former WikiLeaks Activists to Launch New Site (CBS)
- Gov't crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS (ITWorld)
- Canadian Supreme Court To Decide If Linking Is Publishing (Slashdot)
- Water Main Breaks Encases An Entire House In Ice
- 4chan Has Been DDOSed (Slashdot)
- Journalism in the age of WikiLeaks (Globe and Mail)
- Apple Support Company Sues Customer For Complaint (TekGlobal)
- Never Brag That Your DRM is Uncrackable
- Store That Sold Balloon Dogs Sued for Copyright Infringement (Bay Citizen)
- Copyright Propaganda Passed Off as News (Straight)
- University Who Recieved DMCA Takedown Over Thesis Gives Bank the Finger (MG)
- Judge Orders U.S. Attorney's Office to Make a CD 'Copy-Proof' (Freep)
- Leaked: US government strategy to prevent leaks (Techspot)
- Facebook hype will fade (CNN)
- When Bad Patents Hurt Good People: Patent Threat Shuts Down Flight Planning Site(EFF)
- Canada's First Data Cap Casaulty (DSLReport)
- Wireless Carriers Keep Fighting 'Bill Shock' Rules (DSL)
- Users Revolting Against Shaw's New, High Pricing (DSLReports)
- Comcast-NBC merger expected to have net neutrality conditions (WAPost)
- Virgin Mobile: You Probably Won't Notice New 5GB Cap (DSLReports)
- Sony Asks Court to Remove PlayStation 3 Jailbreak From Net (Threat Level)
- Everything that is Geoblocked in Canada (Search Engine)
- If Your Going to Sue Digg, Fark and TechCrunch, at Least Spell Your Own Name Right!
- Capcom 'Saddened' By Game Plagiarism Controversy (Slashdot)
- Sony Must Show It Has Jurisdiction To Sue PS3 Hacker (Slashdot)
- Ex-Swiss banker to hand files on alleged tax evasion in offshore havens to Wikileaks
- Goldman Sachs Says No Facebook Shares For US Investors (Slashdot)
- Righthaven Adds Forum Posters To Copyright Suit (Slashdot)
- Still Trying To Track Down Who Controls Patent Used Against Reddit, Digg, Fark, /.
- FCC, Justice approve Comcast and NBC joint venture (Washington Post)
- The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet (Techdirt)
- Netflix Is Abandoning DVDs, Customers Who Prefer DVDs (Yahoo)
- Open Source More Expensive Says MS Report (Slashdot)
- Health Care Reform Repeal: Bought and Paid for by Citizens United
- Letting Famous People Interact Online? Patented! Twitter Sued (techdirt)
- Russian Music Uploader Faces Criminal Copyright Charges (DMWMedia)
- Public and Political Concern Over Usage Based Billing Gathers Steam (Michael Geist)
- The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks (The Atlantic)
- Eavesdropping Laws Mean That Turning On an Audio Recorder Could Send You to Prison
- House Subcommittee Revives Mandatory Data Retention Debate, Attacks EFF (EFF)
- MasterCard’s Support for COICA Threatens A Free And Open Internet (EFF)
- Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back (Slashdot)
- Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Legislation Back in Play (Threat Level)
- EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations (Slashdot)
- FCC Asks Court to Dismiss MetroPCS, Verizon Net Neutrality Suits (PCMag)
- Google would (just) beat Bing at Jeopardy! (Tech.Blorge)