However InfoWorld - The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) has whittled down the cost of the green and white computer they hope to deliver to school children in developing countries to about €100 ($130) so far, and hope to reach the target price of $100 in 2008, a project leader said Monday. I also noted that; where Will the Next Bill Gates Come From? Not the United States, Most Americans Say According to New Poll (RedNova) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Only one in five Americans believe that the “next Bill Gates” will come from the United States, according to a new poll released today by Zogby International and 463 Communications. This is pretty cool could Apple’s Lawyers Really Not Understand That Reporting Isn’t Copyright Infringement Apple is notorious in the legal efforts they undertake to keep their secrets secret and to protect their intellectual property. However, it seems that some of Apple’s lawyers may have a trigger finger that’s a little too itchy. Following the announcement of the iPhone last week, someone created a skin for Windows Mobile devices that looks just like the iPhone’s interface (though, of course, it doesn’t actually work like the iPhone interface). It’s reasonable to expect that Apple’s lawyers would try to stop the person who created the software from distributing it (which would certainly be a reasonable trademark claim, though, not a particularly useful one). However, rather than doing that, they’ve been sending cease-and-desists at any blogs talking about it and posting the images of the Windows Mobile skin. It’s clearly not a trademark infringement to report on the situation, but here’s where Apple’s lawyers get even odder. Rather than claiming a trademark infringement claim, they’re actually calling it a copyright infringement issue — which isn’t just wrong, it’s egregiously wrong.

The lawyers claim copyright over the icons, but you can’t stop someone from using them in a report about them, which is clearly fair use. It’s also not trademark infringement (if they decided to go down that route). It’s just bullying. Michael Arrington, over at TechCrunch, has posted the image as well, pointing out how ridiculous this is. Some of the comments to his post show the level of confusion out there around the law. It is true that if you don’t protect your trademark you can lose it, but that’s not what’s going on here at all. First, it’s not trademark law they’re using, and the same thing doesn’t apply to copyrights. Second, even if it was trademark law they were using, they wouldn’t have a case against those who were simply reporting the story and showing the image (they probably would against anyone selling the software, however). It’s yet another example of lawyers simply using intellectual property law to bully those who are doing something they don’t like, not something illegal.Did you know that Reporting means an explosive noise: the report of a rifle. I also noted that