Blanket license considered harmful - societies chief
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We can't legalize P2P CISAC The first collective license for music was conceived almost a century ago, and their heirs - all the world's collection societies - met for a Copyright Summit in Brussels this week.â¦
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Â· Proposal to rid law of 'common prostitute' termÂ· New offence of causing trouble in hospitals
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Blog: Is version 3 of the GNU General Public License asking for too much?
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New national standards for driver's licenses worry some privacy advocates.
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Not since SCO has there been a company so reviled by the open source community as Novell following its deal with Microsoft.  Already there are some clear signs of the negative effects of that anger: senior coders have left the company; Novell has posted a loss for the most recent quarter; and there are calls for a boycott of Novell products â to say nothing of imminent changes to the GNU GPL that might well nullify the entire Novell-Microsoft deal.  Some people are rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of Novell crashing and burning completely, but such a development could actually turn out to be one of the worst things to happen to free software.
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Paying customers only: Microsoft. Company has blocked registration codes that are known to be from illegal copies. Q: I thought that Microsoft was going to make Service Pack 2 available to all XP users, licensed or unlicensed.
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Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.
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Refusal to hand over secret payments evidence could endanger sharing of intelligence.
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The growing number of login names web users need puts privacy at risk, says a UN report.
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Party chairman Hazel Blears is among Labour figures who say cash-for-honours claims are damaging politics.
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Company says U.K. Internet service provider selling a 'streaming' version of Office is infringing on Microsoft license regulations.
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Police must be barred from storing profiles of innocent people on national DNA database, experts say.
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It is with regret that I urge all FOSS developers to treat anything Novell has contributed to the community as suspect, scrutinize any Novell contributions and purge them as deemed appropriate.  This threat is real, and it is not necessarily contingent upon whether or not Microsoft would actually sue customers for patent infringements.  This is a classic case of posturing.  Novell is leveraging its agreement with Microsoft in a way that harms all other Linux distributions and other FOSS projects. It is actively exploiting its unique position in ways that seem beneficial, but will pose risks to anyone but its own customers (and even their own customers are only protected for the next five years).
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Europe&#39;s top data protection official, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, criticized plans to create a European equivalent of the PNR (passenger name records) gathered by U.S. authorities, questioning the plan&#39;s necessity and proportionality.
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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Business & money: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests loophole in rules means that homeowners could avoid providing a pack.
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