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Dieses Schiff soll die leisesten U-Boote aufspüren und wird bei der Verfolgung nicht müde: Actuv ist unbemannt und vollgestopft mit moderner Technik. Es soll Anfang 2016 einsatzbereit sein. (Darpa, Roboter)

Dells wichtigster Geldgeber wollte das Kerngeschäft mit PCs verkaufen, an Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo oder Huawei. Doch dann kam für Silver Lake Partners die Übernahme von EMC, die jetzt wieder gefährdet scheint. (Dell, Computer)

Bis ins kommende Frühjahr wird Chrome noch für Windows Vista und einige Version von Mac OS X angeboten, die nicht mehr unterstützt werden. Google verlängert zudem erneut das Ende der Unterstützung des alten Windows XP. (Chrome, Google)

Die Rechte für Streamingdienste sollen künftig europaweit zentral lizenziert werden. Zudem will die Regierung mit einem neuen Gesetz die Vergütung von Privatkopien vereinfachen und beschleunigen. (Gema, Musik)

A little over two years ago Google launched the original Chromecast: a $35 dongle that you plug into the HDMI port of your TV to stream media from online video and music sites. It was the most affordable media streaming device released, and also one of the simplest to use… kind of. There was no remote […]

Chromecast Audio review is a post from: Liliputing

Die Macht wirft ihre Schatten voraus: Spieler in der für Android, iOS und Browser verfügbaren Companion-Anwendung für Star Wars Battlefront können erste Inhalte des Multiplayerspiels freischalten - und Besitzer einer Xbox One ab morgen sogar schon die Vollversion ausprobieren. (Star Wars, Electronic Arts)

Cyanogen stellt sein zusammen mit Cyanogen OS lizenziertes App-Paket für die kostenlose Android-Distribution Cyanogenmod zur Verfügung. Damit können Nutzer von CM12.1 unter anderem die Telefon-App mit Nummernerkennung und die Klangverbesserung AudioFX verwenden. (Cyanogenmod, Softwareentwicklung)

Lange wurde darüber gemunkelt, jetzt hat Blackberry es getan: Der Hersteller hat sein erstes Android-Smartphone vorgestellt und darin auch noch eine Hardware-Tastatur versteckt. Das Priv ist eines der ungewöhnlichsten Smartphones des Jahres - wenn auch nicht makellos. (Blackberry Priv, Smartphone)

Facebooks Standort-Anzeige für Freunde in der Nähe kommt nach Deutschland. Die Funktion wird in den nächsten Wochen in ganz Europa eingeführt. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

It’s 2012 and you’re the organization representing the world’s largest movie studios. You’ve just received a bloody nose while failing to get the extremely unpopular SOPA legislation passed. All that SOPA entailed, site blocking included, is now off the table. What do you do, give up? Not a chance.

Help us block, ITC

As revealed last year, the MPAA continued to explore other options to have unauthorized sites and content blocked in the United States, one of which involved leveraging the powers of the International Trade Commission (ITC).

The ITC determines the impact of imports on industry in the U.S. and can tackle unfair trade practices including those involving patents, trademarks and copyright infringement.

The MPAA quietly hoped that it could encourage the ITC to order blocks against ISPs carrying infringing content across U.S. borders. It also hoped it could obtain injunctions against regular ISPs to stop them providing access to overseas “rogue” sites. At the time the MPAA’s lawfirm highlighted several problems, not least that no actual goods are sent across U.S. borders by ‘rogue’ sites.

This is important. The definition of “articles” under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is what allows the ITC to take action in such cases. The big question is whether an “article” must be a physical item or whether it can relate to content in the digital realm. The answer lies in a case about crooked teeth.

At first view ClearCorrect v. ITC looks like just another boring patent case but it has been closely monitored by the MPAA.

ClearCorrect, a competitor of invisible brace manufacturer Invisalign, had one of its subsidiaries in Pakistan create 3D models of braces. These were sent over the Internet and 3D-printed in its office in Texas, potentially infringing Invisalign’s patents.

Invisalign parent company Align Technologies complained to the International Trade Commission in the hope of getting something done about the alleged cross-border infringement. In the short term it paid off, with the ITC ruling against ClearCorrect while noting that the Tariff Act of 1930 does allow it take action against the transmission of digital files.

ClearCorrect objected against the decision and the case was heard by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Yesterday the Court handed down its decision, overturning the ITC’s initial ruling.

“The Commission’s decision to expand the scope of its jurisdiction to include electronic transmissions of digital data runs counter to the ‘unambiguously expressed intent of Congress’,” Judge Sharon Prost wrote.

“Here, it is clear that ‘articles’ means ‘material things,’ whether when looking to the literal text or when read in context ‘with a view to [the term’s] place in the overall statutory scheme.’ We recognize, of course, that electronic transmissions
have some physical properties — for example an electron’s invariant mass is a known quantity — but commonsense dictates that there is a fundamental difference between electronic transmissions and ‘material things’.”

The Court’s majority 2-1 ruling (Judge Newman dissenting) that the ITC has no jurisdiction in this case and possesses no expertise when it comes to ensuring that the “Internet remains an open platform for all” has upset the MPAA.

“This ruling, if it stands, would appear to reduce the authority of the ITC to address the scourge of overseas web sites that engage in blatant piracy of movies, television programs, music, books, and other copyrighted works,” the Hollywood group said.

After filing a brief in the case, interests group Public Knowledge described the ruling as a “big win” for the open Internet.

“By rejecting the ITC’s attempt to expand its jurisdiction, the Federal Circuit helps to ensure that Internet users have unfettered access to the free flow of information that has proved so useful for innovation and free expression,” said Charles Duan, Director of Public Knowledge’s Patent Reform Project.

“In particular, Judge O’Malley’s concurrence strongly recognized the importance of ensuring that ‘the Internet remains an open platform for all.’ This recognition of the central role that open information flow has played in the digital age is heartwarming to advocates like us who have tirelessly worked to protect that Internet openness.”

Countering, the MPAA chose to cite the opinions of the one dissenting judge.

“As Judge Newman’s dissent trenchantly argues, the majority ‘ignores precedent and logic, and removes a vast body of technology from the protection of a statute designed for its protection.’ We will be watching closely for further proceedings in this case, including potential en banc review, and continue to support the ITC in its efforts to address 21st Century challenges.”

In other words, the MPAA won’t be giving up on its site-blocking ambitions just yet.

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