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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/its-time-legalize-cell-phone-unlocking Official White House Response to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal. By R. David Edelman

It's Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/google-twitters-new-transparency-report-shows-increase-government-demands-sheds Yesterday, Twitter released its second semi-annual transparency report , which details the numbers behind every user data demand, censorship order and copyright takedown request that the micro-blogging site received in the second half of 2012.

Twitter’s New Transparency Report Shows Increase in Government Demands, Sheds Light on Copyright Takedowns

Twitter's Surprising Solution to the Patent Problem: Let Employees Control Them | Wired Opinion

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/02/twitters-ingenious-solution-to-the-patent-problem-let-inventors-control-the-patents Here’s the current state of affairs in the industry. Engineers and designers typically sign an assignment agreement with their company.
It's early in the week, but it seems like there have been a whole bunch of stories already about copyright being used (and abused) to take down content. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130225/16405822102/copyright-strikes-again-real-calvin-hobbes-shut-down-copyright-claim.shtml

Copyright Strikes Again: 'Real Calvin And Hobbes' Shut Down By Copyright Claim

http://torrentfreak.com/judge-an-ip-address-doesnt-identify-a-person-120503/

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)

A landmark ruling in one of the many mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the US has delivered a severe blow to a thus far lucrative business. Among other things, New York Judge Gary Brown explains in great detail why an IP-address is not sufficient evidence to identify copyright infringers. According to the Judge this lack of specific evidence means that many alleged BitTorrent pirates have been wrongfully accused by copyright holders.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-the-web Technology :: Feature Articles :: November 22, 2010 :: :: Email :: Print See Inside The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty.

Long Live the Web