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Giang V

Leona Lewis legal battle finally over | The Sun |Showbiz|Music - 0 views

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Leona Lewis legal battle finally over Collide single Avicii

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  • Leona Lewis legal battle finally over
  • THE legal battle over Leona Lewis's comeback single is finally over.
  • Collide will now be released as a collaboration between the singer and Swedish producer Avicii.
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  • The DJ, backed by label Ministry Of Sound, began legal action in July to block the track's release, claiming the song was similar to his own track Fade Into Darkness, also known as Penguin.
  • Syco responded, saying that Avicii was already credited as a songwriter on the Leona song.
  • Leona's reinvention - will now be released under the joint Leona Lewis/Avicii title.
  • Ibiza-style euphoric
  • rave reviews
Hye Rin Bae

Google says it would pay more tax in UK - Telegraph - 0 views

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UK google would be willing to pay higher taxes

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  • Dr Eric Schmidt said Google would be willing to pay higher taxes.
  • The technology giant has come under heavy fire for using tax laws to avoid paying a more
  • The technology giant has come under heavy fire for using tax laws to avoid paying a more significant level of corporate tax in the past.
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  • tax in the past.
  • significant
  • level of
  • corporate
  • Mr Schmidt told the Edinburgh Television Festival yesterday that Google "loves" Britain and would pay more tax if it were legally required to do so. He said the company's hands were tied by Britain's low tax demands.
  • "It is true we could pay more tax but we would have to do so voluntarily. It's called paying the legally minimum amount of tax required," he said.
  • Mr Schmidt's comments come after months of
  • surrounding the UK's corporate tax system, which has seen campaign group UK
  • controversy
  • Uncut
  • target high street chains including Vodafone, Boots and Barclays.
Na Young Kim

Flash Mobs: Is Technology to Blame? - International Business Times - 0 views

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  • increase of violent "flash mobs"
  • United States
  • Not all flash mobs are violent
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  • networking are connecting people
  • groups of people -- primarily young people -- are using the tools at their disposal to wreak havoc.
  • social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, or through text message, BlackBerry Messenger or e-mail.
  • leaving one unconscious
  • broken jaw
  • June, some gangs attacked pedestrians and people leaving restaurants,
  • robbed train passengers.
  • stolen goods.
  • easy to blame technology
  • networks are only a tool
  • Twitter, texting or other means be illega
  • Chile earlier this summer
  • students amassed in Santiago's Plaza de la Ciudadanía
  • broke into a choreographed and costumed dance
  • educational system, which they say is currently rotten and dead
  • technology is indeed a double-edged sword.
  • made these events easier to organize,
  • also made them easier to stop
  • 7-Eleven
  • robbed
  • terrifying riots that rocked England
  • over 1,000 have been charged.
  • technology
  • four years in a juvenile cent
  • Jordan Blackshaw, 20, invited about 100 people to an event called "Smash Down in Northwich Town,"
  • h Facebook.
  • , 22, created a group called "The Worthington Riots."
  • Cleveland, Ohio thinks such measures are inappropriate and legally questionable.
  • last weekend kept the streets of Philadelphia relatively quie
  • anyone 17 or younger must be home by nine p.m.
  • 18 must be indoors by midnight
  • 13 must be off the streets by 10 p.m.
  • The juveniles will face fines of upto $300.
  • Philadelphia, Penn
katrina Sukumaran

