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5 hrs ago | CNet News

FCC Suggests Congress Create a Bill to Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal

A technicality and a lame decision have made it illegal to unlock mobile phones.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

6 hrs ago | International Business Times

BuzzFeed Copyright Lawsuit May Test Legal Limits Of Fair Use In...

Ever wonder how BuzzFeed secures the rights for all those seductively sharable photo montages? The answer is, it often doesn't, and that can be a messy business.

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Related Topix: BuzzFeed, Social Software

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Cell Phone Unlocking Legislation

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet issued the following news release: On Thursday at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1123, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, Howard Coble

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Paris Parfait

War of the roses

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Examiner.com

Personal meanings of articles and the new Nikon 70-200 f/4.

Copyright infringement is not a game , no one wins. That is why I do not mention people directly.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

DreamHost Blog

Part 2: DreamHost, the DMCA, and Youa It's Not Personal

Our actions are not meant to imply that we "believe" the complaining party; they're just a defensive action to protect ourselves from liability.

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FreedomWorks

Unshackling Cellphones: Freeing Digital Consumers from Government Regulation

Everyone should have the right to unlock their legally owned phones in the Digital-Age yet government policy once again is unnecessarily limiting consumer choice.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Paris Parfait

Edward Snowden: In the hot seat

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

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Related Topix: US News, Patriot Act, US Politics, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Examiner.com

What is criminal copyright infringement?

I was going to get into the different parts of the criminal aspect as it has been a source of questions.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Internet News

Unlocking Your Mobile Phone Closer to Being Legal

Earlier this year, consumers petitioned the White House asking the president to weigh in with a statement of support for consumers' right to unlock their phones once they have satisfied the terms of the contract with their carrier.

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Related Topix: Libraries, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat

Fri Jun 07, 2013

Forbes.com

Jay-Z And Samsung Mull Music Streaming Service, But Is The Market Too Crowded?

Jay-Z and Samsung are close to creating a music streaming service, according to reports that surfaced earlier this week.

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Broadbandreports

Warner Bros: Users of Non Six-Strikes ISPs to be Fined - Special 'Pay ...

If you thought that you could escape the watchful eye of the entertainment industry by signing up for an ISP that doesn't cooperate with the entertainment industry's new six strikes initiative , think again.

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Related Topix: Internet Service Providers, Entertainment

Thu Jun 06, 2013

Eff.org

Unlocking Hearing Shines A Light On The DMCA's Problems And The Need For A Real Fix

As we reported yesterday , there was a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill to talk about restoring legal protection for mobile phone unlocking that the Librarian of Congress took away last fall.

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Related Topix: Libraries, US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, Republican, Bob Goodlatte

TechCrunch

7digital Makes A Play To Be The Go-To Streaming Radio Backend As Google And Apple Services Loom

Already, 7digital offers streaming music licensing for some DMCA radio providers in the U.S., including NYC-based Turntable.fm, which also used the 7digital API to launch its new Piki service, the music-based social network it debuted late last year .

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Related Topix: 7digital, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Wed Jun 05, 2013

The Hill

Wireless industry to back cellphone unlocking bill

A cellphone industry official plans to tell a House panel on Thursday that his group supports legislation to legalize cellphone unlocking.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Libraries

Paris Parfait

The unappreciated.

All text and photos A© Tara Bradford. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, reproduction of photographs or text is prohibited without permission.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

Examiner.com

Letter to the Governor of Colorado, homeowner protection

I have been working on articles concerning Terms of Service for a while now. I recently got involved with a copyright infringement issue with the real estate business in Colorado.

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Related Topix: Real Estate

The Hill

Legislators choosing populism over good policy on mobile phone unlocking

Earlier this year, many Americans were understandably angry when the Librarian of Congress came to the decision that consumers would not longer be exempt from a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act making it illegal to unlock cell phones.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Representative Jared Polis

Mon Jun 03, 2013

News Photographer

Yunghi Kim: Protecting Our Images

I'm going public with this to share my experience in pursuing unauthorized use of my images.

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The Hill

This Week in Tech: House to consider cellphone unlocking

The subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will hold a hearing on Thursday morning to consider the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, which is sponsored by full committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, Howard Coble, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Zoe Lofgren