With the new laws passed in the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill last year, the holder of a low credit score is really shut out of the market today unless a large down payment can be ponied up.

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At least two of Rick Griffin's most famous posters have been bootlegged in Europe and shipped back to the United States, much to the distress of the holder of the poster's copyright, the concert production company Bill Graham Presents.

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If EchoStar prevails, similarly-situated companies will have even less incentive to seek out deals with patent-holders, instead relying on the courts to carve out for them an extended period of unlicensed use with a bill that comes due years later assuming the patent holder can afford to litigate for years and in an amount almost certainly far below the actual benefit conferred.

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