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  RapidShare and Megaupload attorneys draw defensive comparisons to Dropbox, YouTube

  By Bryan Bishop on January 25, 2012 03:41 am + 21 comments

  It's been less than a week since Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was arrested and the file-sharing Continue reading…

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  DRM comes back with a vengeance as digital media moves to the cloud

  By Nilay Patel on January 24, 2012 01:02 pm + 107 comments

  Almost exactly five years ago, Steve Jobs wrote "Thoughts on Music," a short essay arguing against Continue reading…

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  Megaupload dismisses Universal from takedown suit, continues case against others?

  By Chris Welch on January 21, 2012 03:46 pm + 23 comments

  The Hollywood Reporter is today claiming that Megaupload has dropped Universal Music Group from the Continue reading…

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  Why The Verge and Vox Media are opposed to SOPA

  By Nilay Patel on January 18, 2012 09:18 am + 314 comments

  It's a day of protest across the internet today, as Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, and others have all Continue reading…

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  HBO stops providing discs to Netflix, customers to be unaffected

  By Nilay Patel on January 5, 2012 02:03 pm + 33 comments

  CNET reports that HBO has stopped providing discs of its shows to Netflix, as of January 1, 2012. Continue reading…

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  Oracle's copyright / patent infringement trial against Google set to begin in March

  By Matt Macari on January 4, 2012 04:20 pm + 26 comments

  The litigation battle between Oracle and Google has been rife with drama and setbacks over the last Continue reading…

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  UK album sales shrank, digital downloads grew in 2011

  By Adi Robertson on January 2, 2012 03:29 pm + 49 comments

  Despite some high points, it wasn't a great year for the UK music industry. About 27 percent more Continue reading…

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  Cory Doctorow speaks about the 'coming war on general computation'

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 2, 2012 03:15 pm + 12 comments

  The 28th annual Chaos Communication Congress (AKA 28c3) recently wrapped up in Berlin, and one Continue reading…

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  James Joyce enters the public domain, but the auteurs of 1955 must wait

  By Joseph Parish on January 1, 2012 11:44 pm + 25 comments

  January 1st is Public Domain Day, and that means that under the current copyright law, the works of Continue reading…

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  Google moves to strike Authors Guild and other organizations from Books suit

  By Adi Robertson on December 25, 2011 10:07 am + 10 comments

  Back in 2008, it looked like the Google Books legal saga might finally be over. After filing suit Continue reading…