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Government Proposes That All Federal Arrestees Be Swabbed For DNA
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Government Proposes That All Federal Arrestees Be Swabbed For DNA. government dna police. Washington DC - Federal law enforcement agencies could be storing the DNA of all arrestees, according to a proposed rule.. Washington DC - Federal law enforcement...
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Federal Ruling Court Force $100 Million Payment To Music Society
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Federal Ruling Court Force $100 Million Payment To Music Society. Copyright. New York (NY) - A federal court ruling could mean big bucks for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).. New York (NY) - A federal court ruling could...
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Microsoft Files 21 Federal Lawsuits Against Pirates In 14 States
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filing 21 federal lawsuits against alleged software pirates.. Yesterday it seemed like all eyes were on the iPhone and the WWDC in San Francisco. However, while Apple was busy showing off the company’s latest wares, Microsoft was busy filing 21 federal lawsuits...
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GameStop Selling Used Games as New
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Managers and employees usually can't tell which ones have been played.Unfortunately, this practice may be in violation of federal law. Kotaku contacted the Federal Trade Commission and explained the "check-out" policy practiced by GameStop management and employees....
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$1.92 Million to RIAA P2P Verdict Challenged
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Last month we found out about the new verdict handed to Jammie Thomas-Rasset, who was tangled up with the RIAA for file sharing with Kazaa. A federal jury found Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty for willful infringement of 24 copyrights held by four major record...
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$2.78 Billion In Bids Of US Wireless Auction
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2.78 Billion In Bids Of US Wireless Auction. fcc auction wireless. Top bidders put up a total of almost $2.78 billion on Thursday in the opening rounds of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of coveted U.S. government-owned airwaves. The figure...
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Austalian Police Caught Illegally Pirating Videos
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police department, hundreds of officer were found breaking federal law by ripping DVD movies to their computer hard drives.. Canberra (Australia) - During an internal audit of Australia’s police department, hundreds of officer were found breaking federal...
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Red Hat Says U.S. Patent System Is Broken
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Red Hat Says U.S. Patent System Is Broken. redhat patent lawsuit. This week Red Hat filed with the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to carefully examine the state of software patents in the country. According to Red Hat, a company ripe with support for open...
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Woman Indicted For MySpace Hoax Surrounding Suicide of Megan Meier
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Woman Indicted For MySpace Hoax Surrounding Suicide of Megan Meier. MySpace Suicide Indictment. A federal grand jury has indicted Lori Drew, the woman accused of driving a young Missouri teenager to suicide through social networking site MySpace.. A federal...
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Retailers Cry Over FCC Television Labeling Fines
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Federal regulators have doled out millions of dollars in fines over falsely labeled analog television sets and several retailers are fuming mad. The Federal Communications Commission recently sent out field agents to several chains including Sears, Walmart...