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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Deal Imminent on Web Radio Royalties
By David McGuire, washingtonpost.com, October 1, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28764-2002Oct1.html

"The House of Representatives today canceled a vote on an Internet radio
bill after webcasters and recording industry officials said they are
nearing a compromise in their long-running battle over music royalties."
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New bills aim to protect consumers' use of digital media
By Heather Fleming Phillips, Mercury News Washington
Bureau-SilliconValley.com, Oct. 01, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4193841.htm

" The battle being waged in Washington over copyright in the digital age
ratchets up a notch this week as new legislation is introduced aimed at
clarifying consumer rights. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, plans today to
introduce the ``Digital Choice and Freedom Act,'' Silicon Valley's
response to a host of Hollywood-backed bills tilted in favor of
copyright holders."
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Webcasters may win brief reprieve
By Associated Press, GlobeandTechnology.com, September 30
http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20020930/gtradio/Technology/techBN/

"Small Internet radio stations should get an extra six months before
being forced to pay royalties to the musicians whose songs they are
playing, the chairman of the U.S. Congress' House Judiciary Committee
said. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, introduced
legislation late Thursday that would delay until April 20 fees set by
the U.S. Copyright Office on Webcasters this summer."
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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On Behalf of Film Studios, Company Searches for Students Downloading
Movies
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com, October 1, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100101t.htm

"Chief information officers and others who attempt to control file
sharing on college campuses have a new headache to deal with.
MediaForce, a company that tries to stop file sharing on behalf of movie
companies, has been patrolling the Internet and flooding some colleges
and universities with cease-and-desist requests -- some of them
apparently justified."