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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Universal Music to Put Library Online
By SIMON AVERY, Findlaw.com, July 9, 2002
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/1700/7-9-2002/20020709111502_30.html

"Responding to the rampant spread of unauthorized music swapping on the
Internet, Universal Music Group plans to put a large chunk of its vast
music library online through a subscription service beginning Tuesday."
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Promising Chapter in E-Book Story
By M.J. Rose, WiredNews.com, July 9, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53699,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"Launched last year on the Fourth of July, eBookWeb has, in the words of
its founder and editor Glenn Sanders, survived one of the most turbulent
years in e-publishing history."
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Lands' End Sued by Texas Author
The Associated Press, WashingtonPost.com,Monday, July 8, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40848-2002Jul8.html

" Lands' End Inc., a mail-order retailer of clothing and home
furnishings, faces a lawsuit for allegedly using what motivational
speaker and author Sherry Maysonave asserts is her original, copyrighted
material."
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Deep Link Foes Get Another Win
By Michelle Delio, WiredNews.com, July 8, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53697,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"Links may appear to be helpful little bits of code that whisk site
visitors across the Web, but in reality they are vampires that sneak in
uninvited and suck the life out of other websites."
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Web site barred from linking to Danish newspaper Web sites
SilliconValley.com
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3606498.htm
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Do Libraries Really Need Books?
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com, July 12, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i44/44a03101.htm

"Controversial projects at some colleges move the printed word out of
sight"