Stanford University uses Disney characters mashed together to explain the “fair use” defence in US copyright law and to argue against extending the protection.

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The Pentagon has restricted access to 13 social media sites, reports Paid Content. Security – viruses and phishing, not breaches of official secrets, were cited as the main reasons. Really?

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Paid Content has the skinny on the merger of Thomson and Reuters in the media deal of the year (so far).

Thomson will change its name to Thomson-Reuters Corporation. Reuters will be known as Thomson-Reuters PLC. The combined Thomson Financial unit and Reuters financial and media businesses will be called Reuters. The existing Thomson professional businesses – legal, tax and accounting, scientific and healthcare – will together be known as Thomson-Reuters Professional. Thomson-Reuters PLC and Thomson-Reuters Professional will have identical boards of management.

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There has been much speculation that Yahoo! and Microsoft may merge to combat the threat from Google. Forrester’s Charlene Li gives her take on the rationale.

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