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Supreme Court declines to hear file-swapping case
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Appeal denied United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court this morning declined (PDF) to hear the appeal of admitted file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum, who recently asked the court to consider the proper process for slashing his $675,000 damage award. The trial judge in Tenenbaum's case initially ruled that the jury...
Supreme Court orders do-over on key software patent ruling
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United Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent. The high court asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its decision approving the...
Supreme Court to decide if journalists can sue over warrantless wiretaps
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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a coalition of human rights groups and journalists has standing to challenge the 2008 FISA Amendments Act. The Obama administration has argued that because none of the plaintiffs can prove that their communications were intercepted by any of the government's...
Supreme Court cops out, again, on "fleeting expletives"
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NekaPearl The United States Supreme Court has once again ducked the issue of whether fining television stations for "indecent" broadcasts violates the First Amendment. In a Thursday ruling, the high court found that the Federal Communications Commission had failed to give the Fox and ABC networks adequate notice that...
How a coke dealer busted by GPS tracking is changing privacy law
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GPS image by iFixit It’s been almost a month since the United States Supreme Court offered a decision in the case of United States v. Antoine Jones that was hailed as a major victory for privacy advocates. But upon reflection, it seems like while the court opened the door...
White House Will Take To Twitter To Answer Questions About SCOTUS Obamacare Ruling
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The United States Supreme Court today voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act (informally referred to as ObamaCare), the health care reform bill that will require nearly all Americans to have health insurance coverage. It’s a very, very big deal — and it’s apparent on social media sites that many...
Lawmaker launches assault on violent video games
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An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive an ESRB rating, which is intended for adults only. In addition, Fourkiller thinks T-Rated games should also have a tax added to the cost...
So Is She Gay?
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It is no more of an empirical question than whether she is Jewish. We know she is Jewish, and it is a fact simply and rightly put in the public square. If she were to hide her Jewishness, it would seem rightly odd, bizarre, anachronistic, even arguably self-critical or self-loathing....
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