RE: digital-copyright Digest 4 Nov 2002 16:00:00 -0000 Issue 96

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The President on Saturday signed the bill incorporating the TEACH Act.  So
the TEACH Act is now law.
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digital-copyright Digest 4 Nov 2002 16:00:00 -0000 Issue 96

Topics (messages 231 through 232):

New Periodical on Digital Media Law & Policy Matters
	231 by: Digital Media Law Report

In The News
	232 by: Olga Francois

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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:08:48 -0800
To: <digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Digital Media Law Report" <lawreport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: New Periodical on Digital Media Law & Policy Matters 
Message-ID: <001a01c28310$3d970ce0$6600a8c0@ned>

Digital Media Law & Policy Report launched in September.  The 30-page
monthly
report is written by experienced IP and Entertainment lawyers
and covers legal issues related to the following industries:
      b*   Film, TV & Video
      b*   Music
      b*   Games
      b*   Mobile Entertainment
      b*   Publishing
      b*   Distance Learning
      b*   Online Marketing

The first issue is available as a sample download at
www.digitalmedialawreport.com.

DMLPR is announcing a call for papers for its February 2003 issue which will
focus on Digital Music issues.

Regards,

Ned Sherman
Editor-in-Chief
Digital Media Law Report

Digital Media Wire, Inc.
1737 Whitley Avenue #500
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Tel. 323-464-0793
Fax 323-372-3849

www.digitalmedialawreport.com
www.digitalmediawire.com

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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 09:50:43 -0500
To: "digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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From: "Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: In The News
Message-ID: <3DC68943.B60115E3@xxxxxxxx>

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Ones and Zeros: RIAA Wins Madster Round
By Erin Joyce , Internetnews.com, October 31, 2002
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1492261

"The Recording Industry Association of America has won another
injunction against file-swapping network Madster, the peer-to-peer site
formerly known as Aimster."
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More Coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48417-2002Oct31.html
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Music business pushing security-laden super audio discs
RON HARRIS, SilliconValley.com, Oct. 31, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/4415252.htm

" Two new digital audio disc formats touted by the music industry for
their stellar sound are nowhere near as consumer-friendly as regular old
CDs: They're engineered to be copy-proof."
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Software piracy rate rises in U.S., watchdog says
Associated Press, Globeandtechnology.com, November 1 2002
http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20021101/gt
bsa/Technology/techBN/

" The rate of business-software piracy in the United States climbed
slightly in 2001, an industry trade group said Thursday." 
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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Software piracy plunges in New York state
by Wendy Blake, Crainsny.com, 
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?postDate=2002-11-03&newsId=4504

"New York state had the lowest rate of software piracy last year of any
state in the nation, according to a study commissioned by the Business
Software Alliance."
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Survey: Online Music Sales Tumble
By Ron Harris, Technews..com, November 4, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64690-2002Nov4.html

" The growing popularity of CD burning and illegal song-swapping over
the Internet has caused online music sales to tumble this year,
according to a survey to be released Monday."

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