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Senator pulls support for copyright bill 
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, September 5, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956811.html

"A key Republican senator on Thursday withdrew his support for an anti- 
piracy bill that would make it a crime to distribute counterfeit 
authentication features including digital watermarks. "
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Record companies win injunction against Madster
Associated Press, SilliconValley.com, Sep. 04, 2002   
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4003605.htm

"Saying the file-swapping service Madster appears to contribute to  
copyright infringement ``on a massive scale,'' a federal judge granted 
a preliminary injunction against the service Wednesday.
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Music's finally over for Napster
Reuters, September 4, 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-956472.html
 
"Napster, the revolutionary Internet song-swap service hailed by 
millions of music fans but damned by the powerful recording industry, 
officially shut down Tuesday after a U.S. bankruptcy court blocked its 
final sale to German media giant Bertelsmann AG."
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University to challenge copyright laws 
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, September 4, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956637.html

"Duke University's law school has received an anonymous $1 million gift 
to fund advocacy and research aimed at curtailing the recent expansion 
of copyright law."
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A Story Of Piracy And Privacy 
By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post.com, September 5, 2002; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38034-2002Sep4.html 

"The recording industry and the nation's largest telephone company are 
crossing legal swords in what could be a test case of how far big 
record labels can go to track down computer users who swap music 
online."