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FAST hails copyright 'big stick' (UK)
By Drew Cullen, TheRegister.com,  19/11/2002
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28175.html

"On November 20, Copyright etc and Trade Marks (Offences and
Enforcement) Act 2002 comes into force."
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Up to 14% of Australian University Students May Be Plagiarizing From
Web, Study Suggests
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com,  November 20, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/11/2002112001t.htm

'Up to 14 percent of Australian university students may be pirating
material off the Internet for their essays, according to a study
commissioned by six Australian universities."
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Tales of Oz, Wonderland Go Online
By Kendra Mayfield, Wirednews.com, Nov. 19, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56366,00.html

"Most avid readers recall a story about a certain imaginative girl, a
very late rabbit and a grinning Cheshire cat."
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>From Tech Law Journal- http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm
Congress Passes Small Webcaster Amendments Act
"11/15. The Senate amended and passed HR 5469, the Small Webcaster
Amendments Act of 2002, by unanimous consent on Thursday, November 14.
On November 15, the House approved the bill, as amended by the Senate,
by unanimous consent."
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HR 5469
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.05469:
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>From US Copyright Office:

December 2: Deadline for comments and proposals for the scheduling of
CARP proceedings to adjust royalty rates and terms under provisions of
the Copyright Act governing ephemeral recordings and digital
transmissions of performances of sound recordings

December 18: Closing deadline for 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. These comments will be limited to those
proposing specific classes of works to be exempted. (67 FR 63578)
****Comment Submission Form
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/index.html

February 19, 2003: Deadline for the second 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.
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Universal Music Kicks Off Digital Download Plan
By Sue Zeidler, Washingtonpost.com, November 20, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12975-2002Nov20.html

"Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, on Wednesday
announced it would make more than 43,000 song tracks available for
download at retail outlets and music Web sites, opening a new front in
the marketing of digital music."
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Roxio in $5.3 Million Deal with Napster
By Reuters, Findlaw.com, Nov. 15, 2002
http://news.findlaw.com/business/s/20021115/technapsterroxiodc.html

" Roxio Inc., which makes CD-burning software, said on Friday it will
buy substantially all of the assets of defunct song-swapping service
Napster in a deal valued at $5.3 million."
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Copy-proof CD is 'self-destructive'
By Karen Dearne, Australianit.com,  NOVEMBER 19, 2002
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5511869%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

"SELLING music CDs that cannot be copied digitally is a bad move by an
industry that seems to be intent on self-destruction, according to the
Australian Consumers' Association.