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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Record Labels Sue Internet Providers over Site
By Gail Appleson, Yahoo.com, Aug 17, 2002
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020817/tc_nm/music_copyright_col_dc_1

" The world's largest record companies sued major Internet service and
network providers on Friday, alleging their routing systems allow users
to access the China-based Listen4ever.com Web site and unlawfully copy
musical recordings."
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Judge hits rewind on ReplayTV case
By Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com, August 16, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-954169.html

"In a nod to consumers, a federal court ruled Friday that five ReplayTV
owners will be heard in a legal debate over technology that lets TV
viewers skip commercials."
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The truth about the DMCA
By Declan McCullagh, ZDNet.com, August 19, 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-954316.html

"Should researchers really be so worried about the much-reviled Digital
Millennium Copyright Act?"
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Sweeping Copyright Laws For UK: Mirroring The DMCA?
BY Raena Armitage, MacObserver.com, August 16th, 2002
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/08/16.7.shtml

"The controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the US may soon
have a counterpart in the United Kingdom; the UK Patent office has just
released a draft of proposed amendments to the UK's copyright law. The
Patent Office has made these changes according to a European Union
requirement that new laws must comply with the EU's Copyright
Directive."
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