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Australia's Entry Into Trans Pacific Partnership and What It Means for The Food Industry
Oct 15, 2015The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
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ASTM Was Formed in 1898 by Chemists and Engineers From The Pennsylvania Railroad
Apr 11, 2014ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
Tags: ASTM Certification, certification, ASTM
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A U.S. Federal Court Has Found File-Hosting Website Hotfile Liable
Aug 30, 2013A U.S. federal court has found file-hosting website Hotfile liable for copyright infringement, according to movie industry body Motion Picture Association of America. The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida also held ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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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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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Is Planning to Run for The European Parliament in 2014
May 17, 2013Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014. The Pirate Bay co-founder wants to run as a candidate for the Finnish Pirate Party, he said in a blog post on Tuesday announcing his candidacy to ...
Tags: EU Parliament, Pirate Bay
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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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The File-Sharing Service Mega Has Fielded 150 Copyright Warnings
Feb 1, 2013The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under indictment by U.S. prosecutors for running Megaupload. And a French website appears to ...
Tags: file-sharing service, Mega, Kim Dotcom
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Cambodian Will Deport Co-Founder of The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg
Dec 27, 2012Cambodian authorities will deport the co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg. File-sharing website The Pirate Bay claims 30 million users, despite efforts by authorities in Sweden to shut it down. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg ...
Tags: Cambodian, Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Computer Products
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Copyright Laws Are Holding Back Potentially Life-Saving Research
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Copyright laws are holding back potentially life-saving research, the European Union's top digital lawmaker said on Monday. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes was speaking at the 2012 Intellectual Property and ...
Tags: Copyright laws, digital law, online licensing, computer
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A Deep and Abiding Concern Over The Theft of IP That Occurs in China
Dec 21, 2012When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
Tags: China, opportunities, Intellectual Property, theft of IP
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The Internet Archive Has to Date Offered up Nearly a Petabyte of Content
Dec 19, 2012The Internet Archive, a non-profit project established to act as an online library of that preserves digital information, has to date offered up nearly a petabyte of content via the BitTorrent file-sharing site. In a blog post, The ...
Tags: Internet Archive, project, online library, digital information
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A Woman Ordered to Pay$222,000 Verdict in Music Piracy Case
Dec 11, 2012Computerworld-A woman ordered to pay$222,000 for pirating 24 copyrighted songs has taken her fight against the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA)to the U.S.Supreme Court. In a petition filed Monday,lawyers for Minnesota ...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eight Circuit Has Upheld a Jury Award of $222,000
Sep 13, 2012In the second major legal victory for music labels in recent weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit has upheld a jury award of $222,000 against a woman accused of pirating 24 songs over a peer-to-peer file sharing network. ...
Tags: Appeals, Internet, music piracy case, USA
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China's Spot Stainless Steel Prices Are Headed for a New 2011 Low
Aug 8, 2011China's spot stainless steel prices are headed for a new 2011 low after dropping more than 3% over the weekend, as US and European debt concerns force LME nickel prices even lower. Traders are offering Taigang's benchmark 304 2mm 2B ...
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