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Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office Again That Copyright Law Has No Business Obstructing AI Training
A little over a month ago we told the Copyright Office in a comment that there was no role for copyright law to play when it comes to training AI systems. In fact, on the whole there’s little for c…
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Copyright Remains A Complete Mess: A Tale In Two Stories
Here are two separate stories regarding the mess that is modern copyright law, that is now mostly “mediated” by companies that half-ass randomly deal with things and sometimes do not. While this is…
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George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses
"We have to draw a line in the sand," says daughter Kelly Carlin, who sued creators of an hourlong special titled 'George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.'
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Cigarette Bans to Hit Europe
Lawmakers at the European Parliament approved a ban on menthol and other flavored cigarettes as part of broad legislation that will sharply restrict how tobacco products can be sold across the 28-nation EU.
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Lifetime Warranty. What does it really mean?
"I recently purchased a $7 cell-phone charger to plug into the cigarette outlet of my car. The packaging boasted that it came with a "lifetime warranty." I wondered to myself what that might mean. Here was a phrase I had seen numerous times before but upon reflection I couldn't come up with a meaning that made any sense."...
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Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law
Fifteen-year-old Anthony Stokes has been denied the heart transplant that would save his life
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Court challenge fails to stop Calif. gay marriages.
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex weddings few — if any — legal options to stop the unions.
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Robin Thicke Sues to Protect 'Blurred Lines' from Marvin Gaye's Family
In order to shield "Blurred Lines," the hottest hit of the summer, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. are going to court.
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Jetpacks Just Got Legalized In New Zealand
You know, I look back in my memory banks and try as I might, I just cannot remember The Rocketeer being about a guy from New Zealand.
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Accused serial killer defends himself at trial: ‘I may have had sex with her, but I didn’t kill her’.
An accused California serial killer delivered the closing argument at his own capital murder trial on Friday, insisting as he has from the start of the proceeding that the prosecution’s case is built on nothing more than “opinions and theories.”
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's accusers.
So far, 16 women have come forward to say that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner acted inappropriately, with accusations ranging from one woman's claim that the mayor gave her "tush a pat," to another woman's assertion that he "put in me what I guess now is the famous headlock."
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Pistorius likely to face two additional charges
Paralympian to be charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearm, with further charges expected later.
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New Mexico High Court Wont Decide Gay Marriage Issue
New Mexico’s highest court isn’t going to immediately decide whether gay marriage is legal in the state and instead will allow lower courts to first consider the issue.
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War on the Border
Three generations of Loews have worked the family’s 63 acres in Amado, Ariz. In the last 20 years, the Loew family harvested thousands of pounds of onions, garlic and pumpkins without incident. So Stewart Loew, 44, who was born and raised on the farm, was surprised when he went to irrigate his fields one night and found himself surrounded by federal agents.
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Ohio man finds 285 pounds of pot delivered in new gun safe
Nearly two months after an Ohio man opened his Mexican-made, mail-order gun safe to discover about 300 pounds of pot crammed inside, investigators are still stumped over the drugs’ origins, as well as the fate of the still-missing U.S. citizen who trucked the product across the border.
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Good news for prisons?
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. At year-end 2009, it was 743 adults incarcerated per 100,000 population.
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Taking down “the largest child pornography conspiracy ever prosecuted”
How the Internet police mounted an international effort against "The Cache."
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Flavored cigars cheap, attractive smoking alternative for young people
Young people are drawn to flavored cigars and cigarellos, in large part, because they are cheaper than government-regulated cigarettes, U.S. health experts say.
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Wisconsin man 'Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop' faces drug charges in Iowa
Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop, 32, changed his name in 2011 from Jeffrey D. Wilschke. He was arrested July 20 in Iowa's Washington County. He remained in the county jail Saturday. He was booked into jail as Jeffrey D. Wilschke, which is the name on his driver's license, even though he legally changed his name.
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