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Murderer With "Aggression Genes" Gets Reduced Sentence
TomTom Can License FAT Without Violating the GPL
Brain Scans Used In Murder Sentencing
City Laws Only Available Via $200 License
Groklaw Summarizes the Lori Drew Verdict
Flawed Online Dating Bill Being Pushed in New Jersey
Legal Restrictions on Cellphone Use Gain Traction
UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros
Best Buy 'Geek Squad' Accused of Pirating Software
Supreme Court Sides With Rambus Over FTC
Perspectives on Spamhaus's Dilemma
NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation
Australians Allowed to Format Shift Media
Lawyers Ordered to Play RPS to Settle Dispute
U.S. Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Patent Trolls
Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees
SCOTUS Says EPA Can Regulate Carbon
Homeland Security Okays Closed Proceedings
Court Reinstates Proof-of-Age Requirement For Nude Ads
Britain's 400 Years of Cyber Law
UK Hackers Face Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Groklaw Shifts Gears, Now Stressing Preservation
Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal
New Patent Reform Proposal Focuses on Education
Apple Trade Secret Suit Final Arguments Today
Law Prof Characterizes Yahoo Suit as Extortion
Calif. AG Files Felony Charges In HP Probe
When Free Speech and Foreign IP Law Collide
Law Enforcement Requests for Net Data Multiply
Utah Games/Porn Law Fails
UK Parliament to be Made Redundant?
Bill Would Outlaw Digital Receiver Recorders
Jack Thompson's Game Bill Moves Forward
Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal
Google, Apple, Microsoft Sued Over File Preview
CATO Institute Releases Paper Criticizing DMCA
Documentary Released On Canadian Fight Against DMCA
Dell Accuses Psion of "Fraud" Over Netbook
Tougher Hacking Laws Get Support in UK
Feds Demand Prison For Guns N' Roses Uploader
Judge Munley is So Out of My Top 8
Australian Rules to Crackdown on Spam
China Passes Internet Copyright Legislation
Games Seized Following Murder
Microsoft Helps Write Oklahoma's Anti-Spyware Law
Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill
Spamhaus to Ignore $11.7M Judgement
ThePirateBay Will Rise Again?
Cops Walking the MySpace Beat
State Trooper Fights For His Source Code
$9 Billion Loophole for Synthetic Fuel
New Zealand Reintroduces 3 Strikes Law
Teenager Wins Email Suit Against City of Kokomo
Copy Protection Firms Encourage Piracy?
New Congressional Bill Makes DMCA Look Tame
The Impact of Violent Gaming
UK Government Passes ID Card Bill
IBM Says SCO Willfully Failed To Detail Evidence
Spain Outlaws P2P File-Sharing
PubPat Kills Four Key Monsanto Patents
UK Rejects Extending Music Copyright
DoJ Sides With RIAA On Damages
EU Rejects Spam Maker's Trademark Bid
Google Denies Data In Brazil Orkut Case
Patent Case With FOSS Implications
Publishers Thank Google for Book Sales
FCC Sued to Allow Cell Phone Jammers
Netbooks Popular Enough For a C&D From Psion
Supreme Court to Rule on 'Obvious' Patents
The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA)
Vitamin Case Brings Patent Law to Supreme Court
Symantec Sues Microsoft, May Delay Vista
Apple Defeats RIAA and France In Same Day
Bill Could Restrict Freedom of the Press
Blackberry Injunction Postponed
Brain scans used in murder sentencing
Domain Resale Market Is Phisher Heaven
German Court Convicts Skype For Breaching GPL
Microsoft Subpoenas Thrown out of Court
Microsoft, Autodesk Guilty of Patent Infringement
MySpace Not Guilty in Child Assault Case
On Apple vs Apple
Patent Reform Act Proposes Sweeping Changes
SCO Wants Summary Ruling, Wants To Appeal Unix Ownership Decision
Supreme Court Weakens Patents
The RIAA vs. John Doe, a Layperson's Guide
17,000 Downloads Does Not Equal 17,000 Lost Sales
Amazon Sued Over E-Book DRM Patent
Another Attempt At Using the Courts To Suppress an Online Review
Bell, SuperMicro Sued Over GPL
Bilski Patent Case Appealed To Supreme Court
Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected
Corporate Espionage Involving a Patent At Microsoft
Court Rules Autism Not Caused By Childhood Vaccine
Data Recovered From DVD Leads To Conviction, 24-Year Sentence
Entire Transcript of RIAA's Only Trial Now Online
FSF Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations
Internet-Caused Mistrials Are On the Rise
Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case
Juror Tweets Could Create Mistrial
KY Appeals Court Nixes Seizure of Gambling-Linked Domains
Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia
Legislation To Overhaul US Patent System
Licensing Commercial Source Code?
