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Japanese Gov't Says No (Again) To An iPod Tax

Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 2:35 pm, Over one day old

Back in 2005, the recording industry in Japan urged the government to create an iPod tax, adding a tax to every iPod (or other digital music player) sold. An iPod can often make people buy more music, but the recording industry has never been willing to even consider that idea.

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Nobel Prize Winners Continue To Explain How IP Hurts Innovation

Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:04 am, Over one day old

Michael Geist points us to his latest speech, where he teamed up with John Sulston, a 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine, to point out how the patent system is stifling innovation.

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Dutch Chipmaker Sues To Prevent Researchers From Publishing Info About Security Flaws

Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:04 am, Over one day old

These smartcards are widely used for transit systems and building locks. Of course, the fact that these cards have been insecure has actually been known for quite some time. Of course, if NXP hadn't wasted so much time insisting there was no problem, perhaps it would have been closer to a fix.

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German Court Says That Open WiFi Owners Not Responsible For File Sharing Done By Others

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 10:34 pm, Over one day old

Since the entertainment industry can only trace back to the access point, but has no idea who's using that access point, some have always contested that an open WiFi network is a defense against charges of file sharing, since it could be anyone doing the sharing.

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Turns Out Americans Are Watching More TV Than Ever

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:04 pm, Over one day old

While there's been some talk that other forms of entertainment, such as the internet, were starting to cut into TV watching time, someone apparently forgot to inform Americans. The latest Nielsen numbers show more TV being watched than ever before.

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Turns Out Just Saying A Marketing Campaign Is Viral Doesn't Make It So

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 3:41 pm, Over one day old

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Musicians Play Music Better Than Computers

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:35 pm, Over one day old

This is unlikely to surprise many people, but a study of how people's brains reacted to music that was played by human musicians vs. computers found that our brains respond more to the music from musicians.

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Rogers Tries (And Fails) To Appease Angry iPhone Buyers As Belgians Contemplate $1,000 iPhones

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:35 pm, Over one day old

Up in Canada, the only national GSM provider, Rogers, caused a stir with ridiculously high service plans. After a rather loud protest, Rogers has pretended to relent by having a limited-time offer for cheaper data rates, though still not offering an unlimited plan.

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Owner Of Infamous JPEG Patent Tries To Line Jump The Re-Exam Process

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:35 pm, Over one day old

It went through a seven year re-exam once before, where all the claims were rejected. Back in March, however, the Patent Office agreed to re-examine that one claim, noting that the earlier re-exam didn't count, because this claim was new and was merely "examined" rather than "re-examined."

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Senate Sells Out The Country: Approves Telco Immunity

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:35 pm, Over one day old

What Hatch is saying is that the judicial branch no longer should have any oversight. The idea that Congress should not condone the very basic purpose of the judicial branch of government suggests that Senator Hatch needs a civics lesson in the principles that this country was founded under.

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