Russian Judge Dismisses Any Penalty In Piracy Case
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MOSCOW, Feb. 15 â A Russian judge convicted a provincial school headmaster on Thursday for using pirated Microsoft software in school computers, but declined to impose any penalty, saying that Microsoftâs loss was insignificant compared with its overall earnings.
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A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration's attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
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September 25, 2004 -- A federal judge yesterday dismissed charges against a New York record-store owner who had been selling unauthorized recordings of concerts, saying a law against bootlegging was unconstitutional.
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A US district court judge has upheld a bankruptcy court order temporarily blocking the auction of the main production subsidiary of one of Russia&#39;s biggest oil companies, Yukos.
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DETROIT - A federal judge yesterday threw out the terrorism charges against two men convicted last year in a case once hailed by the Bush administration as a major victory in the war on terror.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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In a Feb. 13 story about the trial of a Russian teacher charged with using pirated Microsoft software in school computers, The Associated Press, based on a Russian TV report from the courtroom, erroneously reported that the defendant refused an out-of-court settlement from Microsoft. Microsoft said it made no such offer.
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Russia's high court upholds a 15-year sentence against an arms expert convicted of spying for the US.
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A judge in Helsinki has dismissed cases against two men charged with violating a European copyright directive, saying that the CSS technology the men are charged with hacking doesn't constitute much of a copy protection in the first place.
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A judge has dismissed illegal weapons charges against Fabolous that put the Brooklyn rapper behind bars for a night last October.
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A Russian court threw out a case against a village headmaster from the Ural mountains region who allegedly used pirated Windows software, a judge told AFP.
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A Moscow court throws out an appeal by Russian oil firm Yukos against it being declared bankrupt.
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A judge dismisses weapons possession charges against US rap star Fabolous.
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A Moscow court has rejected a request to drop part of the criminal case against the jailed former chief of Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Russia should shut down a pirate  music Web site that is robbing U.S. recording companies of  sales if it wants to become a member of the World Trade  Organization, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
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A court in Helsinki has dismissed a case against two men accused of violating copyright law, finding that the CSS copy-protection technology they were accusing of circumventing is so ineffective as to not constitute actual protection.
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A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies, ruling that several major online file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright infringement.