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Submission + - MSFT's SUSE coupons have no expire date

Submitted by mw13068 on Friday May 18, 2007 @06:31PM

mw13068 writes: In a recent article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer FSF General Council Eben Moglen points out: "The [Microsoft SUSE] coupons have no expiration date, and Microsoft can be sure that some coupons will be turned into Novell in return for software after the effective date of GPL 3. Once that has happened, patent defenses will, under the license, have moved out into the broad community and be available to anybody who Microsoft should ever sue for infringement."

Groklaw is also covering the story in it's inimitable way.

Submission + - Spyware maker sues anti-spyware maker

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Friday May 18, 2007 @05:49PM

prostoalex writes: "An "online media company" Zango, which gained notoriety for redirecting adult affiliate traffic and the first ever MySpace worm, is now suing the anti-spyware vendor PC Tools, maker of an application called "Spyware Doctor", for removing Zango applications off the consumers' PCs."

Netflix Sued Over Fradulently Obtained Patents 193

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 18, 2007 @04:23PM from the dirty-pool dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Techdirt has a story about a new class action lawsuit against Netflix, claiming that the patents the company is using to sue Blockbuster were obtained fraudulently. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that Netflix was well aware of prior art, but did not include it in its patent filing, as required by law. The lawsuit also claims that Netflix then used these fraudulently obtained patents to scare others out of the market, in violation of antitrust law. 'Certainly, it makes for an interesting argument. Patents grant a government-backed monopoly -- which should get you around any antitrust violations. However, if that patent is obtained fraudulently, then I can see a pretty compelling claim that you've abused antitrust law. It would be interesting if other such cases start popping up (and, indeed, the lawyer who sent it to us said his firm is looking for additional patents to go after in this manner).'"

Submission + - HP Garage on National Register of Historic Places

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18, 2007 @04:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to the San Jose Mercury News, Bill Hewlett's famous garage is now on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places. It's not clear what exactly this will do for the structure, since it's already owned by HP and it already very well restored to its original glory. Anyway, for history fans and HP fans alike, this is exciting news, akin to saving the original Edison or Marconi labs.

Submission + - A Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Hal Stern

Submitted by ChelleChelle on Friday May 18, 2007 @04:17PM

ChelleChelle writes: In this rare meeting, popular sci-fi writer and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing Cory Doctorow and Sun VP Hal Stern consider the open source approach. A very interesting interview that deals with the pros and cons of going open source as well as the issues of security and privacy. From the interview, "I worry about how we convey that individual responsibility about what you do and do not do online...Conveying the moral sense of right and wrong, the sense of individual responsibility, is a lot harder than saying, 'Don't steal candy from the 7-11.'"

Submission + - New AACS crack. This one is undefeatable.

Submitted by Tuoqui on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @09:09PM

Tuoqui writes: With all the focus on the infamous hexadecimal number people may be ignoring the biggest weakness in the AACS armor. Apparently some hackers have figured out how tocrack AACS in an undefeatable way that revoking all the keys would not protect against.

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