Policy / Civilization & Discontents
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In App Store vs. Appstore court clash, Apple runs into a skeptical judge
Cupertino, we have a problem.
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Google loses “Melbourne Crime” defamation case, man feels “vindicated”
Milorad Trkulja had his image and name linked with Australian organized crime.
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Government: “Innocent” Megaupload user uploaded pirated music
But EFF chastises the feds for snooping through Kyle Goodwin's private files.
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Patent troll claims it invented the Windows 8 and Windows Phone “tiles”
Never shipped a product, only started describing its tech as "tiles" in 2011.
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“Six strikes” group answers charges of IP industry bias with changes
Former RIAA lobbying firm won't be the only agency to evaluate pending scheme.
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Police allowed to install cameras on private property without warrant
Court: Fourth Amendment allows 24/7 camera surveillance of "open fields."
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Disney owns Lucasfilm: Will it have room for Star Wars fan movies?
Lucasfilm belatedly embraced fan fic; Disney brought us 95-year copyright.
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French president backs publishers, says Google should pay for snippets
French media want to get paid for searches; Google would rather cut them off.
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Supreme Court seeks a way around “perpetual copyright” on foreign goods
Court shows concern for libraries, museums—but little for Kirtsaeng himself.
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Facebook tries cloaking probe into data leak involving 1 million accounts
Blogger who bought e-mail addresses for $5 told to keep discussions private.
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How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling just about anything
Wiley v. Kirtsaeng may be the IP case of the decade—affecting all from eBay to libraries.
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Feds arrest New York entrepreneur who sued Facebook for half ownership
Paul Ceglia sued Facebook in 2010, now US attorney is charging him with fraud.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Uber under fire from regulators and competitors in Chicago
Critics charge Uber assesses a mandatory 20 percent "tip," then keeps a cut.
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US: Slow legal proceedings are Megaupload’s fault, don’t unfreeze assets
Asset freeze makes a mockery of "innocent until proven guilty."
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Apple complies with UK ruling, proclaims Samsung’s design “not as cool”
Apple certainly followed the letter of the law, if not the intended spirit.
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DRM be damned: How to protect your Amazon e-books from being deleted
Amazon recently erased all of one Kindle users' e-books. Ars shows how to stop it.
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Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets
Arbitrary rulings illustrate fundamental brokenness of the DMCA.
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Pirate Party falling out of favor across Germany
Bizarre personal behavior, focusing on small procedural tasks likely the cause.
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Samsung loses another big patent case to Apple, this time at ITC
Ruling could result in some Samsung phones being banned from US market in 2013.
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The Michigan fight song and four other reasons to avoid Internet voting
Op-ed: Conducting elections online would be a security and privacy nightmare.
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French anti-P2P agency’s funding to fall by 23 percent in 2013
Despite cuts, Hadopi warnings to reach two per minute next year.
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Samsung, like Google, now under DOJ scrutiny over standards-based patents
Probe revealed in document filed by Apple with International Trade Commission.
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Huawei: worried about cyber-espionage backdoors? You can look at our code
Company's Australian chief pushes for an independent cyber evaluation center
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EU to Microsoft: IE browser selection error violated antitrust deal
Microsoft could face a fine of up to $7 billion—although it's very unlikely.
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Innocent Megaupload user asks court to release secret raid documents
EFF argues he needs the documents to vindicate his Fourth Amendment rights.
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Judge: Sony didn’t promise “perfect security,” isn’t liable for PSN hack
PSN users had info exposed and services down for 1 mo.; can resubmit complaints.
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Apple “rubber band” patent invalidated by previous Apple patent
Samsung hopes non-final decision will help it avoid injunctions, more damages.
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Paper prophets: Why e-voting is on the decline in the United States
States see the virtue of paper ballots, but some lack funds to ditch e-voting.
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Apple blasts Samsung’s post-trial “attack on the jury” as weak, unfounded
Jury foreman wasn't dishonest; Samsung's attack is too little, too late.
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Web tracking firm settles charges it collected passwords, financial data
Company agrees to purge sensitive data, stop sending it over Internet in cleartext.
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Brazilian press to Google News: pay up or leave our content alone
Google says being told to pay is like, "taxing a taxi driver for taking tourists to eat."
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Accused student prevails in first “three strikes” copyright case
Was the account-holder in shared New Zealand apartment.
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French media to Google: pay us for news searches
Search giant tells government it would rather cut off French media sites.
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TSA removes X-ray body scanners from major airports
Desire to speed up checkpoints, not safety, driving scanner switch.
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Kim Dotcom plans new cyberlocker service that feds can’t reach
Material to be distributed across servers worldwide.
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Heirs of Superman artist can’t reclaim their copyright, judge rules
Man of Steel doesn't meet termination requirements, remains a DC Comics property.