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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

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Anonymous calls for shut-down of TrapWire to start this Saturday
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

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More insanity
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.

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Secret diplomacy holds the key
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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Byzantine Candor
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 16 2012 @ 09:37 PM EDT
Bloomberg mumbles its attempt to arouse public awareness...

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Canadian Women FINALLY Allowed to Enter the 21st Century ... sort of
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

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Private justice: How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars
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

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