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PayPal lifts block on Bradley Manning fund account

...PayPal has lifted a freeze on the legal defence fund of Bradley Manning, the US Army private who may face... Read more

25 February, 2011 by Darren Pauli

MasterCard sites down, Anonymous claims responsibility

...post office PostFinance after the organisation froze Wikileaks funds destined for the legal defence of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange in an ongoing extradition case to... Read more

8 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner
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...positive word of mouth practice promotion fewer medico-legal issues easier medico-legal defence FEATURES Movies stored on device for instant access If there is... Read more

24 August, 2011

Sharman defends makers of file-swapping software

Firms that provide file-swapping software are the same as manufacturers of video recorders, the owner of Kazaa has argued in a filing to a US court Read more

1 October, 2003 by ZDNet UK

The power base of Linux

...The legal defence fund that you announced -- that came out of the customer group... Read more

22 January, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Intel files $50m suit against insurance firm

...breach involves the insurance firm's failure to pay for Intel's legal defence related to antitrust lawsuits filed by rival AMD and consumers. Intel... Read more

2 February, 2009 by Dawn Kawamoto

Legal summits to tackle Linux

...Linux Foundation and their legal counsel. Attendees will focus on building a legal defence structure for Linux and policies designed to support intellectual property rights... Read more

12 September, 2007 by Chris Duckett

Apple in court over leaks

...Online journalists "should enjoy as much protection as anyone", said Gregg Leslie, legal defence director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in... Read more

15 February, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

Do patents threaten your business?

...Development Labs, an industry organization that has already dedicated a multimillion-dollar legal defence fund for open source developers. But that sum could be eaten... Read more

2 February, 2005 by Bruce Perens

Open source defence centre launched

...after Linux creator Linus Torvalds. A consortium representative said the same $10m legal defence fund that will be used to defend Torvalds from legal attack... Read more

1 February, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

BitTorrent is dead. Long live BitTorrent?

...and has already raised close to $34,000 in donations to a legal defence fund. Exeem is aimed at eliminating these easily targeted central points... Read more

5 January, 2005 by John Borland

Critics pour scorn on Ballmer patent 'FUD'

...to protect Linux customers," said Cohen. "And OSDL set up a $10m legal defence fund for Linux customers. With Linux adoption growing three times faster... Read more

18 November, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue and Graeme Wearden

Microsoft: IP indemnification 'does include damages'

...Microsoft's volume licensing indemnification commitment covers damages costs, in addition to legal defence costs," said the Microsoft spokewoman. "To truly stand behind its software... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft's new weapon against Linux questioned

Microsoft says its IP indemnification provides better protection than that offered by rivals Red Hat and Novell - but not all lawyers agree Read more

1 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email

...for an allegedly infringing product. On top of this it will pay legal defence fees. UNIX MigrationOn the subject of migrating enterprise resource planning systems... Read more

28 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

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