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Authored by: Torinir on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 03:31 PM EDT |
Judge Koh accusing Apple of smoking crack in their witness list, and also
threatens sanctions against Apple:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/12010820076/judge-suggests-apple-is-sm
oking-crack-with-its-witness-list-samsung-dispute.shtml
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Gaming like it's going out of style.
West/Zampella vs Activision should be covered on Groklaw. :o[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 07:36 PM EDT |
As details surface about a futuristic and frightening global
surveillance network called TrapWire, members of the Anonymous collective are
calling for citizens everywhere to voice their opposition and help end the
system beginning this Saturday.
“As we learn about TrapWire and
similar systems in the surveillance industry, it becomes more apparent that we
must, at all costs, shut this system down and render it useless,” active
members of Anonymous write in a press release issued early Thursday.
Beginning this weekend, Anonymous is asking others concerned with
TrapWire and the acceleration of America into a full-fledged surveillance state
to make their voices heard — peacefully. “An omniscient AI electronic
brain able to monitor us through the thick web of CCTV cameras, as well as
online social media feeds is monstrous and Orwellian in its implications and
possibilities. Anonymous will now put forth a call to arms. We will see to it
that this evil and invasive system ceases to function, and the right to privacy
is upheld," active members of the collective state.
RT[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 08:24 PM EDT |
Gene patents upheld.
For now.
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 09:32 PM EDT |
Julian Assange and his dwindling band of followers might wish for a
world without political secrets. If, heaven forbid, that were to happen, they
would create a world of eternal bloodshed, for no longstanding conflict has
ever been resolved without covert contacts, often conducted through deniable
back channels.
Telegraph
Sorry, I'm having trouble parsing that paragraph...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 09:37 PM EDT |
Bloomberg mumbles its attempt to arouse
public awareness...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 09:37 PM EDT |
No burka required.
Amid allegations of discrimination and sexual
harassment, the RCMP brass have recently made at least one change that will
please female officers — the force is now allowing women to wear pants and boots
with all their formal uniforms.
[...]
The commissioner has not made a
decision in the case, and while the official uniform regulations still require a
skirt for female officers in Walking Out Order, a spokesman for the force said
woman can now get pants and boots on request.
[...]
The grievance cases
referred to the RCMP External Review Committee offer a glimpse into the range of
issues faced by female Mounties, from earning less than men doing the same job
to harassment complaints that were dismissed or downplayed.
Dene
Moore, Canadian Press / The Tyee[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 17 2012 @ 12:17 AM EDT |
Anton Vickerman, 38-year old owner of the once popular link site
surfthechannel.com (STC), was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday by a
British judge. But the prosecutors sitting across the courtroom from him didn't
work for the Crown—they were lawyers for the movie studio trade group Federation
Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
FACT, not public officials in the UK, was
the driving force behind Vickerman's prosecution. Indeed, FACT effectively took
on the role of a private law enforcement agency. Private investigators hired by
FACT first identified Vickerman as the administrator of STC and built the case
against him. His assets were frozen at FACT's request by a government
agency—which was itself funded by FACT. And when the UK's public prosecutors
decided not to press charges against Vickerman at all, FACT initiated a criminal
prosecution on its own dime.
This is a new development for anti-piracy
efforts.
Timothy B. Lee, ars technica[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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