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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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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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KPMG study faults entertainment companies' focus on piracy
SilliconValley.com, Sep. 24, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/4144704.htm

" Media companies must put less emphasis on protecting digital content
and instead find ways to make money from digital music and movies if
they hope to beat back copyright pirates who threaten their businesses,
according to a study released Wednesday from KPMG."
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P2P Pugilists Put Up Their Dukes
By Michael Grebb , Wirednews.com, Sep. 24, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55294,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

" In a panel discussion steeped in dogma, adherents on both sides of the
Internet peer-to-peer (P2P) debate accused each other of everything from
aiding thieves to destroying the Internet."
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Copyright Hurdles Confront Selling of Music on the Internet
By AMY HARMON, NewYorkTimes.com, September 23, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/technology/23MUSI.html
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"When the world's major media companies gave in to the idea of selling
music over the Internet, it seemed to herald a sonic paradise, where
every song ever recorded would be available to listen to and perhaps
download, legally, with a few clicks and a small monthly fee."
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Study: Media giants wrong about online piracy
By Reuters, ZDNET.com,  25th September 2002
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2122813,00.html

"Media giants such as Time Warner and Walt Disney should be paying less
attention to pirates, and putting more effort into providing compelling
digital content, says a new report"