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Chilling Effect: Oracle Wins Appeal to Copyright APIs
The federal appeals court that handles U.S. intellectual property cases ruled that APIs can be copyrighted, a finding that may have significant consequences for cloud computing, software...
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More Than Java: What’s Really At Stake In Google And Oracle’s Copyright Case
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. Any artist...
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Right To Be Forgotten “Small Thing” Vs. Copyright Takedowns Says EU Commissioner
European Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding was quoted in a BBC interview saying that the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) will be relatively easy for Google to administer. She asserted that, compared...
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Aereo Loses At The Supreme Court In Landmark Tech Copyright Case
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling against Aereo, a video startup founded in 2012 that streams both live and delayed television broadcasts to paying subscribers. See also:...
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Getty Images Sues Microsoft For “Massive Infringement” Of Copyright By Bing...
It didn’t take long for Bing’s new Image Widget to come under fire for alleged copyright infringement. The feature, which enables online publishers to display photos pulled in by the Bing search...
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Strict New “Copyright Law” Forces End Of Google News In Spain
Google has decided to shut down Google News in Spain. This drastic step will occur next week and is the result of a recently passed Spanish law that would have compelled Google to pay licensing...
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Google Received 75% More Link Takedown Requests From Copyright Holders Last...
TorrentFreak took the liberty of processing all of Google’s weekly transparency reports from last year to find that the company fielded more link takedown requests from copyright holders in 2014 than...
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