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Archive for July 2005

Cease and Desist Letter Sent to Leo Stoller

Leo Stoller Rentamark.com P O Box 35189 Chicago, IL 60707-0189 Re: Freedom of Expression July 22, 2005 Dear Mr. Stoller, Please be advised that we are stakeholders in the Freedom of Expression� Security Consortium (FESC), which, as our motto states, �regulates freedom in the marketplace of ideas.� We are writing in response to your infringing [...]

EU Parliment Rejects Software Patents

The European Parliment, the parilimentary body of the EU, has rejected the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, a directive which included the creation of software pattents. Wikinews has the story. Included in the Wikinews article is this photo (click the photo to see a larger version where you can read the banners on [...]

Wikinews

I’ve long been a huge fan and daily user of Wikipedia. When Wikinews was announced several months ago, I was a bit skeptical. I’m a big fan of do-it-yourself journalism, to be sure, but in terms of practicality I couldn’t see how the wiki was a good medium for news. But to be honest I [...]

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