Yahoo Paid $160K to Lobbyist in 2007
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| Internet search company Yahoo Inc. paid $160,000 in the first half of 2007 to
| Clark & Weinstock to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure
| form.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/13/ap4013231.html
Google, Microsoft-backed group ready to Defend Fair Use
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| Earlier this month, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed
| a complaint with the FTC alleging that professional sports leagues, Hollywood
| studios, and book publishers were all using copyright notices that
| misrepresented the law.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070828-google-microsoft-backed-group-ready-to-defend-fair-use.html
American politics. Money and lobbying.
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Yahoo! Answers is rejecting Open-Source options in answers
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| Someone got a computer from a friend that has some serious problems
| with Windows. S/he has none of the disks (XP or restore) and was
| asking for recommendations.
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| [...]
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| How is recommending freely available and legal alternatives abuse?
| ImgBurn is also a perfectly legal program, so are Ubuntu and Kubuntu
| (they're Linux).
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http://amandakerik.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/yahoo-answers-is-rejecting-open-source-options-in-answers/
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