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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

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Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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The Supreme Court pared down a controversial anti-hacking law

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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law which bans “exceeding authorized access” on a computer system, was narrowed by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 6-3 ruling. United States , concerns a former Georgia police officer named Nathan Van Buren. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

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Vergecast: the changes coming to Apple’s App Store policies

The Verge

This week on The Vergecast, Verge executive editor Dieter Bohn chats with managing editor Alex Cranz, and news editor Chaim Gartenberg to explain the changing Apple App Store policies for iPhone app developers. Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares.

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Six people indicted in Amazon Marketplace bribery scheme to help third-party sellers

The Verge

Three of the people were based in New York, one in Georgia, one in California, and one was in India, “Realizing they could not compete on a level playing field, the subjects turned to bribery and fraud in order to gain the upper hand.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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Meanwhile too many of our people continue to be unemployed, too few can even earn enough to pay taxes, our medical entitlements continue to grow through the roof, we are spending considerably more than we take in, we have no long-term economic strategy-let alone a tax policy to enable it.

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Facebook ramps up moderation around Derek Chauvin trial, will delete posts mocking George Floyd’s death

The Verge

Users can “discuss, critique, and criticize the trial and the attorneys involved,” but Facebook will remove content that violates its policies, and it “may also limit the spread of content that our systems predict is likely to violate our Community Standards.”

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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

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Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino , head of policy at Carta , works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the U.S. startup ecosystem lost an important business partner.

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