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House Judiciary considers Google Books deal Thursday

House Judiciary considers Google Books deal ?That's no "deal", that's an attempt to legalize theft, monopolize and otherwise gain singularity in a market they are themselves creating for their own profit today and for the future. It's an attempt to create a legal, gvt-critter backed, monopoly for Google. No...

Tags: Google Book, House Judiciary, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Net neutrality? Not in this House

The House definitively rejected Net neutrality yesterday, voting down 269-152 Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)'s amendment that would have forbidden telecom companies from charging a premium to certain content providers, News.com reports. "The future Sergey Brins, the future Marc Andreessens, of Netscape and Google...are going to have to pay...

Tags: Net Neutrality, House

Blog posts 2006-06-09

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Google supports bill to ensure orphan works available to competitors

oogle welcomes legislation that would expand the rights it would obtain under the Google Books Settlement to all players, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers announced at the start of committee hearings on the settlement. by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-10

News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Linux, Digital Music, Digital Media, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2009-09-10

House Judiciary considers Google Books deal Thursday

The House Judiciary Committee hears testimony from Google, Amazon, the Copyright Office and academics. by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., House Judiciary Committee, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.

Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.CyberCzarWhat?! You mean they aren't just going to find another kid with no experience in that field to run it?RE: Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.If they could just crack down on the spam & virus senders! They need to teach...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, default setting, White House

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)Then I guess we will seejust how secure/insecure these Google-ified email programs will be.Would people be a bit nervous if they realized that staffers might use unsecured, off-site servers (hotmail, gmail, ect) to conduct secure level business?RE: Will Obama have a laptop?...

Tags: Now Let, Obama, No., U.S. Senate, e-mail, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision

It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...

Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web search

Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web searchSo what?So what if her "rights" were "violated"? If, in fact, the illegality of the actions of the police had not shown her to be guilty, then she is owed an apology and possibly some sort of monetary award. However, as...

Tags: SEARCH, Internet search, Web, killer, Police Blotter, investigator

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

YouTube hit OK Go testifies for neutrality

Free Press is publicizing the appearance of OK Go, apparently a YouTube musical phenom, at a net neutrality hearing at the House Judiciary Committee. "If people wonder whether the music industry will benefit from Net Neutrality they can look no further than...

Tags: U.S. Congress, YouTube Inc., Net Neutrality, Free Press, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Microsoft accused of patent violation in China

Microsoft accused of patent violation in ChinaMore frivolous claims...Microsoft does not need to infringe on patents. They have the most talented pool of software developers in the world. For a small fee, my rep brings me and my top-Top-TOP MCSDs to Redmond to watch some of Microsoft's developers in action....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., patent violation

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

'Tis the season for common sense copyright

'Tis the season for common sense copyrightIn CanadaWe actually have copyright reform going on right. WOW is all I can say but looks like it's going to get dropped from the table before Christmas and with looming election in the spring I doubt it will occur. On another note there...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Micro$ux, copyright reform, copyright law

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcosSomeday......he mused wistfullyThey don't getit do they? Our constitunional rights was violated!!! Its nothing more then a game to all our elected officals. The way to remendy this is reelect a different representive each term so no one is is paid a retirement/insurance/...

Tags: Robots, Telecom & Utilities, immunity, FISA Court, Judiciary Committee

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos

The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...

Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-15

How we went wrong on identity

How we went wrong on identityMy solutuin which will never happen would be......to declare that all personal information is the sole property of the individual, and that all agencies wishing to use that information may only do so with the permission of the owner. If some agency which has...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, identity

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunity

White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunityThe way I see it......if a government lawyer drafts an opinion which is acted on by the officials he is advising and is subsequently challenged, he's the one who should have to defend it in court or wherever else.I figure it's the...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecom immunity, White House, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretaps

The love feast for attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey came to an abrupt halt Thursday, as the nominee suggested that the president's executive powers are pretty darn expansive, after all. Mukasey said that the president could ignore federal surveillance law if it infringes on his...

Tags: President, Law, Mukasey, Workforce Management, Human Resources, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-19

The state of play in patent reform

This week's patent suit against Linux should result in more attention to the issue of patent reform, so what are the prospects? Not bad. If my two beats can find a compromise. The House passed H.R 1908 last month, 220-175, and the Senate Judiciary...

Tags: Bill, Dana Blankenhorn, Patent

Blog posts 2007-10-13

Bush threatens veto if telecoms don't get immunity

President Bush warned two House committees that he would veto any intelligence bill that failed to give full immunity to telecom companies who cooperate with intelligence agencies. The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees approved bills that would require the government to get court orders before it could conduct blanket surveillance...

Tags: Democrat, U.S. Congress, Immunity, Bush, Government, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Vertical Industries, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-10

House passes measure to promote fed telework

Ever so slowly, Congress is making progress towards telework. The House energy package included an amendment offered by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) to require every federal agency to establish a telework policy, The Washington Post reports.The measure would ensure that employees may telecommute "to...

Tags: Agency, Telecommuting, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-09