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Marketplace on NPR: Will this IPO translate into turnaround?:
Rosetta Stone, the language software maker, is one of the few companies to file an IPO this year. With a strong market debut, will other companies follow suit?
This has to be the first IPO I’ve heard about in a very long time.
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A federal trial court in Oregon ruled that a suspect's rights were not violated when police -- tipped by a neighbor -- accessed his unprotected WiFi network and saw child pornography shared via his iTunes library.
There's a new law journal in town: "The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues. Topics covered include copyright, licence implementation, licence interpretation, software patents, open standards, case law and statutory changes."
That publishers and authors (or their estates) should be arguing over rights to production electronic editions is no surprise. This sort of dispute is a standard part of contract law, and comes up anytime a new market not anticipated in a contract opens up. Can traditional publishers fend off this move through litigation and forceful contract negotiations? Or will we see increasing alternatives to traditional publishers in the e-book realm?
Does an open WiFi signal reduce your 4th Amendment protections?
I'm currently a graduate student of the history of law and technology at the University of California, San Diego. I also provide law and technology consulting services.
Additionally, I'm a non-practicing lawyer and former developer/sysadmin at a biotech non-profit. For more about me and my work, see krisnelson.org or my Google Profile. Post title: Rosetta Stone Files for an IPO
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