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Hollywood Pressuring FCC on Selectable Output Control Again

Our friends at Public Knowledge have been doing a great job in Washington, D.C., fighting against the MPAA's efforts to selectively disable the high-definition analog (i.e., "component" video) outputs on your cable box. In essence, Hollywood is telling the FCC that it won't give Americans early access to blockbuster movies...

It’s Still A Duck: Court Re-Affirms That First Sale Doctrine Can Apply to “Licensed” Software

Building on a prior ruling, a federal court has re-affirmed that a Seattle man was not infringing copyright law by re-selling software he obtained from an Autodesk customer.
The ruling is bound to frustrate the copyright industries, which have struggled for years to convince courts and their...

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Grade the Obama Administration's Work on Consumer Privacy!

The Privacy Coalition, a coalition of organizations committed to privacy issues, is inviting the public to give the Obama Administration a grade on its privacy work thus far:
The Obama Administration can protect consumer privacy by supporting new laws, by safeguarding the personal information held by the federal...

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