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Unlocking innovation in Vietnam requires lawyers, not schools

Vietnam needs more intelectual property lawyers and a strong enforcement system. Sounds boring? Perhaps so, but data from the World Bank 2011...
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ISPs and media giants agree to actively screen accounts for pirating activity

Big Brothers are watching - Five big media and wireless companies signed an agreement that will have Internet service providers (ISPs) issue...
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DMCA take down notice demystified

  • DMCA
  • September 28, 2010
This is a subject that is often misunderstood even by those who should have a thorough knowledge of how DMCA take down notices work. That includes...
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Internet 101: Who owns the images?

The battle over Internet images is a contentious one, which is why the Examiner.com is so insistent that we only use the images that we are legally...
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Oracle - Google trial: Internet giant found innocent of patent infringement

In what appears to be the finale to the Oracle - Google trial, a jury has returned a verdict in the patent infringement phase of the case, finding...
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Get ready for 20 seconds of unskippable warnings on new DVDs

  • DVD
  • May 11, 2012
Get ready to be annoyed by 20 seconds of PSAs at the beginning of DVDs and Blu-rays, and that 20 seconds of information cannot be skipped, either....
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Jury issues partial verdict in Oracle-Google trial, but big question unanswered

Oracle sued Google in 2010 over its use of the Java programming language and software tools, and on Monday, May 7, 2012, a jury of five men and...
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Online piracy battle now turns international with ACTA

  • ACTA
  • January 23, 2012
As folks in the United States celebrate the current demise of proposed anti-piracy legislation, a new campaign is beginning to replace it, ACTA....
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The Day the Internet Blacked Out! Gamers, Google, & others Fight SOPA and PIPA

  • SOPA
  • January 18, 2012
It won't be possible to get through today without hearing about the legistlation bills known as SOPA and PIPA being discussed which are attemps...
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SOPA and PIPA are far from dead, protests still planned

Mark Twain once said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." The same can be said of SOPA, the proposed Stop Online...
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