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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Major test of copyright law set to start
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, November 25, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975280.html

"The first big courtroom test of a U.S. law that makes it criminal to
offer software for cracking digital copyright protections should finally
begin next week, after visa delays for two of the case's main players."
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Digital Copyright Trial Set to Begin Next Week in San Jose
By The Associated Press, November 25, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37851-2002Nov25.html?referer=email

" A federal judge has ruled that the trial of a Russian software company
will proceed as scheduled next week, if the defendant and the
government's key witness are allowed to enter the country in time."
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Court to Decide if Online Copyright Suit Can Proceed
By Sandra Marquez, Technews.com, November 26, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39860-2002Nov26.html?referer=email

"A federal judge has signaled his support for a bid by record companies
and movie studios to sue the parent company of Kazaa, a popular online
file-swapping service."
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California Justices Find Web Site Is out of Reach
Texan can't be sued in California for posting code that DVD industry
says allows for piracy
BY Mike McKee, Law.com/The Recorder, 11-26-2002
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1036630493596&t=LawArticleTech

"If Matthew Pavlovich is going to be sued, it won't happen in
California."
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Opinion:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S100809.DOC
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>From Tech Law Journal: http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm

11/19. Richard Posner, a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (7thCir),
gave a lecture titled "The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
Law" in Washington DC.

"Posner argued that "intellectual property rights have greatly
expanded", beginning with passage of Copyright Act of 1976. He further
argued that is odd. He asserted that intellectual property rights are a
form or government regulation, and that the general trend since 1976 has
been towards deregulation. Hence, according to Judge Posner,
intellectual property law goes against the trend."
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Lecture:
http://www.techlawjournal.com/intelpro/20021119.asp
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Anti-piracy group bills for downloads
By Reuters, November 26, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975409.html

"A Danish anti-piracy organization mailed invoices to people suspected
of illegally trading files using peer-to-peer networks, demanding
compensation for downloading copyrighted materials off the Internet, an
attorney for the group said Tuesday."