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Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of U.S. GDP — WASHINGTON D.C. - Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today.
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Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says — Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the Computer and Communications Industry Association. — Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Fair Use: Worth More To The Economy Than Copyright? — I've been doing some research over the last few months into the economic impact of products where intellectual property protections are either ignored or non-existent, to see how the economics plays out.
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Christopher Phin / MacFormat:
Mum is no longer the word — OK, folks, what does this cryptic invite mean? Suggestions in the comments! — Just to quell any conspiracy theories, the blanked out text is just the RSVP email address and phone number; we thought it only polite to hide them.
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Reuters:
Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls — LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
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Elizabeth Judge / Times of London:
O2 finds Apple revenue-sharing to its taste — O2, the mobile phone company, laid the groundwork yesterday for an announcement of a tie-up with Apple to sell the US firm's iPhone handset. — Peter Erskine, the O2 chief executive, defended Apple's insistence that it receives a share of revenues from calls made on iPhones.
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Scott Dunn / Windows Secrets Newsletter:
Microsoft updates Windows without users' consent — Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. — Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses …
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BBC:
Google backs private Moon landing — Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon. — The competition to send a robot craft to the Moon is being run with the X-Prize Foundation. — To claim the cash, any craft reaching …
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Tim Gideon / PC Magazine:
Apple iPod touch — When the iPhone came out in June, many people (myself included) loved it, but wanted it without the phone—and that pesky two-year contract with AT&T Wireless. I'm no luddite, but I don't want my personal media player to ring in the middle of a song.
Associated Press:
Google pays $1.3M to fly jet from NASA airport — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are paying $1.3 million a year so their Boeing 767 plane can take off, land and park at a NASA-managed airport located just a few minutes away from the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Want to 'converse' with advertisers? Me neither — reporter's notebook SAN FRANCISCO—I admit it; I'm cynical when it comes to advertising and marketing. I believe that the sole purpose of advertising is to convince me to part with my well-earned and limited supply of money and persuade …
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Analytics Was Partly Showing Wrong Absolute Visitors — Google's web statistics service, Analytics, was partly showing the wrong value for "Absolute Unique Visitors," Google said in a statement. This bug is fixed now, Google says, and was only restricted to the Absolute Unique …
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Frank Caron / Opposable Thumbs:
Microsoft warns of Xbox Live phishers — Phishing, the act of using social engineering to acquire sensitive data from a person, is a hard security issue to deal with. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Xbox Live users have now become a popular phishing target. — Following a series …
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Reuters:
Verizon Wireless files suit over FCC auction rules — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless has asked a federal court to overturn open-access rules that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is imposing on the winner of valuable wireless airwaves to be auctioned this winter.
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Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
Virgin America Announce In-flight Broadband Details — Virgin America has partnered with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi to VA's entire fleet in early 2008. American Airlines inked a deal earlier this year with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi, but VA seems to be a bit more proactive.
PC World:
Sony Drops DVD for Blu-ray Disc — Sony Corp. is increasing its bet on Blu-ray Disc and plans to ditch DVD and use the high-definition video disc format in all future digital video recorders in Japan, the company said Wednesday. — The announcement was made at the same time as Sony …