Apple Gets Ban on Samsung Galaxy S, SII, and Ace Smartphones | PCWorld - 0 views

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samsung S II banned

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  • Despite accusations that it may have altered photos of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphones
  • order to strengthen its case,
  • Apple has succeeded in getting a Dutch court
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  • ban the sale of three phones are "too similar" to the iPhone. The ban begins October 15.
  • Missing from the ban, however, are the Galaxy Tab tablets,
  • included in the original suit filed this month.
  • evidence that it may have doctored photos in that case, as well.
  • get the Tab banned in Germany,
  • A Dutch court found Samsung to be infringing on an Apple patent
  • Samsung’s Galaxy S, SII, and Ace smartphones have thus been banned from sale.
  • covers the various aspects of a photo gallery user interface
  • technologies related to a “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”
  • use of touchscreen gestures
  • ban takes effect October 15
  • phones will be barred in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the Netherlands.
  • ruling will not be enforceable in other EU member-states because Apple failed to pay the administrative costs necessary in order to make the patent valid, tech patent blog FOSS Patents reports.
  • Apple’s failure to keep its paperwork in order
  • ban could have disruptive effects on Samsung sales across Europe.
  • fact that a good portion of Samsung’s distribution system for the region runs through the Netherlands:
  • sell these devices, the company will now need to ship them into various countries directly.
  • Samsung is obviously not pleased with the ruling, and has vowed to take “all possible measures including legal action” to ensure there will be no disruption in sales of its devices.
  • That said, Samsung still has options: the injunction found that Android 2.3 infringed on the patent but Android 3.0 and above did not.
  • Korean electronics maker needs to do is update the banned phones and the injunction will be un-enforceable, something Judge E.F. Brinkman
Kyu Won Shim

IPhone Users in South Korea Sue Apple for Collecting Data Without Consent - Bloomberg - 0 views

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iphone users south korea sue apple

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  • A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect location data without their consent.
  • About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million won per person ($930) in damages,
  • Apple was fined by South Korea’s telecommunications regulator on Aug. 3 and ordered to encrypt location data of people using iPhones to address privacy concerns.
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  • Apple was fined 3 million won for collecting such data even when some users turned off location-recognition features on their iPhones, the Korea Communications Commission said Aug. 3. Google Inc
  • Earlier this year, Apple was sued in the U.S. by two iPhone and iPad users who claimed the devices secretly collected information on their movements.
  • “I’m an iPhone user myself, so when I first heard about this in the media, I reviewed the legality of the matter based on Korean law,” Kim Hyeong Seok, an attorney for the plaintiffs
  • Kyu Won Shim on 19 Aug 11
     
    Iphone user in South Korea sued I phone because it damage their private life
Hye Rin Bae

What Happens If You Break Copyright Laws? | eHow.com - 0 views

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copyright sausage ninja

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  • While the majority of copyright law violations may go undetected or unpunished, copyright holders have the right to seek damages against those who violate their rights in the form of a civil lawsuit.
  • Lawsuits are most commonly served against distributors of copyright content or people that have produced copies or have profited from reproductions rather than individual users viewing or using copies that others have provided.
  • fined damages as well as fined for legal fees
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  • there may be criminal trial and possible jail sentencing or fines for copyright infringement.
Dan Lamx

What is copyright? - 0 views

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copyright Ict8 Grand canyon

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  • Copyright protects the physical expression of ideas
  • As soon as an idea is given physical form,
  • Both published and unpublished works are protected by copyright.
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  • Copyright is normally owned by the creator(s)
  • Copyright is a property right and can be sold or transferred to others
  • Copyright is regulated by law
Mojo joanne

What happens if I receive a copyright infringement notice, and how can I avoid it? - Kn... - 0 views

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Copyrighted copyright happens knowledge

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  • What happens if I receive a copyright infringement notice, and how can I avoid it?
  • Downloading or distributing whole copies of copyrighted material for personal use or entertainment without explicit permission from the copyright owner is against the law
  • Copyright law applies to materials such as music, movies, games, and other software in digital and analog format. File sharing applications such as KaZaA, BitTorrent, eDonkey, and LimeWire are not illegal, though many people using such applications share illegal materials, and don't have permission to distribute them
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  • you download a copy of one of these illegally distributed files to your own computer, even if you download only one song, you are committing an illegal action
  • addition, purchasing a music CD generally does not give you the right to distribute or share the songs on it.
  • law may permit the fair use of a copyrighted work for such purposes as teaching, scholarship, research, criticism, comment, news reporting, etc., don't assume that all such uses are "fair." Fair use depends on a balance of four factors: the purpose of your use, the nature of the work, the amount of the work used, and the effect of your use on the potential market of the work.
  • The No Electronic Theft (NET) Act provides for serious criminal penalties, including a fine of up to $250,000 and a potential jail sentence. Lack of knowledge about copyright infringement laws will not excuse you from legal consequences,
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