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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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New Site! (or at least, new to me:)

e-Eldred v. Ashcroft
http://eldred.cc/

"This site collects material related to the constitutional challenge of
the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended by 20 years
both existing copyrights and future copyrights."
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Kazaa, Morpheus conceding defeat
By John Borland, ZDNet News, May 22, 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-920737.html

"A legal fight that has pitted file-swapping software companies Kazaa BV
and StreamCast Networks against big record labels and movie studios is
collapsing as the small companies run out of funds."
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Sony licenses InterTrust copyright protection
By Reuters, CnetNews..com, May 23, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-921165.html

"Sony said on Thursday it would pay InterTrust Technologies $28.5
million to license the firm's technology for preventing unauthorized
copying of digitized music."
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Internet & College Cheating
Segment from:
All Things Considered, NPR.com, Tuesday, May 21, 2002
http://search1.npr.org/opt/collections/torched/atc/data_atc/seg_143717.htm

"John Ydstie visited the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and
the University of Maryland at College Park to talk to students and
faculty about plagiarism. A survey shows that cheating among college
students has risen dramatically in the past two years. A high percentage
of that cheating involves copying material found on the Internet."
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U.S. Copyright Office Rejects Webcasting Rate Plan
By Andy Sullivan, Yahoo.com, Wed May 22, 2002
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&ncid=768&e=1&u=/nm/20020522/music_nm/music_webcasting_dc_1

"The U.S. Copyright Office on Tuesday rejected proposed royalty rates
for Internet broadcasters and said it will come up with a final plan
within a month, offering hope to online radio stations who said they
would be bankrupted by the proposed rates. "
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Old News but thorough?
Copyrights DMCA's Anti-Circumvention Provisions Do Not Infringe on
Individuals' Free Speech
BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report V7 Number: 20, BNA.com, May 15,
2002
http://ipcenter.bna.com/PIC/ippic.nsf/(Index)/6AC3BDB891824BCA85256BBA0073AFF4?OpenDocument

"Applying intermediate scrutiny, the court concluded that the provisions
do not infringe on the free speech rights of third parties. Furthermore,
the provisions are not unconstitutionally vague nor overbroad, the court
said, holding that there is no First Amendment right to make archive
copies of a copyrighted work."