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Backers of stronger copyright laws form lobby group

May 17, 2007 Copyright Alliance draws applause from Hollywood Democrat Howard Berman, who heads a key House panel that writes intellectual property laws. TAGS: copyright law, alliance, copyright protection, intellectual property, Rep., Washington, event

Bill Gates and other communists

February 15, 2005 Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the discussion about software patents. TAGS: software patent, Bill Gates, patent, protocol, GNU/Linux, Mr., copyright law, GPL, intellectual property, law, Microsoft Corp., idea

Microsoft chastises Google on copyrights

March 6, 2007 Redmond joins the hue and cry of critics who charge the search giant with usurping other people's content. TAGS: copyright law, Google Inc., intellectual property, YouTube, RIAA, Microsoft Corp., video

Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill

April 23, 2006 Instead of reforming the controversial DMCA, the U.S. government seems poised to expand it in a sweeping proposal. TAGS: DMCA, intellectual property, copyright law, copy protection, legislation, Republican, professor, chairman

RIAA verdict playback

October 8, 2007 A Thursday verdict requiring a Minnesota woman to pay $220,000 to the RIAA gets mixed reactions from public and politicos. TAGS: RIAA, Minnesota, recording industry, woman, intellectual property, copyright law, file-sharing, president

Anti-P2P bill may slip past legislative rush

November 18, 2004 Top copyright official predicts Induce Act won't be part of slew of bills Congress will vote on before the holidays. TAGS: Induce Act, anti-P2P, intellectual property protection, intellectual property, copyright law, holiday, bill, consumer electronics, P2P, database

Researcher faces jail for finding bugs

January 11, 2005 Frenchman who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in antivirus software allegedly violated copyright law. TAGS: copyright law, researcher, Paris, bug, antivirus software, intellectual property, trial, virus, security

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, intellectual property, open-source software, GNU, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

Apple, others draw legal threat over media players

May 11, 2007 California company accuses Apple, Microsoft, Real and Adobe of violating copyright law by "actively avoiding" its products. TAGS: DMCA, digital radio, copyright law, RealNetworks Inc., Apple Computer, measure, digital audio, letter, intellectual property, Adobe Systems Inc., law, media player, California, work, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Politicos threaten schools over campus piracy

June 5, 2007 Members of Congress threaten new laws if universities don't adopt measures to block the transfer of copyrighted content. TAGS: university, copyright law, student, Rep., intellectual property, digital media, school

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