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...statute in question—The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999—penalizes copyright violators up to $150,000 per willful infringement...
Both groups believe they can act in a bipartisan manner now that the election results...
While any headline from the Allston front might already seem hackneyed, new developments along the road to the construction of Harvard’s property across the Charles still provide reasons to turn your head. Throughout this long process, Harvard officials have been dealing with a balancing act of initiatives that would benefit either Harvard or Allston. Unfortunately, it often seems impossible to please both parties at the same time. That dichotomy changed with the recent plan released by the Allston Development Group late last month. Naturally, Allston residents are concerned about the potential for Harvard...
...nation's spies have gleaned overnight. The hour-long CIA briefings are an early-morning ritual for Presidents, and they will begin for Obama even before he has named the national-security team - the Secretaries of Defense and State, and the National Security Adviser - who will ultimately have to act on the contents of those intelligence briefings. It's all a part of the slow-motion handoff over the coming seven weeks, as President Bush packs up to return to Texas and his successor prepares to move into the Oval Office. Both men will get near-identical briefings during...
Despite actor Martin Sheen's best efforts imploring voters in television ads to vote against the "Death with Dignity" act in the days leading up the Nov. 4 election, the measure, referred to by opponents as "assisted suicide," was passed with more than 50% of the vote in Washington state on Tuesday. The approval makes Washington the second state in the U.S., after Oregon, to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The law permits individuals who have been given less than six months to live by medical professionals to request - and self-administer - a lethal dose of medicine...