Chinese man pleads guilty in global software piracy case
A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to his role in an international, multimillion dollar software piracy case.
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Sep 20, 2017
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Court: Montana family owns dinosaur fossils worth millions
Dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on a Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land's surface rights, not the owners of the mineral rights, a U.S. appeals court ruled.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 23, 2020
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Study shows effects of Chinese divorce law on women's wellbeing
In 2011, China's Supreme Court dealt a blow to the property rights of women by ruling that family homes purchased before marriage automatically belong to the registered buyer upon divorce, historically the husband.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2020
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In 2015, chasing illegal downloaders backfired—Netflix and VPN were the winners
For Voltage Pictures, producers of the movie Dallas Buyers Club, extracting substantial fines from a large number of Australians who downloaded their movie illegally should have been relatively straightforward. They had used ...
Internet
Dec 28, 2015
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European data sharing pact with US ruled invalid (Update)
Facebook and thousands of other companies could find it vastly more complicated to do business in Europe after a court ruled that personal data sent to U.S. servers is potentially unsafe from government spying.
Internet
Oct 6, 2015
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Belgian court orders Facebook to stop tracking web users (Update)
A Belgian court on Friday ordered Facebook to stop tracking internet users in Belgium who have no accounts with the social network, or face fines of 250,000 euros a day.
Internet
Feb 16, 2018
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Apple loses bid to ban protests by French tax campaign group
A French court on Friday threw out a complaint by Apple demanding a ban on protests at its stores by the tax campaign group Attac.
Business
Feb 23, 2018
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Study: One in five adults don't want children—and they're deciding early in life
The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for limits on abortion but also created uncertainty around the future of birth control. This could have far-reaching implications for many people as a research ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2022
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New study identifies strategies in US climate litigation
The courts have played a central role in climate change policy, starting with a landmark Supreme Court case that led to the mandatory regulation of greenhouse gases in the United States. How do the courts address climate ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2018
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Romanian who attacked Warcraft gets year in prison
A Romanian man who launched a cyber attack on the California-based servers of the hugely popular online fantasy game World of Warcraft over a squabble with other players was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison.
Security
May 7, 2018
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