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ElcomSoft Jury Asks for Law Text
By Joanna Glasner , Wiresnews.com, Dec. 14, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56853,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"Jurors deliberating in the first trial in which a company stands
accused of criminal violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
did not reach a verdict Friday. They did, however, seek further
clarifications regarding the law they are being asked to apply."
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Creative Types: A Lot in Common
By Kendra Mayfield, Wired.com,   Dec. 16, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56704,00.html

"On Monday, Creative Commons will release its collection of free,
machine-readable licenses. The idea is to give copyright holders another
way to get the word out that their works are free for copying and other
uses under specific conditions.
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Creative Commons Unveils Machine-Readable Copyright Licenses
Monday, December 16, 2002
http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/3476
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Big chem deploys DMCA to takedown parody site
By Andrew Orlowski, Theregister.com, 13/12/2002
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28573.html

"My, how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the DMCA, is turning out
to be a fine and flexible friend. It extends across continents. It
reaches into computers in Norway and Russia, which when we last looked,
were sovereign nations and not US States."
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Music industry fight to block Net access hits new lows 
BY USAtoday.com, 12/9/2002
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2002-12-09-our-view_x.htm

"Just ask any teenager: Nobody who's anybody pays retail for music.
Thanks to software that is readily available on the Internet, free music
files can be easily downloaded."
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Sound Of Silence To Rout Music Piracy
BY eFE Bureau, Financialexpress.com, December 13, 2002
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=23710

New Delhi:  Piracy is a dirty word for the music industry, but the
number of convictions stands at only 196 so far. And out of these, not
even 10 per cent have got long prison sentences or heavy fines. All
this, when the average consumer is in no way grudging the cheap
cassettes and CDs that he gets to buy."