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Scientist claims ownership over synthetic life forms

11/20/2007 - (NaturalNews) Craig Venter, the scientist who unsuccessfully attempted to map the human genome for profit, has applied for the first ever patent on a human-made life form. Venter has submitted his application at more than 100 national patent offices. In...

The new rules of imperialism: Economic warfare, consumer products and disease exports

5/29/2007 - History tells us that imperialist nations quite predictably invade weaker nations on a regular basis... especially when those weaker nations happen to be standing on valuable natural resources like oil or uranium. Thanks to this desire for strategic...

Media giants want to criminalize personal copying of movie DVDs to portable electronic devices

1/14/2007 - With so many portable video devices emerging on the market these days, there's a growing question about intellectual property and whether or not it's appropriate to rip video to formats that will play on these devices. One question is, for example, is...

Qflix technology for burning movie DVDs supported by major studios

1/8/2007 - (NaturalNews) Concerns about piracy have hampered consumers' ability to buy and burn to DVD digital versions of movies from the internet, but a new Hollywood-backed technology and licensing arrangement from Sonic Solutions Inc. could change that. Sonic...

Copyright laws need serious overhaul to protect honest consumers in digital age, says think tank

11/1/2006 - (NaturalNews) When you copy CDs and DVDs that you purchased to your own portable electronic device, you are breaking the law if you are a British citizen. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is calling for a "private right to copy" of owned...

DVD copy warnings, movie studio paranoia, and the effort to turn customers into criminals

4/13/2006 - Pop quiz: What's the first thing you see when you watch a DVD? The answer, of course, is a threat to imprison you or fine you up to $250,000 if you dare copy that movie or display it for non-home use. Movie studios and the Motion Picture Association...

Free speech under attack: FedEx fights furniture maker with DMCA invocation, censorship

8/11/2005 - Jose Avila has always been a FedEx fan. He uses Fedex for all his shipping needs because he considers the packaging to be a high-quality, sturdy product, and the shipping service to be superior to competitors. So, when financial hardship inspired Avila...

Apple Computer Now Emerging As An Anti-Competitive, Narrow-Minded Company That Prefers To Limit Consumer Rights Rather Than Expand Them

8/6/2004 - Apple is taking more heat over its anti-competitive practices regarding its iPod copy protection technology. The French online music store Virgin Mega has now filed a legal complaint against Apple, saying that Apple is engaged in anti-competitive practices...

Are book publishers going to make it illegal to buy used books and outlaw public libraries?

7/13/2004 - Book publishers can't stand the fact that people can buy and sell used books online at places like Amazon.com. In fact, they're downright frustrated with it, because sales of old books are starting to cut into their new book sales. So they've started...

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