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Five big tech stories to watch for in 2013

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“We were dazzled by an array of smartphones. We were fascinated and then disappointed by Facebook’s initial public offering. And we held our breaths as we awaited the verdict in the Apple v. Samsung trial.  But all that’s so 2012. Let’s talk 2013. Will we still be paying attention to patents, smartphones, and IPOs? The answer is ‘yes, yes, and yes,’ but not in the way you might imagine. The great thing about writing about the high-tech industry is its constant march forward. New companies get built on the bones of old companies, and new faces emerge while others fade. It’s what keeps us going and sitting on those hard, wooden courtroom benches.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57560095-235/five-big-tech-stories-to-watch-for-in-2013/

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RIAA Celebrates 15 Year Jail Sentence For Movie and Music Pirate

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“The RIAA has welcomed a mind-boggling jail sentence handed to a man who sold pirated movies and music. The 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to six felony counts of selling counterfeit media after he sold five movies and one music CD to an undercover investigator without the permission of copyright holders. As a result he will go to jail in Mississippi for 15 years to be followed by three years of supervised release.”

http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-celebrates-15-year-jail-sentence-for-movie-and-music-pirate-121112/

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Apple pays Swiss rail $21million over clock dispute

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“US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs ($21 million, 17 million euros) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily reported Saturday.  The company agreed in October to pay the lump sum so it could continue using SBB’s Swiss-designed station clock face on its iPads and iPhones, the Tages-Anzeiger daily reported on its website, quoting several unnamed sources.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/10/apple-pays-swiss-rail-21million-over-clock-dispute-report/

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Kim Dotcom vows free Internet for all of New Zealand

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“Eccentric Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom vowed this week to fund free Internet access for all of New Zealand once he gets his new website off the ground.  Dotcom is currently embroiled in an extradition fight against the U.S., which accused him of running the largest criminal copyright infringement operation in history and seized his business, Megaupload, in January.   Dotcom says new site, Me.ga, will function similarly, but with enhanced encryption and distributed hosting, ensuring that users ‘hold the keys’ to their own files.  Dotcom’s involvement with the plan could prompt U.S. regulators to resist the installation.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/05/kim-dotcom-vows-free-internet-for-all-of-new-zealand/

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Ben Swann explains who funded SOPA and PIPA internet piracy bills

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“Ben Swann Reality Check explains the money trail behind SOPA and PIPA and why the national media won’t talk about these bills.”

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Internet pirates get 2 years in U.S. prison over bootleg new releases

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“Two members of an Internet piracy group were sentenced to prison Friday on charges stemming from unauthorized online distribution of first-run films, officials said.  The Justice Department said a Virginia court sentenced Willie Lambert, 57, of Pennsylvania, to 30 months in prison and Sean Lovelady, 28, of California to 23 months. Lambert was ordered to pay $449,514 in restitution and Lovelady $7,500.  Lambert and Lovelady were indicted along with two other defendants in April for their roles in the IMAGiNE Group, a ring that sought to copy and release to the Internet copies of movies only showing in theaters.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/03/internet-pirates-get-2-years-in-u-s-prison-over-bootleg-new-releases/

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Apple Loses Rights to Sell iPhone Brand in Mexico

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“The court ruled against an injunction by Apple requesting that a Mexican company with the registered name iFone cease using their brand, in order to avoid possible confusion among customers. The Mexican company had registered its brand in 2003, four years before Apple’s registration for the iPhone brand name in the country.  iFone, a telecommunications company, later countersued for damages, meaning the Mexican company could have rights to 40% of Apple’s iPhone sales revenue in the country.”

http://mashable.com/2012/11/02/apple-iphone-mexico/

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Government Gives Samsung and Motorola Monopoly Patent Grants; then Probes them for “Patent Abuse”

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“The state is schizophrenic. It grants monopolies aimed at limiting competition (patents and copyright), and then penalizes companies for using (‘abusing’) them, in contravention of state antitrust law–so that there is a ‘tension’ between these state laws. Then courts have to ‘balance’ these against each other. Each state law gives the state an excuse to ratchet up its power. Here’s an idea: get rid of both antitrust and patent law. (Likewise, there is also a ‘tension’ between copyright censorship, and the right to free speech.)”

http://c4sif.org/2012/10/government-gives-samsung-and-motorola-monopoly-patent-grants-then-probes-them-for-patent-abuse/

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Microsoft DMCA Notice ‘Mistakenly’ Targets BBC, Techcrunch, Wikipedia and U.S. Govt

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“Over the last year Microsoft asked Google to censor nearly 5 million webpages because they allegedly link to copyright infringing content. While these automated requests are often legitimate, mistakes happen more often than one might expect. In a recent DMCA notice Microsoft asked Google to censor BBC, CNN, HuffPo, TechCrunch, Wikipedia and many more sites. In another request the software giant seeks the removal of a URL on Spotify.com.  In recent months the number of DMCA takedown requests sent out by copyright holders has increased dramatically, and it’s starting to turn the Internet into a big mess.”

http://torrentfreak.com/microsofts-bogus-dmca-notices-censor-bbc-cnn-wikipedia-spotify-and-more-121007/

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Pirate Bay and Mega: Treating the State as Damage and Routing Around It

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“Most recently, it’s come out that The Pirate Bay has moved to the cloud, thus rendering itself invulnerable to website takedowns. TPB has already taken considerable countermeasures against government raids, backing its site up on several servers and concealing the location of some of them.  Meanwhile Kim Dotcom of MegaUpload is rolling out Mega, a new service duplicated on a network of servers in countries all around the world, and therefore far less vulnerable to takedowns by any national government.”

http://c4ss.org/content/13553

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