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Techrights, part of Bytes Media, is a progressive site which supports software freedom and advocates digital diversity through standardisation (naturally, it is against monopoly). The different sections address multiple areas or companies, e.g. Novell which can be found further down on this page. One way to organise tens of thousands of pages is this archive, but another way is as follows.

Filing for Justice

• Apple vs HTC
• TurboHercules vs IBM
• Comes vs Microsoft
• i4i vs Microsoft
• Companies That Harm Software Freedom
• Techrights Legal

Free Software Advocacy

• Making the Move to GNU/Linux

Elimination/Limitation of Software Monopolies

• Bilski Case (United States)
• Software Patents in India
• Software Patents in Europe
• Software Patents in South Africa
• Software Patents in New Zealand
• Software Patents Around the World

Inside Apple

• Apple Deception
• Apple's Dark Side
• Apple Versus Partners
• Apple on Software Patents
• Apple vs HTC
• hypePad Watch
• Apple Helping Microsoft

Microsoft Monitor

• Comes vs Microsoft
• OOXML Abuse Index
• Microsoft Reality Log
• Microsoft PR Agencies
• Microsoft Technical Evangelists
• Patent Trolls Connected to Microsoft
• Microsoft influence in the United States government
• Microsoft influence in the Indian government
• Microsoft influence in Europe
• Microsoft influence in Asia
• Microsoft - Windows
• Microsoft - Office
• Microsoft - Consumer Hardware
• Microsoft - Dead Divisions or Products
• Microsoft - Layoffs
• Microsoft - Major Departure
• Microsoft - Financials
• Microsoft - Tax
• Microsoft - Legal
• Microsoft - Sweatshops
• List of Microsoft Sins
• How Microsoft attacked a charity, OLPC
• Gates Foundation Critique
• Call Out Windows
• Skype is Spy Campaign

News Stories (External)

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Latest Stories

• Links 20/5/2013: First Salifish Smartphone, Mageia 3 Released

     20 May 2013 :: Links for the day

• Microsoft Corruption (Illegal Tenders) Stopped by European Court

     20 May 2013 :: Microsoft cannot bypass public tenders, based on a ruling from a court of law in Europe

• Not Satire: Microsoft Wants to Show the World How Security is Done

     20 May 2013 :: Software security 'standard' to be led by the company which made insecurity an acceptable engineering practice?

• Microsoft is Struggling to Maintain Industry ‘Standards’

     20 May 2013 :: With Microsoft's common carrier and browser share down considerably Microsoft finds itself increasingly irrelevant and it tries subversive means of making another comeback

• Microsoft Entryism and Bribery Get the Microsoft Way Implemented

     20 May 2013 :: A recollection of very dirty tactics from Microsoft, which uses money to oppress, overthrow, and even hijack its opposition

• Patent Policy Laundering in the European Union and New Zealand

     20 May 2013 :: How the so-called 'free' trade agreements help spread patent policy which favours software patents

• Ongoing Focus on Patent Litigation and Patent Trolls Reduces Focus on Software Patents

     20 May 2013 :: The problem with increased focus on the players that use software patents litigiously and the litigation itself

• Andrew Y. Schroeder Shows That Patent Lawyers Are Sociopaths

     20 May 2013 :: Bully and law misuser is trying to get his way with foul language, intimidation, and sheer lack of professionalism

• IBM-backed Book on ‘Open Innovation’

     20 May 2013 :: OpenForum Europe (OFE), which helps IBM's turf wars in Europe, releases a new book filled with its talking point

• Joseph E. Stiglitz Criticises the Patent System

     20 May 2013 :: More critical words about the patent system and the way it is harming lives

• Senator Schumer Should Focus on Software Patents, Leaving Patent Trolls (Side Effect) Aside

     20 May 2013 :: Reform in the USPTO and the US courts should focus on patent scope and not patent holders

• Links 20/5/2013: Plenty of Linux News, Google/Android Announcements

     20 May 2013 :: Links for the day

• IRC Proceedings: May 12th, 2013-May 18th, 2013

     19 May 2013 :: IRC logs for May 12th, 2013 (and subsequent days until May 18th, 2013)

• Microsoft Spin Regarding Skype Spying Does Not Withstand Scrutiny

     19 May 2013 :: Microsoft's response to allegations that Skype is spying on all users is full of holes

• MPEG-LA Ruined the Licence of WebM, Made it Less Freedom-Respecting

     19 May 2013 :: The Microsoft-, Nokia-, and Apple-backed patent troll appears to have ruined the freedom assured by Google's multimedia format, which was previously made free only after public pressure

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