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The Morning Dump – March 18th
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Tag Archives: Legal
Police Want Access to 2 yrs of Text Messages
Law enforcement officials have asked Congress to require wireless telcos to keep two years of users text message for police access. As we reported last week the privacy laws are being updated to align with the development of cloud computing. Chuck DeWitt, a spokesman for the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association, which represents the 63 largest U.S. police forces including New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago, said “all such records should be retained for two years.” Some providers, like Verizon, retain the contents of SMS messages for a brief period of time, while others like T-Mobile do not store them at all. – CNET
Google and Book Publishers Resolve Differences
Google and The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced an settlement agreement that brings to an end nearly seven years of litigation. The legal actions began in 2005, when five members of the AAP filed an infringement suit against Google. The agreement will bring digitized journals and books to Google long planned Google Library Project. This deal doesn’t effect the ongoing legal actions with Authors Guild litigation. Hopefully this will lead to a settlement with the Guild – Engadget
Nightcap – September 17
Teaching technology in Africa is discussed in The Nightcap – Radar
Nightcap – September 14
Alternative uses of fiber optic cables is discussed in The Nightcap – Radar
Apple v. Samsung – Where Does the Case Go From Here
The verdict in the Apple v. Samsung case isn’t exactly news as it has been discussed everywhere this weekend. Apple’s damages win for $1,049,393,540 really doesn’t matter to a firm which has over $100 billion in cash on its balance sheet. September 20th is the date when Apple can request injunctions against Samsung from selling products that infringe on its patents. Samsung will also file responses to the quests for those injunctions. – Engadget
Apple Secrets Spilled in Samsung Trial
There are certain things that have never been patented, why? Because when you patent it you have to disclose it! Apple is finding out this also applies to lawsuits, it is having to reveal many “secrets” it would have preferred to have kept secret. In just the first few days of its patent trial this week, Apple has publicly discussed how it created the iPhone and iPad, showed early designs of the devices and described intimate details about its product team – WSJ
The Morning Dump – August 6th
Congrats to Michael Phelps, let see what is in the news in Monday’s The Morning Dump – paidContent
Google Wins YouTube Suit is France
Google has won a round in France. French TV network TF1 sued YouTube and Google for copyright violations by allowing users to post Soccer and other clips to YouTube. Google was facing a possible $177 million fine – Engadget
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Code isn’t Property
Former Goldman Sachs programmer was found guilt of stealing computer code from the firm. His case was appealed to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals where the court found that code, being an intangible, couldn’t be property that’s capable of being stolen within the narrow definition of the statute. More details and specifics here – Engadget (Note the link to Wired and the actual decision)
