News: Standards & Legal

• ACCC almost ready to talk NBN
  Darren Pauli
  Aug 27 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will begin serious discussions with industry about the cost and access framework for the National Broadband Network (NBN). Burning issues of...

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• Scrabulous reaches a not-so-fabulous end on Facebook
  Nikhil Pradhan
  Aug 27 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The word "SUED" might fetch only four measly points on a Scrabble board but for the Agarwalla brothers of Kolkata, creators of 'Scrabulous', the highly addictive and popular Scrabble knock-off...

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• Mac clone maker sues Apple, plays antitrust card
  Gregg Keizer
  Aug 26 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The Mac clone maker sued by Apple Inc. last month fired back today with a countersuit charging Apple with restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. Psystar Corp.,...

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• Democratic convention brings calls for broadband policy
  Grant Gross
  Aug 26 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The U.S. needs a broadband policy targeting unserved areas that's backed by action, not just words, said several speakers at a technology forum in Denver. The U.S. has gone from "leader to...

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• Mob Wars, the million-dollar-a-month independent Facebook app, may legally belong to SGN
  Dan Kaplan
  Aug 26 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  When David Maestri launched Mob Wars in January of this year, he may have made a multi-million dollar mistake. I have learned from a handful of sources that the entrepreneur, whose popular game is...

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• DMCA takedown notice forces Twitter to blacklist Mad Men characters
  MG Siegler
  Aug 25 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The micro-messaging service Twitter tonight suspended the accounts of users don_draper and peggyolson. If those names sound familiar, you’re probably a fan of the hit AMC show Mad Men. Those two...

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• Zambia migrates to digital technology
  Michael Malakata
  Aug 25 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The Zambian government has ordered that all television stations in the country migrate from analog modulated radio frequency technology to digital format in order to catch up with global broadcasting...

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• USPTO process does no favors for tech companies
  Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
  Aug 25 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  It's already clear that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is broken. The problems are manifold. It's an overwhelmed agency. Abuse of the system is widespread, most notably patent trolling....

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• Nigeria's Metro Digital copyright dispute headed for court
  Remmy Nweke
  Aug 24 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  In the wake of copyright infringement claims and subsequent raids by government operatives on Metro Digital, the company has denied all piracy charges and is bringing several lawsuits against the...

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• e-Bullion's lawyer calls government's actions "extreme"
  Ian Lamont
  Aug 22 2008
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  • Standards & Legal

  The lawyer representing e-Bullion and Goldfinger Coin & Bullion in a federal trial has slammed the government's move to seize assets held by the companies, claiming that joint raids carried out...

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