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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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11/29. The Copyright Office published a notice in the Federal Register
in which it announced "a cost of living adjustment of 2.0% in the
royalty rates paid by colleges, universities, or other nonprofit
educational institutions that are not affiliated with National Public
Radio for the use of copyrighted published nondramatic musical
compositions in the BMI and ASCAP repertories." The increase will take
effect on January 1, 2003. See, Federal Register, November 29, 2002,
Vol. 67, No. 230, at page 71105."
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File swapping in the legal crosshairs
By John Borland, CNET News.com, December 2, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975618.html

"A federal court on Monday will hear arguments that could derail
Hollywood and record labels' lawsuit against popular file-swapping
companies--or result in an order to shut them down."
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Digital copyright case heads to trial
By Howard Mintz, Siliconvalley.com/Mercury News,  Nov. 29, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4631332.htm

"After more than a year of courtroom skirmishes over the scope of the
law, jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of
ElcomSoft, a Moscow-based company accused of illegally selling a
software program that allowed users to copy and distribute electronic
books that were supposed to be protected by Adobe Systems technology."
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More Coverage:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/12/02/049.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/02/BU206051.DTL
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Roxio closes Napster asset buy
By John Borland, CNET News.com, November 27, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975627.html

"Roxio, a company best known for creating CD-burning technology, said
Wednesday that it had completed its purchase of assets from bankrupt
file-swapping company Napster."
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From: EFFector, Vol. 15, No. 37, November 27, 2002, ren@xxxxxxx
A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation    ISSN 1062-9424

How To Win (DMCA) Exemptions And Influence Policy
By Seth Finkelstein (EFF 2001 Pioneer Award winner for censorware
decryption)
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/finkelstein_on_dmca.html
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