It maintains that state law prevents eminent domain rights if land is used for such purposes.

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But how far should arguments that amount to claims of eminent domain -- the same law that allows the government to buy your house so that a new freeway can be built through your neighborhood -- be allowed to go?

CNN: graphic

Verne books are freebies for publishers, since European and U.S. law puts previously published work into the public domain 70 years after an author's death.

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The other day the FBI, in conjunction with Dutch and French law enforcement, seized control of three website domain that have been involved in the distribution of pirated Android apps.

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Law enforcement officials instructed Nominet to disable the domain used for the Und3rgr0und chat site in an attempt to disrupt the hacktivists, having tracked down the source of the site as beyond their jurisdiction.

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Bit.ly also offers users an alternative called j.mp, the domain of the Northern Mariana Islands, which come under American law.

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Nine state supreme courts and 44 state legislatures subsequently strengthened criteria for allowing eminent domain, according to the Institute for Justice, a public-interest law firm focused on property rights.

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SnapNames is offering domain name monitoring services targeted toward large corporations, Web site design shops and law firms specializing in intellectual property practices.

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It challenges a 1994 law that seems to give publishers the right to re-copyright works already in the public domain.

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