Whose intellectual property is it, anyway? The Open Source war
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Conglomerate corporations are angered at computer techies and programmers who insist on poking inside various electronic gadgets and tinkering with what is called the open-source code. What was seen in the past as a positive curiousity about the way things work is now seen as hacking. Future rulings will determine if the laws protecting intellectual property grow even stronger. If they do society may be the worse-off by nipping a source of innovation in the bud.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
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Travel Havoc Prompts U.S. To Investigate
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Transportation secretary Norman Mineta, announced that his department will investigate the service problems at US Aiways and Comair. Both airlines had computer problems over the holiday weekend, causing flight cancellations and thousands of pieces of lost luggage.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Shuttling Between Nations, Latino Gangs Confound the Law
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Latino gangs are a growing presence in Central and South America, and are also increasingly influential in the southern United States as members immigrate north.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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