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Richard Koman is an attorney admitted to practice in California. As a technology writer since the mid-1980s, Richard Koman has documented the role of computing in the transformation of the graphic arts, the growth of the Web and the birth of the peer-to-peer phenomenon. He worked as a book and web editor for O'Reilly Media throughout the 1990s, editing several influential websites and numerous best-sellers. As a lawyer, as well as a tech writer, he brings a unique perspective to the blog's intersection of law, government and technology.
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Merkel slams Google Books scanning
Reuters reports that German Chancellor Andrea Merkel took the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair to criticize Google's book scanning operation and the the Google Books deal. The German government...
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Google Voice shows need to update telecom laws
Is a Google Voice a phone service or a web service? The fact is, it's a question that can't be answered under our current definitions. But one thing is clear: Google Voice is the camel's nose...
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Yahoo vigorously denies charges that it turned over user names to Iran
Resistance sources who have infiltrated Iranian regime say Yahoo agreed to provide government with identities of 200,000 users in exchange for lifting the block on Yahoo.com.
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'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case
Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the...
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EU approves new browser ballot for Windows 7
New ballot satisfies EU that users will be offered a fair choice among competing browsers.
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NYC expands Gov 2.0 with Big Apps
170 data sets to be freed up as developers compete to deliver the most compelling apps to make that data useful to residents.
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FTC endorsement rules were inevitable
A brief history of journalistic ethics reveals why FTC action on endorsements was inevitable.
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Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
The U.S. is 28th worldwide in broadband speeds, more than four times slower than South Korea. Yet Republican House members are protesting the FCC's net neutrality rules, saying the regulations...
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FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements
Bloggers must reveal freebies, cash payments when promoting products.
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Apple sees red (delicious) over grocery logo
Apple fears Australian grocery chain's new logo looks too much like an apple.
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Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts
When you type a company name into a URL field and it resolves to an actual domain name ... we've patented that says Israeli firm.
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Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft
Uniloc will appeal a federal judge's nullification of huge jury award in patent case against Microsoft.
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ICANN, US government splitting up - slowly
Well, this is a somewhat amorphous development: The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. government is now "loosening control" over ICANN, the semi-private "director" of DNS addressing. The...
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Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft
Jury verdict in product activation patent case was wrong, judge finds.
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Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
Here's Google's response to AT&T's charges that Voice discriminates against users in certain, expensive locations. Google's argument: yes, the common carrier system is broken and should be fixed...
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AT&T: Google Voice doesn't play fair
So FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wants fairness, eh? We'll give you fairness, says AT&T. In a letter filed with the FCC, the company says, Did you notice, FCC, that Google is blocking phone...
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Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case
Damages seem to hang on speculation as to how much users would have paid for fully licensed technology from i4i.
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FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it
The FCC files an appeal defending its right to sanction Comcast and objecting to the company's very argument that the FCC has no "ancillary powers" over it.
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News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the...
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What makes a drug raid really fun? Wii Bowling!
For members of the Polk County (Tampa Bay) Drug Task Force finding the drugs wasn't nearly so exciting as finding Wii Bowling in the suspect's home.
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