By: Todd Knode
Fan Fiction is the genre of literary works written by fans that add to a storyline or characters created by someone else.  Though fan fiction has exploded on the Internet it started decades ago and became popular in Star Trek centered science fiction magazines.  One of the more popular genres today is the [...]

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By MARK JEWELL AP Business Writer
BOSTON (AP) _ Leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at it with peer-to-peer software doesn’t constitute a copyright violation until someone downloads it, a federal judge said in a record industry lawsuit against college students.
The Boston judge’s comments in a Monday pretrial ruling conflict with statements, also made [...]

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ A computer hacker was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a phony 911 call that led a SWAT team to storm a family home at gunpoint.
It marked the first prosecution in Orange County for a prank known as ‘’swatting” that involves sending SWAT teams on wild goose chases, [...]

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