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  1. EFF asks which tech companies “have your back”

    The tech advocacy group finds Sonic.net, Twitter and SpiderOak do well.

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  2. Google wins crucial API ruling, Oracle’s case decimated

    Java API packages "free for all to use under the Copyright Act."

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  3. Google dealt blow in book scanning lawsuit

    Judge rules Google Book Search lawsuit can proceed as a giant class action.

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  4. House members hear why ITU can’t be trusted with Internet regulation

    Vint Cerf, co-inventor of TCP/IP, testified Thursday before a House committee.

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  5. RIAA wants to issue unlimited takedowns to Google

    Data shows that labels aren't using current system to its limits, though.

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  6. Reeling ACTA treaty rejected by three European Parliament committees

    ACTA faces a final vote by the full European Parliament in July.

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  7. Larry Ellison’s rose colored glasses: “The jury found that Google infringed”

    And the Oracle chief had some choice words for the CEOs of other companies.

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  8. Broadcasters finally tell a judge: Aereo’s business violates copyright

    Broadcasters also claim Aereo violates public performance copyrights.

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  9. Megaupload claims it is beyond the reach of US criminal law

    Seeks release of funds to pay for defense of Kim Dotcom and his associates.

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  10. Harvard prof to chair FCC’s net neutrality advisory committee

    Includes reps from AT&T, Comcast, Netflix, Disney, CDT, and several academics.

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  11. Apple: publishers “expressed varying degrees of unhappiness” with Amazon

    Says its agreements with e-book publishers are similar, but not identical.

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  12. Germany in trouble with EC over lack of ISP, telecom data retention

    All EU nations are supposed to retain ISP and telecommunication data.

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  1. Open government reboot focuses on APIs instead of data

    The White House hopes for an explosion of commercial application development.

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  2. New book: WikiLeaks wanted LulzSec’s help to hack Iceland

    But when you're Anonymous, proving identities can be tricky.

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  3. UK Supreme Court: yes, extradite Julian Assange to Sweden

    But WikiLeaks founder has two weeks to make one final appeal.

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  4. French court gives YouTube a victory in copyright infringement case

    French TV channel TF1 sued and lost €80,000.

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  5. New Zealand judge orders US to hand over Megaupload documents

    Questions whether civil copyright violations can lead to criminal liability

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  6. Innocent Megaupload user asks court to order his data returned

    A videographer with an ill-timed hard drive crash is users' poster child

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  7. Four signs America’s broadband policy is failing

    Where's the robust broadband competition we were promised?

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  8. From now on, Britain’s “cookie law” prohibits tracking without consent

    Still, few UK-based websites are ready.

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  9. Patents, Patents, Copyright, Patents (and an antitrust suit)

    Even rickrollers suffered a copyright infringement complaint this week.

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  10. Kim Dotcom lawyer blasts US government’s “pattern of delay”

    And wants NZ courts to punish unauthorized transfer of Dotcom hard drives to US.

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  11. Film company Gaumont says Hadopi eradicated illegal downloads of French films

    Apparently, in the last half of 2011, no French film was illegally downloaded.

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  12. Fox, NBCUniversal sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service

    Fox lambasts AutoHop, saying it will destroy the "broadcast TV ecosystem."

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  1. RealNetworks creates settlement fund for allegedly unwilling subscribers

    The company allegedly charged customers for services they weren't subscribed to.

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  2. Google names names on copyright takedowns; Microsoft is #1

    Google reveals the 250,000 takedown requests it gets each week.

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  3. Scammers fined for fake Angry Birds Space apps

    Malware disguised as popular titles charged users through SMS.

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  4. Apple says DoJ “sides with monopoly, rather than competition”

    Apple takes credit for breaking Amazon's "nearly absolute" control over e-books.

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  5. Microsoft wins injunction against Motorola Android devices in Germany

    Google subsidiary infringed patent covering sending of long text messages.

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  6. Senator admits: SOPA “really did pose some risk to the Internet”

    A SOPA/PIPA backer recognizes some bits of the bills went too far.

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  7. Supreme Court orders do-over on key software patent ruling

    Justices wonder if online ad schemes are patentable inventions.

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  8. Oracle poured millions into failed patent trial, but will fight on

    Google wins the day, but appeals and a retrial could be on the docket.

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  9. Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn’t even close

    Some jurors felt Oracle's IP claims might not be in the public's best interest.

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  10. Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found

    Google's damages payout looks to be minimal.

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  11. Key “rickrolling” video taken down due to copyright claim (Updated)

    You can still roll, but you'll be Rick-less—thanks to AVG Technologies.

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  12. Apple, Samsung walk away from the negotiating table

    With no compromise in sight, a trial will begin in July, 2012.

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