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Judge Rules Making Files Available Doesnt Constitute Copyright Violation [Riaa]

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2008-04-04 18:00:00 by posted by Pantha in
...judge has just followed up on the previous NY judge ruling that just making files available isn't enough to constitute copyright infringement. According to the EFF , it's the most "extensive analysis yet of the recording industry's 'making available' argument", but doesn't actually make things better for people who are being sued by the RIAA....
 
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Judge Rules Making Files 'Available' Doesn't Constitute Copyright Violation [Riaa]

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2008-04-04 14:00:00 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...judge has just followed up on the previous NY judge ruling that just making files available isn't enough to constitute copyright infringement. According to the EFF , it's the most "extensive analysis yet of the recording industry's 'making available' argument", but doesn't actually make things better for people who are being sued by the RIAA....
 
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California judge declares Sprint's early termination fees illegal

2008-08-01 15:56:27 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...judge has passed a preliminary ruling on Sprint Nextel's early termination fees: I don't speak Legalese, but I believe an onomatopoeic kablammo is accepted in most languages. The judge presupposed that the ETFs were unfairly enforcing contracts. Of course, the FCC has complained about the ruling, suggesting instead that it should be a federal...
 
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You Be the Judge! At CES!

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2008-08-18 17:55:32 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...judge one of the most prestigious awards programs in the consumer electronics industry Do you consider yourself a knowledgeable consumer electronics design professional, with expertise in any of the 34 Innovations 2009 awards categories Do you have at least five years of experience in the CE industry through the media or as an industry...
 
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You Be the Judge! At CES!

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2008-08-18 17:55:32 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...judge one of the most prestigious awards programs in the consumer electronics industry Do you consider yourself a knowledgeable consumer electronics design professional, with expertise in any of the 34 Innovations 2009 awards categories Do you have at least five years of experience in the CE industry through the media or as an industry...
 
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Judge Jails Woman, Destroys Phone Over Court Shots

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2007-12-27 06:39:17 by Rob Beschizza in Gadget Lab
...Judge Vincent Gaughan's house of R. Kelly (there for his kiddie porn case) and ended up with a custodial sentence Or, rather, here's the real lesson: be a wealthy man accused of owning nasty photos of little girls, and you get to stay out of jail for five years waiting for your trial, even after failing to turn up in court. Be a grandmother...
 
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Judge Rules That "Making Available" Isn't Enough for RIAA Lawsuits [Riaa]

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2008-04-02 11:14:21 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...judge in New York: they can't sue people over songs that are merely "made available," which is the basis for nearly all of their lawsuits. Instead, they need to prove that songs were actually transmitted, something that is a hell of a lot harder to do. Is this the end of the RIAA's lawsuit onslaught Cases such as the Jammie Thomas case, which...
 
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Judge: Making music available online is not piracy

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2008-04-04 00:00:47 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...judge Nancy Gertner , the presiding justice in Elektra v. Barker, essentially rendering the RIAAs assertion that sharing music equals piracy This means that if youre connected to a P2P network like BitTorrent and people are getting chunks of songs from you, youre off the hook, at least for now. The judge will let the labels re-file with...
 
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Judge orders Nintendo to stop selling patent violating Wii and Gamecube controllers

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2008-07-23 12:27:20 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Judge Ron Clark has ordered Nintendo to either stop selling their Wii Classic Controllers and Gamecube Controllers or pay money to Anascape Ltd. for violating their analog stick patents This is the same Anascape that nailed Sony in 2004 and Microsoft earlier this year for their Playstation and Xbox controllers, which also featured analog...
 
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