In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Digital TV Founders on Fears of Internet Piracy
By Mike Musgrove, Washington Post.com, June 1, 2002; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42099-2002May31.html

"Congress has mandated that television broadcasts in the United States
go digital, but two of the industries involved in that transition are
stuck on a little problem called the Internet."
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From: Tech Law Journal
http://www.techlawjournal.com/alert/subscriptions.asp

5/31. The Copyright Office published a notice in the Federal Register
regarding a final rule changing fees charged by the Copyright Office.
See, Federal Register, May 31, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 105, at Pages 38003 -
38006.
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2002/67fr38003.html
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Cheating In The Heartland?
Bill  Lagattuta, 48Hours, CBS.com, May 31, 2002
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/31/48hours/main510772.shtml

"This is a story about a teacher who sacrificed her career when she took
a moral stand against cheating; about the school board that overruled
her; and about a town that was torn apart by that decision. Bill 
Lagattuta reports."
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Old News, but?

A Country of Copycats?
By Peter Dizikes, ABC NEWS.com, May 7 2002
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/plagiarism020507.html

"Some professors believe an increasing number of college students are
plagiarizing the work they turn in. Others think it's not intentional
copying - just ignorance of proper research methods."
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Pay Grades: Term-Paper Business Flourishes on the Internet - Or Does It?
By Peter Dizikes, ABC NEWS.com, May 7 2002
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/plagiarismbusiness020507.html

"A college education is expensive these days: tuition, room, board and
fees. And some students have further expenses they may not ask their
parents to cover: term papers."