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Upstart hopes copy-protection plan sells
By David Becker, CNET News.com, June 26, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-939714.html

"Software makers have tried all sorts of heavy-handed measures to
prevent illegal copying of their programs, but an Austin, Texas-based
start-up thinks stealth is better... Unlike existing copy-protection 
chemes, which prevent CD burners from copying a disk, SmarteCD allows
the user to burn a copy of the disc, explained company President Bala
Vishwanath."
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Listen.com Gets Rights to Catalogs
By JON HEALEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER, July 1, 2002
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-listen1jul01.story

"Alarmed by the sharp drop in CD sales and steady rise in Internet
piracy, the major record companies finally are picking up the pace of
their lumbering efforts to distribute songs online."
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Piracy:
Scientists add security guards to prevent software piracy
By CBC News Online staff, CBCNews.com,  26 Jun 2002
http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/06/26/software_guards020626

"Computer scientists hope their new approach to computer security will
help to overcome hackers who can crack a single password and copy
software illegally.
(Contributed by list member Stephen Davies)
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Copyright piracy thrives in Russia
Reuters, SilliconValley.com,  Jun. 30, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3576923.htm

"Their lips are moving, but the words are out of sync. The video picture
seems the wrong size for the screen, and surely the skin tones of the
characters aren't supposed to have that greenish hue."
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Music industry swamps swap networks with phony files
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Mercury News- SilliconValley.com, Jun. 27, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3560365.htm

"Major record labels have launched an aggressive new guerrilla assault
on the underground music networks, flooding online swapping services
with bogus copies of popular songs."
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Deep Linking's Legal Link on Hold
By Farhad Manjoo, WiredNews.com, June 26, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53501,00.html

"After two days of hearings, a Danish court has delayed making a
decision in a closely watched case that could determine the legality of
"deep linking" in Denmark and other European Union countries.
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NPR Retreats, Link Stink Lingers
By Farhad Manjoo, WiredNews.com, June 28, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53543,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"In response to furious criticism of its online linking policy, National
Public Radio will no longer require webmasters to ask permission to link
to NPR.org."
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Aussies Mull CD-Copy Endorsement
Associated Press, WiredNews.com, June 28, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53549,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"In a move that contrasts with the hard stance in the United States,
Australian music industry officials are gauging a plan to endorse
CD-copying vending machines."
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>From Tech Law Journal http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm
Monday, July 1

"Copyright Office fee increases to into effect. Basic registration fees
remain unchanged. However, renewal registrations, group registrations,
supplementary registrations, and fees for services, all go up."
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Fees: http://www.copyright.gov/reports/fees2002.html