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...journalist cannot be held liable for trade secret misappropriaton or for inducing breach of contract for publishing newsworthy information lawfully obtained,” the motion stated...
...Menace The perilous situation created by the weapons peddling of nuclear expert A.Q. Khan cannot be ignored [Feb. 14]. Pakistan's nuclear technology appears to be the common factor in tracing the history of equipment found in Libya, Iran and North Korea. That is evidence of a clear breach of law and a real alliance of evil. In this age of nuclear weaponry, new lines must be drawn in the sand. If diplomacy and inspections fail, a multilateral military solution might be the only viable way to avert catastrophe. Nick Gatsoulis New York City It is interesting to contemplate...
There is unrest in Middle-earth. Lord of the Rings filmmaker PETER JACKSON has sued New Line Cinema (a unit of Time Warner, TIME's parent) for breach of contract, alleging the studio mishandled home-video sales, video games and merchandising for The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the LOTR trilogy, which grossed nearly $3 billion. New Line declined to comment on pending litigation, but Jackson's complaint isn't the first. In 2003, 18 LOTR actors reportedly banded together and demanded better pay. (They got a bonus.) Actor Sean Astin still grumbled later that he made...
Oluwatosin is keeping his mouth shut, but the breach at ChoicePoint has had politicians in full gumflap. "Our system of protecting people's identity is virtually nonexistent in this country," said Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York. Schumer's staff was able to download personal information on the likes of Dick Cheney and Brad Pitt from a ChoicePoint rival, Westlaw. Nearly 10 million people were victimized last year by identity theft, at a cost of $5 billion. Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, pledged to schedule hearings on the topic. And that was before Bank of America learned...
...PERILOUS SITUATION CREATED BY THE weapons peddling of nuclear expert A.Q. Khan cannot be ignored [Feb. 14]. Pakistan's nuclear technology appears to be the common factor in tracing the history of equipment found in Libya, Iran and North Korea. That is evidence of a clear breach of law and a real alliance of evil. In this age of nuclear weaponry, new lines must be drawn in the sand. If diplomacy and inspections fail, a multilateral military solution might be the only viable way to avert catastrophe...