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Guy Sues Google Because His Past Lawsuits Show Up In Google Results

Eric Goldman points us to a pro se case filed by a guy, Paul Hynard, who is apparently quite upset that searches on his name point to previous lawsuits that he was involved in that he doesn’t want public. Of course, as with many pro se lawsuits, many … Continue reading

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As People Realize That There’s Tons Of Mobile Phone Tracking Data Out There, Fingers Start Pointing

While there’s been plenty of concern in the past couple weeks about Apple’s iPhone/iPad location data, followed by Google’s Android location data, plenty of people pointed out from the beginning that what both companies have done completely pales in co… Continue reading

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White House Punishes Pool Reporter For Posting Video Of Bradley Manning Supporters Protesting Obama

This is just sad. For a president who claimed that he was going to bring a new era of transparency and openness to the White House, every day it seems like President Obama is actually closing off more avenues of communication and being less transparen… Continue reading

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Court: If You Use Your Computer For Anything Your Employer Doesn’t Like, You May Have Committed A Crime

Last year, we’ve noted some seriously troubling interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The law is designed to deal with malicious computer hacking — someone breaking into a secure computer and accessing secret or private info. Y… Continue reading

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The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers

As there’s been lots of talk lately about music lockers and whether or not they need to get licenses, it’s great to see Michael Robertson, who runs the music locker MP3Tunes, provide a little background on just a few of the ridiculous demands from the … Continue reading

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Leaked Documents Show How The RIAA Plans To Spend The Limewire Settlement

The RIAA believes it is on the cusp of victory in its lawsuit against Limewire, thanks mainly to its large selection of damaging charts. However, it seems to be expecting the worst, if these leaked documents are any indication. All evidence below indic… Continue reading

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Royal wedding a top destination for Web users

The royal wedding was a hit among Web users, causing spikes in traffic on Akamai’s network of sites. Concurrent users even topped World Cup traffic. Originally posted at The Digital Home

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Mexican IP Official: Infringement Is A More Serious Problem Than Drug Trafficking

It’s no secret that Mexico has a huge drug trafficking problem. However, according to Jose Rodrigo Roque Diaz — the director of the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property, that’s nothing compared to the real problem of intellectual property infri… Continue reading

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Twitter Account(s)

The point: on Twitter I’m @chriscoyier. If you prefer a stream of links from CSS-Tricks only, you can follow @real_css_tricks. Continue reading

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US On What Makes A Good Canadian Heritage Minister: Willing To Disappoint Canadians To Please Big Business

As a separate followup to the Wikileaks leak showing US influence on Canadian copyright issues, Michael Geist points us to a particularly ridiculous memo from the US embassy in Ontario, discussing the Canadian Heritage Minister at the time (in 2005, Li… Continue reading

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