Google Inc's massive effort to scan millions of books for a digital library violates copyright law, illegally depriving authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for a group of authors told a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday. Paul Smith, who represents the Authors Guild and several individual writers, told a three-judge panel at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appealsin New York that the Google Books project was a "quintessentially commercial" infringement designed to protect the company's "crown jewel" search engine. … [Read more...] about Google should pay authors for scanned books, U.S. appeals court told
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Ca Mau: Meeting held to protest US Appeals Court decision on Vietnamese AO victims
(CPV) - The Association of Victims of Agent Orange of the southern province of Ca Mau has worked with the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) to hold a meeting to protest the US Appeals Court's decision against Vietnamese Agent Orange victims. Provincial leaders and some 3,000 representatives, from religious dignitaries and followers to members of the war veteran's association, farmer association, women's union, students and officials, participated in the meeting. Reading VFF's announcement on US Appeals Court sentence on the lawsuit against US chemical companies, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, deputy head of the Ca Mau Fatherland Front, said that scientific analysis and the facts prove that some 80 million liters of chemicals with dioxin sprayed in south Vietnam during the war have had serious negative consequences on victims' health and lives, and those of their children, including US veterans who participated in the war. The announcement also said that the Vietnamese state and people have made … [Read more...] about Ca Mau: Meeting held to protest US Appeals Court decision on Vietnamese AO victims
Bar Association rejects US Appeal Court’s verdict on AO victims
Vietnamese AO victims of second generation. Photo: VNN The Vietnam Bar Association has made a statement against the verdict of the US Appeal Court in New York that denied compensation for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims, calling it an “erroneous and unjust” decision. The verdict ignored the fact that AO/dioxin chemicals sprayed by the US armed force during the Vietnam war left serious consequences on the people and environment in Vietnam, the statement said. It is regrettable that the verdict was made at a time when the US government is making cooperation efforts with Vietnam to solve the aftermaths caused by AO/dioxin”, it added. The statement also stressed that dealing with AO/dioxin aftermaths is an urgent humanitarian task. The war ended in Vietnam for nearly 40 years, however, million of Vietnamese people, who are victims of AO/dioxin, still have to suffer from physical and mental pains night and day. “The demand of Vietnamese AO victims is … [Read more...] about Bar Association rejects US Appeal Court’s verdict on AO victims
Vietnam woman appeals court ruling to reimburse over $2,000 given by ex-husband’s lover
A woman residing in a Mekong Delta province has recently filed an appeal against a first-instance court decision which requires her to reimburse US$2,330 to her ex-husband’s former mistress in an uncanny "husband transfer transaction." The intriguing "love triangle" occurred among two women and a man in Thoai Son District, located in An Giang Province. According to court profiles, Tran Van Thuong lived with Bui Thi Nhi, and the couple has three children. In 2010, Bui Thi Hien, a single woman living in the same locale, had Thuong, who was a construction contractor, build her house. Right after the construction was completed, Thuong went on to build a "home-sweet-home" with Hien. Nhi demanded her adulterous husband and Hien end their affair, in vain. Sometime later, Hien offered to give Nhi VND50 million (US$2,330) if the latter allowed her husband to live full-time in the former’s home. Knowing it would be hard to persuade her husband to end the affair, Nhi … [Read more...] about Vietnam woman appeals court ruling to reimburse over $2,000 given by ex-husband’s lover
US appeals court lifts ban on Samsung-Google phone
A US appeals court Thursday lifted a sales ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones in a patent fight with Apple, saying there was no evidence sales were driven by features copied from the iPhone. The appeals court in Washington overturned an injunction issued by a judge in California for the Galaxy Nexus phone as part of the lengthy patent case, saying the lower court "abused its discretion." Judge Lucy Koh issued the injunction June 29, before a landmark jury ruling which found Samsung illegally copied features from Apple's iconic iPhone. She ordered the temporary ban, saying that Apple "has shown a likelihood of establishing both infringement and validity" of its patents related to the iPhone's Siri virtual assistant software. But the appeals court said Apple must show not only that it would suffer "irreparable harm" but "establish that the harm is sufficiently related to the infringement." "In other words, it may very well be that the accused product would sell almost as … [Read more...] about US appeals court lifts ban on Samsung-Google phone