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New Zealander Become The First Person in The World to Officially Own an xBox One Friday
Dec 22, 2013A New Zealander become the first person in the world to officially own an Xbox One Friday, saying he was immediately retreating to his lounge for five days to play the console. International time zones meant New Zealand was the first ...
Tags: xBox, Consumer Electronics
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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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U.S. Companies Should Be Allowed to Take Aggressive Countermeasures Against Hackers
May 28, 2013U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. The 100-page report, ...
Tags: IP, US, Computer Products
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Momentum Is Growing in The U.S. Congress to Overturn a U.S. Library of Congress Ruling
Mar 14, 2013Momentum is growing in the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. Library of Congress ruling that took mobile phone unlocking out of the legal exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Late Monday, a group of senators and ...
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Shutdown of Megaupload Caused an Increase in Digital Sales and Rentals of Movies
Mar 12, 2013The shutdown of Megaupload caused an increase in digital sales and rentals of movies, according to a study by two researchers, which is likely to give a boost to the movie industry, which has typically blamed online cyberlockers and ...
Tags: Megaupload, digital sales, movies rentals
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New Legislation in Congress Would Establish a Government Task Force
Mar 7, 2013New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
Tags: Internet freedom, legislation, US
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Apple Faces Increasing Pressure to Release a Bigger Slice of The iPhone Pie
Feb 26, 2013iiNET chief Michael Malone believes Apple faces increasing pressure to release a bigger slice of the iPhone pie and that it will need to settle its acrimonious patent battles with its rivals. He also believes the federal ...
Tags: iiNET, iPhone, acrimonious patent battles
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U.S. Lawmakers Pledged to Rewrite an Antihacking Law
Feb 6, 2013Online activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz. ...
Tags: US, Politicians, Hacking Law
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Indicted Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Launched a New File-Sharing Website
Jan 22, 2013Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website today, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colourful ...
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There Will a Rush to Create New Versions of The Controversial SOPA or PIPA
Jan 16, 2013As A new U.S. Congress begins work this month, few insiders expect that there will a rush to create new versions of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Internet antipiracy legislation, as embodied ...
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Don't Expect Lawmakers to Rush out a New Version of The SOPA or PIPA
Jan 5, 2013As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want ...
Tags: U.S.Congress, SOPA, 2013, PIPA
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The Most Controversial Tech Issue Taken up by The Outgoing Congress Was The SOPA
Jan 5, 2013The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
Tags: SOPA, legislation, controversial tech, outgoing Congress
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The House Judiciary Committee Is Moving Toward Passage of a Small Portion
Jan 4, 2013The House Judiciary Committee is moving toward passage of a small portion of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, raising concerns among SOPA opponents. The committee has released a draft bill, called the Intellectual Property ...
Tags: SOPA, online piracy, intellectual property, USA
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Judge Approved Text of a Letter That Is to Be Sent to O2 Customers Suspected
Dec 28, 2012A judge has approved the text of a letter that is to be sent to O2 customers suspected of illegally sharing adult films made by Ben Dover Productions. In March, the film company won a court order forcing O2 to identify the users of more ...
Tags: O2, illegally sharing, adult films, Golden Eye, piracy
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Proposed Laws Could Protect Virtual Intellectual Property.
Dec 28, 2012Proposed laws could protect virtual intellectual property. A number of Internet laws that aim to protect intellectual property rights online have been proposed in recent months. While only one piece of legislation has passed, proposed ...
Tags: Business Implications, Computer Products, Cyber Legislation