Lie Detector Company Threatens Critical Scientists With Suit
Maryland Court Weighs Internet Anonymity
Nonprofit Group Sends Filesharing Propaganda To Students
Ontario Court Wrong About IP Addresses, Too
Perens Counters Claim of GPL Legal Risk
RIAA Has to Disclose Attorneys Fees In Foster Case
Rocket Hobbyists Prevail Over Feds In Court Case
Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking
The Post-Bilski Era Gets Underway
Viacom vs. YouTube - Whose Side Are You On?
Do "Illegal" Codecs Actually Scare Linux Users?
Does Microsoft Complicate Licensing on Purpose?
Japan to Discourage Sale of Old Electronics
Moore's Law Staying Strong Through 30nm
RIAA's 'Expert' Witness Testimony Now Online
School Official Sues Over MySpace Page
Site Says 'Go Away!'; Federal Court Says No
Google Admits to Using Sohu Database
ISPs to Create Database to Combat Child Porn
Purdue Makes Trash To Electricity Generator
Should Chimps Have Human Rights?
Common Sense Beats Out MN Games Law
Piracy More Serious Than Bank Robbery?
Tech Firms, Don't Fence Us In
EU Paves the Way For Three-Strikes Cut-Off Policy
Microsoft Freeloading In Washington State Courts
Judge Rules in Favor of Websurfing at Work
Developers Warned over OOXML Patent Risk
iPhone Lawsuit Put On Hold For The Moment
IBM Subpoenas HP, Baystar, Sun & Microsoft
Sony Rootkit may Lead to Regulation
Court Ruling Clouds Open Source Licensing
Important Court Decisions Chip Away At ISP Liability Shield
German Gov To Ban Paintballing After Shooting
Misconceptions About the GPL
Legal Code In a Version Control System?
Alleged British Hacker Fears Guantanamo
Net2phone Sues Skype
Illinois to Pay for Unconstitutional Gaming Law
NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums
New Internet Regulation Proposed
Canada's New DMCA Considered Worst Copyright Law
Documentary About Swedish Wiretapping Released
Judge Bans Thompson from LA Videogame Case
CallerID Spoofing to be Made Illegal
IRS to Allow Tax Preparers to Sell Your Info?
AP Looks at Piracy, Misses the Point
BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts
EFF Gets Animated About DRM with The Corruptibles
EU Fines for Microsoft Approved, Off the Record
Wired Interview with Copyright Comic Authors
A&E beaming adverts directly into your head.
Court Rules For Software Ownership Over Licensing
Firefox Plugin Liberates Paywalled Court Records
Judge Won't Punish Lawyer For Anti-RIAA Blogging
Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word
SFLC Tells SCOTUS, "Software Patents Are Unjust"
You Are Not a Lawyer
Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful
Are NDA 'Prior Inventions' Clauses Safe to Sign?
Audio Broadcast Flag Introduced in Congress
Battle Lines Drawn Over Net Neutrality
Google Sends Legal Threats to Media Organizations
Lucent Sues Microsoft, Wants All 360s Recalled
Patent Law Ruling Threatens FOSS
Stem Cell Research in a Judge's Hands
Toys 'R' Us Wins Suit Against Amazon
Forensic Analysis of the Stolen VA Database
Marvel and DC Enforce "Superhero" Trademark
Busting People for Pointing Out Security Flaws
Police Objecting to Tickets From Red-Light Cameras
Lawsuit Against Google Dismissed
RIAA Caught in Tough Legal Situation
President Signs Law Creating Copyright Czar