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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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New Group to Oppose Proposals on Digital Piracy
By THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan 23, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/business/media/23LOBB.html
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"Some technology companies and consumer organizations are planning to
announce today that they have formed a lobbying alliance to oppose
technology regulations that are favored by the motion picture industry."
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Release:
http://alliancefordigitalprogress.org/ADP/content/?p=MissionStatement/Principles
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Record Industry's Top Lobbyist to Quit: Rosen Battled Music-File Sharing
By Frank Ahrens and Jonathan Krim, Washington Post.com, January 23,
2003; Page E04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30286-2003Jan22.html

"Hilary B. Rosen, who as chief executive of the Recording Industry of
America fought illegal Internet file sharing, will quit at the end of
this year, the organization said yesterday. It will end a tumultuous
time for Rosen, in which she became the public face for an industry
struggling to protect its market."
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>From EFF Alert
"Use your voice to protect your digital fair use rights! After several
years on legislative defense, this is your opportunity to let Congress
know that we want positive changes to the DMCA. Tell your friends, tell
your family, but first TELL CONGRESS!

Use the EFF Action Center to send a letter to your Rep:
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2224  "
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The Race to Kill Kazaa
By Todd Woody, Wired Magazine, Issue 11.02 - February 2003
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/kazaa.html

"The servers are in Denmark. The software is in Estonia. The domain is
registered Down Under, the corporation on a tiny island in the South
Pacific. The users - 60 million of them - are everywhere around the
world. The next Napster? Think bigger. And pity the poor copyright cops
trying to pull the plug."
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Student slapped with music-piracy fine
By Reuters, Cnet.com, January 23, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981905.html

"A court has fined a Norwegian student over his song-swapping Web site
in a ruling hailed by the music industry on Thursday as a victory for
giants such as EMI and Sony, who say their revenue has suffered from
online music piracy."