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New Zealand copyright law changes shortsighted says head of Open Source Society
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| The New Zealand Open Source Society (NZOSS) believes the upcoming changes to
| New Zealand copyright law are shortsighted.
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| “Copyright law underpins all free and open source software (FOSS) licenses”
| says Society President Don Christie. “It is an enormously important area of
| law for the FOSS community the Society was established to represent.”
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| Just as is the case with the works of all artists, copyright is created
| automatically when any computer software code is written. FOSS code is
| licensed so that it can be freely redistributed and used by others, and also
| for new software to be derived from the original code.
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http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/nzoss-press-release-s92a
Obama DOJ pick was anti-piracy enforcer
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| President Barack Obama's choice for associate deputy attorney general will
| likely please supporters of tough copyright laws and rile those who favor a
| more liberal stance.
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| [...]
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| Obama has already found an associate attorney general in Tom Perrelli, a
| lawyer who has represented the Recording Industry Association of America on
| high-profile cases, and Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, has a long history
| of supporting the RIAA, CNet points out.
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http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/15447-Obama-DOJ-pick-was-anti-piracy-enforcer.html
Recent:
RIAA Sued For Racketeering Yet Again
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| A few people have filed lawsuits against the RIAA for racketeering in the
| past, though these charges have always been dismissed. In one such case,
| where the filed charges were dismissed over the summer, new claims were filed
| again charging the RIAA with racketeering for extortion, mail fraud and wire
| fraud in its ongoing efforts involving weakly supported threats against
| alleged file sharers demanding money to avoid being sued.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081121/1203512916.shtml
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