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On trial: Digital copyright law
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, July 25, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946266.html

"The suit asks a federal judge to rule that the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) is so sweeping that it unconstitutionally
interferes with researchers' ability to evaluate the effectiveness of
Internet filtering software. "
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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Law Student Sues Web-Filtering Company in a Challenge to Millennium
Copyright Act
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com,
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/07/2002072602t.htm

"A first-year student at Harvard University's law school is suing an
Internet filtering company as part
of his effort to view and distribute a concealed list of Web sites that
the company deems pornographic."
(Contributed by Neal Pomea)
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Bill May Disrupt Downloading Music
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, NewYorkTimes.com, July 26, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Downloading-Music.html?ex=1028347200&en=64132d2b0c98a967&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER

"Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., formally proposed legislation that
would give the industry unprecedented new authority to secretly hack
into consumers' computers or knock them off-line entirely if they are
caught downloading copyrighted material."
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More Coverage:
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,54124,00.html
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Bill:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/berman.coble.p2p.final.072502.pdf