Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica
Posts mostly cover Internet and intellectual property law. The name is Latin-derived for the "art of technology"
Author: Among others, this blawg is written by Ars Technica staffers: senior editor and co-founder Jon Stokes, managing editor Eric Bangeman, associate editor Nate Anderson assistant editor Jacqui Cheng, science editor John Timmer and gaming staff writer Frank Caron. "Our editorial team is at home on Linux, Mac, and Windows; they know both the home and the enterprise; they understand law and politics; and they specialize in bringing readers the right answer, the first time."
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Patent Law • Internet Law • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica
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German court: Google Image thumbnails infringe on copyright
A German court has ruled that Google's image searches aren't allowed to display thumbnails of copyrighted images, and says that it's Google's job to figure out what's copyrighted.Read More...
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City-owned fiber network a go as judge tosses telco lawsuit
A judge has dismissed a telco's entire lawsuit against a Minnesota community that decided to build its own fiber-to-the-home network.Read More...
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Analysis: data mining doesn't work for spotting terrorists
A comprehensive report from the National Research Council makes an iron-clad case against attempts to use automated data mining to spot terrorists and terrorist cells.Read More...
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Serious games: Ars looks at games that tackle the big issues
Video games may still be seen as a hobby for the young or the young at heart, but what happens when games try to tackle truly mature subjects? Ars digs into the games that try…
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Study: Reading online privacy policies could cost $365 billion a year
Online privacy policies, which are often 2,500 words long, go largely unread by users. But if people actually tried to read the most common ones, it might cost the economy $365 billion in lost time…
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Want to bypass DRM? Feds open to new DMCA exemptions
The Library of Congress' triennial review of "anticircumvention" rules is revving up once more; what DRM will we be allowed to bypass for the next three years?Read More...
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750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy
Two statistics have become a staple of calls for stronger IP enforcement: 750,000 jobs lost! $200 billion–$250 billion in costs to the U.S. economy! The problem is that both figures have almost no basis in…
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Judge: antitrust suit against Apple and AT&T can proceed
The court has found that the claims in a class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T are worthy of adjudication. The suit claims that there were various antitrust violations due to iPhone OS 1.1.1 "bricking"…
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Apple sends threat letter to computer school with apple logo
Earlier this year, Apple filed a trademark opposition against New York City's GreeNYC logo. Now, Apple lawyers are at it again, this time sending a complaint letter to the Victoria School of Business and Technology…
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Out of options, DISH finally pays TiVo $104 million judgment
DISH Network and EchoStar will finally pay TiVo $104 million over a patent infringement case that was decided in 2006. DISH says that the decision won't affect the company's current DVRs, though, and customers can…