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TelstraClear snubs internet law agreement
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| Last month protests from bloggers and internet activists led Prime Minister
| John Key to delay new controversial new copyright rules till March 27 so that
| telcos and copyright owner groups could work out a code of practice.
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| But yesterday TelstraClear - New Zealand's third biggest telco behind Telecom
| and Vodafone - said it was not prepared to take part in the code and bolster
| a poorly drafted law that was bad for its customers.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10561215
MPAA Matches RIAA In Massive Layoffs
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| I missed this one when it initially happened, but it looks like the MPAA is
| following in the footsteps of the RIAA -- who recently laid off a bunch of
| folks. Apparently the MPAA quickly followed suit and drastically scaled back
| after the studios cut the MPAA's funding by about 15 to 20%.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090312/0323464087.shtml
Wait for the Munchkins to defend the MAFIAA.
Recent:
Obama names Doerr, Phillips to economic board
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| Two Silicon Valley leaders have been appointed by President Obama to a
| 16-person committee that's charged with offering economic advice during what
| has become an unusually sharp and deep recession.
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| John Doerr, the billionaire venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield
| & Byers, is one. Doerr was involved in funding companies including Google,
| Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems, and Cypress Semiconductor; he currently serves
| on the board of companies including Amazon and Google and has recently turned
| his attention to green tech.
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| Charles Phillips, the president of Oracle, is another. Phillips became
| president in May 2003 and previously was with Morgan Stanley's Institutional
| Securities Division. He's a Linux aficionado and said in 2005: "On demand is
| the future of software for many years to come and we are building it on
| Linux."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10158505-38.html
Why Obama Should Change US Trade Policy On Intellectual Property
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| That's why it's good to see Ed Black, president and CEO of the Computer &
| Communications Industry Association, writing up an opinion piece for the San
| Jose Mercury News explaining to President-elect Obama why US trade policy
| concerning IP needs to change. First, he worries about the widespread reports
| that Obama has chosen Xavier Becerra to be the new US Trade Representative.
| In the past, the US Trade Rep has basically acted as a representative of
| Hollywood at times, and Becerra may be no different... as he's literally the
| Congressional rep for California's 31st district... which (you guessed it)
| covers Hollywood. Uh oh. That would be like making a Congressional rep from
| Detroit in charge of automotive policy in the US. They're less likely to have
| the nation's overall best interests in mind.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081212/0143153102.shtml
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