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House Members Approve Language Easing Some Copyright Rules for Online
Courses
By DAN CARNEVALE, Chronicle.com, September 27, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/09/2002092701t.htm

"Language that members of Congress added to an appropriations bill that
passed the House of Representatives on Thursday would make it easier for
professors to use more kinds of copyrighted works in online courses."
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Bill could spare Webcasters from silence
By Evan Hansen, CNET News.com, September 26, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959805.html

"Webcasters would gain a six-month reprieve from controversial new
copyright fees under a bill introduced in Congress late Thursday."
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Lawmaker Defends Online Piracy Bill
By Ted Bridis, TechNews.com, September 26, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7103-2002Sep26.html

" A California congressman on Thursday defended his proposal to give the
entertainment industry new powers to disrupt downloads of pirated music
and movies."
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Open-Source Tug of War Heats Up
By Michelle Delio, WiredNews..com, Sep. 26, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55354,00.html

Legislation advocating government use of open-source software is
un-American, anticompetitive, bad for business and hell on the economy
and taxpayers, according to the Initiative for Software Choice."