Technically Legal

Thesis v. WordPress and the GPL, Massachusetts and the Right to Repair, Facebook and the CFAA.

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Thesis v. WordPress and the GPL

Would WordPress Sue The Maker Of Thesis
Syn-thesis
Why WordPress Themes are Derivative of WordPress
An analysis of GPL’ed code in Thesis
The GPL

Right to Repair

Mass. considers landmark auto-repair legislation

Facebook v. Power.com, and the CFAA

Facebook Doesn’t Violate Competition Laws, Court Rules In Power.com Lawsuit

1 Comment Posted in: Podcast on July 26, 2010

First Post-Bilski Decision from BPAI, Gov’t Prompts Takedown of 73k Blogs, Man Claims 84% Ownership in Facebook.

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In re: Proudler

Sanity From the 1st Post-Bilski Decision from BPAI: In Re Proudler
The opinion

Gov’t gets Takedown of 73k Blogs

US Gov’t Orders 73,000 Private Websites Offline
U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs

Man Claims 84% Interest in Facebook

NY Man Claims 84% of Facebook, Gets Order Blocking Assets

Comment on this post Posted in: Podcast on July 19, 2010

Joel gets a break, Amazon wins a patent on eBook Readers with two screens, and the Creative Commons gets a day in court.

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Joel Tenenbaum Gets a Break

Judge Reduces Award in Tenenbaum Case
The Opinion

Creative Commons At Issue in Lawsuit

New copyright lawsuit involves Creative Commons
Another Lawsuit Involving Creative Commons

Kindle Patent May Threaten eBook Readers

Amazon’s original Kindle patent could spell trouble for competitors

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Pollster Accuracy, iPhone 4 Class Action Lawsuits, Broken Dells

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Pollster Accuracy

Research 2000 Chief Says Business Has Taken ‘A Fatal Hit,’ Promises ‘Criminal Sanctions’ For Kos

iPhone 4 Class Actions

Opportunistic Law Firm To Launch Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple Concerning Reception Issues?
Apple, AT&T Hit By First Antenna Issue Class Action

Broken Dells

Suit Over Faulty Computers Highlights Dell’s Decline

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In this special episode we discuss the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bilski v. Kappos.

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Google and YouTube win First Round, Congress Can Take Works out of the Public Domain, Apple Sharing Location Data

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Google, YouTube Win First Round Against Viacom

The Opinon

Congress Can Take Works Out of Public Domain

Terrible News: Court Says It’s Okay To Remove Content From The Public Domain And Put It Back Under Copyright
The Opinion

Apple Sharing iPhone Location Data

Apple Now Storing and Sharing Your Location With Others
Congressmen Ask Apple To Explain Privacy Policy Changes
Lawmakers To Introduce New Internet Privacy Bill

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Quon and SMS Privacy, AT&T Security Breaches, and FTC Wants to Save the Newspaper

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Quon and SMS Privacy

Analysis: Hints on texting privacy
The Opinion

AT&T Security Breaches

iPhone 4 Order Security Breach Exposes Personal Information
FBI Investigates iPad Data Breach
AT&T Explains iPad Security Breach

FTC Wants to Save Newspaper

Potential Policy Recommendations To Support The Reinvention Of Journalism

1 Comment Posted in: Podcast on June 21, 2010

Apple revises their advertising policy, Traffic Cam Gripe Site, New York Times Demands Apple Takedown a RSS Reader App

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Apple Revises Rules for in App Advertising

Apple revises iOS rules on outside advertisers, cuts out Google, Adobe by implication
FTC Preps Investigation Against Apple’s Ad Tactics
Apple’s Mobile Rules To Get FTC Scrutiny

Traffic Cam Gripe Site

Anti-speed camera activist nabs Bluff City PD’s expiring web domain
Bluff City, TN Speed Camera information
UDRP Policy

NY Times Demands App Takedown

New York Times to iPad App Developers: Hands Off Our RSS
NYT demands Pulse app be pulled from App Store
Pulse app cheered, then pulled, now back
The Takedown Notices

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Tetris Takedowns, AP/Shepard Fairey Case, and EFF opposes Hurt Locker subpoenas.

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Tetris Takedowns on Android Store

Google blocks Tetris clones from Android market

Update on AP v. Shepard Fairey

Court: AP ‘is going to win’ Shepard Fairey case

EFF Opposes Hurt Locker Subpoenas

EFF Asks Judges to Quash Subpoenas in Movie-Downloading Lawsuits

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Twitter to Sell Trademarked Ad Terms, Senators Call to End Privacy Of Pre-Paid Phones, Apple v. GPL

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Twitter to Sell Trademarked Ad Terms

Twitter May Allow Competitors to Purchase Trademarks as Keywords for Sponsored Tweets

Senators Call to End Privacy of Pre-Paid Phones

Senators call for end to anonymous, prepaid cell phones

Apple v. GPL

GPL Enforcement in Apple’s App Store
More about the App Store GPL Enforcement

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