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USC to Students: No Sharing Files
By Brad King , WiredNews.com, Sep. 13, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,55159,00.html

Students at the University of Southern California could face a school
year without computer access if they are busted swapping movies and
music online."
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Report: Nations need open source
By Matt Loney, ZDNet (UK), September 13, 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-957827.html

"Developing countries should look at open-source software and should
avoid legislation designed to stop anti-copying measures being
circumvented, a government-backed group of influential experts will warn
on Monday."
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E-mail a weapon in file-swap fight
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 12, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-957779.html

"Hoping for a repeat of Napster's legal flameout, the record and movie
trade associations are using file-swapping company executives' own words
against them in the attempt to close the Kazaa and Morpheus networks."
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>From Tech Law Journal http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm
9th Circuit Rules on Priority of Security Interests in Unregistered
Copyrights

9/11. The U.S. Court of Appeals (9thCir) issued its opinion [PDF] in
Aerocon Engineering v. Silicon Valley Bank, a bankruptcy case involving
the question of whether federal or state law governs priority of
security interests in unregistered copyrights. The Appeals Court's
holding (that state law governs), as well as its discussion, may be of
interest to lenders who obtain security interests in software copyrights
as collateral for their loans."
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Opinion:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/F51484D14B5306F388256C3100541786/$file/0016550.pdf?openelement