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December 2, 2012, 4:00 AM

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
In a blow to Android, judge says Moto patents can't get injunctions  —  Motorola can't use standard-based patents to enjoin Microsoft's Xbox.  —  flickr / Tsahi Levent-Levi  —  The Seattle federal judge who recently oversaw a two-week trial between Microsoft and Motorola …
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros  —  After being accused of illicit file-sharing earlier in the year a man from Finland was presented with an unsettling letter.  —  Anti-piracy group CIAPC (known locally as TTVK) said they'd tracked the man's Internet account …
More: BBC and Inquirer
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Lessons from the Groupon disaster: Maybe international can wait  —  When people say “Go big or go home” they're rarely actually thinking they'll have to go home.  If they actually saw that as a real risk, they'd probably go at least slightly smaller.  —  I've long said that the growth of Groupon …
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Tom Bergin / Reuters:
EBay's double tax base prompts calls for investigation  —  (Reuters) - Britain and Germany may have missed out on a combined $1 billion in sales tax since online marketplace eBay picked a tiny Luxembourg office as its base for EU sales, a shift that lawmakers say should now be investigated.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
IMAGiNE BitTorrent Piracy Group “Sysop” Jailed 40 months  —  September last year IMAGiNE stopped distributing new films via their private BitTorrent tracker UnleashTheNet.  As IMAGiNE was one of the Internet's leading BitTorrent release groups, their absence quickly led to rumors that the group had been busted by the feds.
More: The Verge and Wired

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