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Digital copyright law on trial
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, October 30, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963975.html

"A security researcher asked a federal judge Wednesday to let a
challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act continue."
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>>From US Copyright Office, NewsNet,  October 30, 2002
Issue 174:

"Beginning November 18, the initial round of comments in the Copyright
Office triennial rulemaking proceeding on exemptions from the
prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control
access to copyrighted works may be filed electronically through the
Copyright Office website. Comments will be limited to those proposing
specific classes of works to be exempted. "
(67 FR 63578)
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Go to-
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE PUBLISHES 2003-2007 NEGOTIATED RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR
NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPULSORY LICENSE (67 FR 66090)

"The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is publishing
negotiated rate adjustments for the 17 U.S.C. 118 noncommercial
educational broadcasting compulsory license for the period 2003-2007.
The proposed rate adjustments will become final unless one or more
parties with a significant interest in the rates notify the Office that
it will litigate the rate adjustment before a Copyright Arbitration
Royalty Panel (CARP). Notices of Intent to Participate in a CARP
proceeding are due on or before December 2, 2002."
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Legal Scholars and Library Groups Seek Clarification From Court on
Software Licenses
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, October 25, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002102501t.htm

"Law professors and academic-library groups are asking a federal appeals
court here to modify a recent ruling to make it clear that established
copyright provisions, like fair use, sometimes trump software-licensing
agreements that would otherwise narrow consumers' rights."