Washington, DC – The third discussion draft of the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) released by the Free Software Foundation today is designed to limit cooperation between the open source and proprietary software industry according to the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In response to the newest discussion draft, [...]
Reuters reports that, according to the World Economic Forum, “[t]he United States is falling behind European countries and Singapore in exploiting information technology.” This is mainly due “to relative deterioration of the political and regulatory environment.” In a similar vein, the Mercury News points out that the AeA warns in [...]
According to the Mercury News, Team Silicon Valley, a new project organized by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is bringing together executives and legislators of the region “to build a stronger connection and accomplish mutual goals.” CNNMoney.com has an interesting story on Siberian town Akademgorodok, a former Soviet center for [...]
In a piece in the Washington Post, Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas steps into the discussion about the DMCA triggered by Viacom’s lawsuit against Google, explaining that “[w]hat the DMCA doesn't do is protect YouTube” because “[i]t is far more than the kind of passive Web host or e-mail service [...]
According to the Financial Times, “European retailers, banks, online groups and other companies are sounding the alarm over a draft law” which requires that “cross-border legal disputes between companies and consumers must in future be decided by the law that applies in the country of the consumer”, meaning that “companies [...]