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Stories by: Paul Meller

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    Counterfeiting treaty, now public, confirms critics' fears 22 April, 2010 04:20:00

    ACTA, the anticounterfeiting trade agreement that has ignited debate over its provisions for clamping down on copyright abuse on the Internet, was made public Wednesday, but the fears it sparked while it was being negotiated secretly will not go away any time soon, according to people in the IT industry, telecom industry and civil liberties groups.
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    EU IT ministers endorse open standards in tech procurements 21 April, 2010 01:14:00

    European IT and telecom ministers called for the introduction of open standards and interoperability in government procurement of IT on Monday, sparking applause from the industry.
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    Open-source advocate enters IBM antitrust fray 07 April, 2010 02:39:00

    Software developer and political lobbyist Florian Mueller weighed in on the European Commission's investigation of monopoly abuse claims against IBM, accusing the computing giant of deserting the interests of the open-source software community.
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    IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe 24 March, 2010 02:33:00

    The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.
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    Parliament report stirs lobbying drive on Internet piracy 18 March, 2010 06:40:00

    Should teenagers who illegally download music, films and the like in their bedrooms be treated like criminal gangs counterfeiting everything from life-saving drugs to Gucci handbags?
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    European Parliament demands transparency in ACTA talks 11 March, 2010 04:54:00

    The European Parliament demanded Wednesday that the European Commission open up secret negotiations about an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) to the public.
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    Leaked ACTA draft treaty reveals plans for Net clampdown 20 February, 2010 05:33:00

    The U.S., Europe and other countries are secretly drawing up rules designed to crack down on copyright abuse on the Internet, in part by making ISPs liable for illegal content, according to a copy of part of the confidential draft agreement that was seen by the IDG News Service.
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    US DOJ, EC clear Microsoft-Yahoo search deal 19 February, 2010 03:35:00

    The U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission on Thursday both unconditionally approved Microsoft and Yahoo's plan to work together in the field of Internet search.
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    EU approves HP's 3Com acquisition 13 February, 2010 11:35:00

    The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's US$2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced on Friday.
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    European Union clears Oracle's purchase of Sun 21 January, 2010 22:50:00

    The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out examination of the deal.The deal still awaits approval in other jurisdictions, including Russia and China, but approval in the European Union is a big step forward for a deal hailed by some as transformational for the entire software industry, and by others as the killer of one of the most successful open source programs in the world, the MySQL database.
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    Google to call for creation of EU privacy, security panel 20 January, 2010 06:37:00

    Google is pushing for the creation of an E.U. group to look at security and privacy policy, the company's top privacy lawyer, Peter Fleischer, said Tuesday.
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