Posted on 20 November 2009. Tags: copyright, Cory Doctorow, Digital Economy Bill, file-sharing, government, internet, Labour government, legislation, Lord Mandelson, Parliamentary, Secretary of State, United Kingdom
Tomorrow morning Lord Mandelson will present the Digital Economy Bill to the public, which among other things is aimed at reducing illicit file-sharing. According to parts of the bill that leaked today, the legislation could lead to jail terms for file-sharers and unprecedented power for the entertainment industries.
Over the past months the UK government has tried to tackle the issue of online piracy. This has resulted in a proposal from Lord Mandelson, who plans to disconnect alleged file sharers without any judicial process. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 September 2009. Tags: Alexandria, Amazon.com, Angus & Robertson Bookstore, Ann Arbor, australia, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Blackwell Bookshop, books, bookstores, Canada, Chris Anderson, copyright, digital copies, documents, Edmonton, Egypt, Espresso Book Machine, Google, Google Book Search, libraries, london, Manchester, melbourne, Michigan, Northshire Bookstore, On Demand Books, paper copies, public domain, revolution, Shapiro Library Building, texts, universities, University of Alberta, University of Michigan, Vermont, Wired
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- Google Book Search is letting readers turn digitized texts back into paper copies
- Google scans millions of books and turns them into searchable documents
- Books can be printed on demand by a special machine in about 4 minutes
- The machine is only in a few dozen bookstores so far Read the full story
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Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: copyright, dispute, eBay, investors, Joltid Ltd., lawsuit, legal, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, Northen California, peer-to-peer, sale, shares, Skype, software rights, Sweeden, Technology, U.S. District Court, Violation, webphone service
* Founders say eBay, Skype, investors violated copyright
* Lawsuit complicates eBay’s $1.9 bln sale of Skype stake
* EBay says deal still on track
* EBay shares dip 1.6 pct after-hours (Adds details on suit in Britain) Read the full story
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