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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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2002 proposed amendments to UCITA by UCITA Standby Committee
Committee Report:
http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/ucita/UCITA_Standby_Comm.htm
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Enforcing laws in a borderless Web
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com May 29, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-927316.html

"These are only two examples of companies and executives that do
business online and are being dragged into foreign courts for selling
products or posting materials that are legal in their own countries but
that offend the sensibilities or violate the laws of another land. Such
challenges increasingly include criminal charges."
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TOKYO:
75 mil pieces of music copied in Japan via Internet 
JapanToday.com, Thursday, May 30, 2002
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=218694

" An estimated 75 million pieces of music have been duplicated via
online music-swapping sites, mostly illegally, during the past couple of
years since such sites became available in Japan, industry associations
said Wednesday."
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Registration Required:
A PLAGIARISM INVESTIGATION at the Georgia Institute of Technology has
resulted in admissions of guilt by a majority of the students who were
suspected of copying computer-science homework last fall.
Chronicle.com, May 31, 2002
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/05/2002053102n.htm
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A Fatwa on Piracy 
Susan Postlewaite, IP Worldwide, Law.com, May 31, 2002
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZ5YOJ9V1D

"A cleric in Egypt, the Middle East's largest consumer market declares a
fatwa on piracy. Will it help stop the copying?
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Blockbusters boost movie pirates' bounty
Reuters, May 30, 2002, 5:00 AM PT
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-928436.html

"Viant, a research company tracking Internet piracy, on Wednesday
estimated that between 400,000 and 600,000 film copies are illegally
downloaded daily on the Internet, up at least 20 percent from last
year."
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BSA warns on downloading copyright dangers
Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, 31st May 2002
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2111206,00.html

"A survey of Web users indicates that more than half have downloaded
software without paying, even if the product is copyrighted"
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COURT RULES AOL FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE IN CLICKWRAP VALID
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176820.html

Decision:
http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/collings/pdf/aolsj.pdf
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