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China Vows Better Copyright Protection for Music Industry
Dec 4, 2015China will act on unauthorized publication and online sharing of music with an system to allow the public to report wrongdoing. In China, most people have yet to develop the habit of paying for what they listen to and the government has ...
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Toonstar Toys Is Confident of The Collectables Market in The New Year
Dec 5, 2014Featuring a cast of recognisable faces from popular movies, TV series and boy bands, ToonStar Toys plays parody upon many of today’s pop icons. ToonStar Toys is confident that its range of pop culture inspired action figures is ...
Tags: Toonstar Toys, pop icons, Toys
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Oracle's Copyright Case Against Google's Android OS Appeared to Gain New Life This Week
Dec 10, 2013Oracle's copyright case against Google's Android OS appeared to gain new life this week after a federal appeals court judge poked holes in Google's defence. A U.S. District Court judge in California ruled last year that Oracle's Java APIs ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Scientists Signed off on a Court Brief Opposing Oracle's Bid to Copyright Java APIs
Jun 2, 2013Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users. The ...
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A Proposal in Taiwan to Enforce Copyright Laws Is Facing Concerns
May 28, 2013A proposal in Taiwan to enforce copyright laws by blocking access to top piracy sites is facing concerns that the measures could impinge on Internet freedoms on the island. The intellectual property office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...
Tags: Anti-Piracy Proposal, Taiwan, SOPA
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The Law Was Published in Germany's Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) on Tuesday
May 20, 2013A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. The law was published in Germany's Federal Law Gazette ...
Tags: Copyright Law, legislation
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U.S. Congress Should Consider a "Safe Harbor" From Legal Action
May 16, 2013The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Consumers should be protected ...
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A Key U.S. Lawmaker Has Unveiled Plans for a Review of The Laws Surrounding Copyright
Apr 27, 2013A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are still relevant in the digital age. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chairman of ...
Tags: Copyright, US Lawmakers
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White House Agrees with Arguing Jailbreaking of Mobile Phones Should Be Legal
Mar 6, 2013The White House says it agrees with a US citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal. In a statement released on the White House petitions web page, presidential aide R. ...
Tags: mobile phones, jailbreaking, White House
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North Korea Offered to Provide Network Connectivity for Its Controversial Search Engine
Mar 6, 2013The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. “We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea ...
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North Korea Offered to Provide Network Connectivity for Its Controversial Search Engine
Mar 4, 2013The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online. "We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea is a ...
Tags: search engine, Computer Products, software
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Phone Unlocking Services Face The Biggest Legal Risk From Mobile Operators
Jan 31, 2013U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier ...
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Apple and Samsung Are Left Waiting and Wondering What The Jury Made
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - As a nine-person jury begins deliberations in the closely watched patent trial between Apple and Samsung, the companies and their lawyers are left waiting and wondering what the jury made of the three weeks of arguments. ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, smartphone market, smartphone
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How Keep Your Business Safe
Dec 27, 20121. How to protect trade secrets and processes? The best thing your company can do is to only disseminate trade secrets to those who have a need to know the information. When outsourcing manufacturers you may consider separating your ...
Tags: Focus Vision, Service, Business Safe
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The U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments in Two Cases
Dec 26, 2012The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in two cases with potentially broad implications to technology users, one reviewing whether consumers can resell copyright-protected products they have purchased and the second challenging ...
Tags: U.S.Supreme Court, NSA, technology users, surveillance program