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May 07

Judge sends porn-trolling lawyers to criminal investigators

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Tom

It seemed like a fool-proof plan. Pursue copyright lawsuits against people who downloaded pron videos via BitTorrent. They’ll be so embarrassed at the thought of going to court they’ll quietly pay up to save themselves the publicity. But Prenda Law … Read More →

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Jan 29

How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Tom

Ars reports on how Newegg beat a patent troll and saved the online “shopping cart” metaphor. Be sure to thank them by buying something. Using their shopping cart, of course The troll (not named here, of course) had extorted money … Read More →

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Aug 27

On the Apple-Samsung verdict

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Tom

It’s taken me some time to figure out what I wanted to say about this due to the complexity of both the case and its repercussions. I don’t think I’m ready to predict what’s going to happen in the smartphone … Read More →

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Aug 08

SCO finally collapses

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Tom

After their adventures in court yielded them nothing but judgements against them, SCO filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and is finally shutting down completely. They were already in Chapter 11 but it’s obvious they had no chance of ever … Read More →

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Aug 01

Craigslist wants exclusive rights to your postings

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Tom

I haven’t said much about Craigslist recently, but the site has slowly but surely become the biggest jerk on the Internet. Besides going after sites that made searching easier, it’s now demanding exclusive rights to your postings. It single-handedly put … Read More →

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Jul 10

RIM is likely to face shareholder lawsuits

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Tom

As much as the financial markets hate it when products are delayed, they hate companies lying about delays even more. There’s simply no way that the delay in BlackBerry 10 wasn’t known for months before RIM admitted it wouldn’t launch … Read More →

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