Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced amendments late Monday to the Stop Online Piracy Act — changes that dramatically water down the measure’s scope. Among the amendments, they include a clarification that “rogue” sites must be foreign, and that rights holders now do not have the power to demand financial institutions and ad networks to stop doing business with infringing sites.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced amendments late Monday to the Stop Online Piracy Act — changes that dramatically water down the measure’s scope. Among the amendments, they include a clarification that “rogue” sites must be foreign, and that rights holders now do not have the power to demand financial institutions and ad networks to stop doing business with infringing sites.
Keeping track of all accusations flying back and forth in the ongoing patent brouhaha between Apple and Samsung? Then we’re afraid you’ll have to update your scorecards again, as Apple has now amended its complaint with some even stronger language than before, and broadened the scope of the devices involved in the suit. According to Apple, the Droid Charge, Infuse 4G, Nexus S 4G, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II and a handful of other Samsung devices are all also infringing on the patents in question, which now total eight in all (two previously included have been thrown out, but three new ones have been added). As for that stronger language, Apple’s now saying that Samsung “has been even bolder” than other competitors in copying its products, and that it’s created “products that blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.” Hit the source link below for FOSS Patents’ complete breakdown of the amendment.
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Technologies nowadays keeps on innovating it’s purpose and scope of service towards human needs. Numerous inventions have arisen and the more people crave for something new as well as elite. One of the most needed supplies in the world today is the metal. Metal is found everywhere and it will give a lot of help and it has a wide and great scope of purpose. Most of the issues here on earth are made of steel; this is because metal has a cement and firm element that can suit the needs of the society. Another reason behind why it is widely used is because it is easy to mildew, form, and convert into the desired outputs and issues. Metals indeed have made the lives of the people become simpler, more convenient and suitable for everyday needs.
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In the world of cooking, there is also a need for the help of those metal working tools; the utensils, the cooking equipments and devices, the casseroles and many more to attain those tasty dishes and drinks. It keeps the food clean, preserves its savor and flavor and properly served. In the metal work of art, artists have been using it to create metal sculptures, metal boarders for their canvass paintings and many more. Through this particular, artists are earning more money for their profession of expressing their passion in art via metal work. There are some details at http://www.metalcastingzone.com/.
Sony Ericsson has finally stopped teasing, winking, and nodding knowingly and has just come clean — the Xperia Play is most definitely real and it’ll be one of the first devices announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We’re treated to a date and time, February 13th at 6PM GMT, a pair of full frontal shots of the Gingerbread-running, gamepad-wearing smartphone, and the full version of that creepy ad we saw for it a couple of days back. Missed it on the Super Bowl? Scope it out after the break.
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