In The News

Subject: In The News
From: "Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 10:20:51 -0400
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Most Libraries and Museums Are Not Digitizing Collections, Survey Finds
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com, Friday, June 7, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002060701t.htm

"The Institute of Museum and Library Services has released results of a
survey of digitization projects at museums, public and academic
libraries, and state-library administrative agencies."
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Canada:
Copyright bill provokes U.S.
By KIM LUNMAN, GlobeandMail.com, June 7, 2002
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/GAMArticleHTMLTemplate?tf=globetechnology/TGAM/NewsFullStory.html&cf=globetechnology/tech-config-neutral&slug=URITEN&date=20020607

"The federal government's plan to amend copyright law will increase
trade friction between the United States and Canada, a U.S. House of
Representatives committee warns."
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NHL, NFL threaten to charge viewers: It could happen if Ottawa lets Net
company pick up signals, leagues say
By Ian Jack, National Post.com, June 7, 2002
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20020607/481111.html

"The National Hockey League and the National Football League say they
might pull their telecasts off basic cable and start charging fans to
watch games on TV if the federal government lets Internet companies
retransmit the games."
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New Zealand University Opens E-Text Center in Partnership With U. of
Virginia
By DAVID COHEN, Chronicle.com, June 5, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002060501t.htm

"New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington has become the latest
institution of higher learning to benefit from a campaign by the
University of Virginia to establish electronic-text centers abroad."
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Online Movie Site Closed Down
By JON HEALEY, LATIMES.com STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000039926jun07.story

"Dutch authorities Thursday took down Film88.com, a renegade online
movie site, by persuading an
Internet provider in Holland to pull the plug on the company's digital
film library."
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More Coverage:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-933558.html
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ReplayTV Users: "We Are Not Thieves"
Customers Defend Right to Digital Recording Electronic Frontier
Foundation Media Release
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 6, 2002
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/Newmark_v_Turner/20020606_eff_pr.html

"ReplayTV customers today sued the entertainment industry to protect
their rights to skip over commercials and record television programs for
later viewing using digital video recorders."
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EFF Newmark, et al., v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. et al. 
Link to Complaint:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/Newmark_v_Turner/20020606_complaint.html
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More Coverage:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1023398010499260640,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9087-2002Jun6.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/3418583.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-933398.html

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