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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: Tech Law Journal- http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm
CO to Consider Programs Embedded in Printers and Cartridges In DMCA
Exemptions Rulemaking
2/10. The Copyright Office (CO) granted a request from Static Control
Components (SCC) to expand the scope of, and extend the reply comment
deadline for, its current rulemaking proceeding concerning exemptions to
the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. SCC makes aftermarket
printer cartridges."
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Lexmark's DMCA Lawsuit. On December 30, 2002 Lexmark filed a complaint
[17 page PDF scan] in U.S. District Court (EDKent) against SCC alleging
violation of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA in connection
with its production and sale of replacement cartridges for certain
Lexmark printers."
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Publishers Give Classics a Makeover
By BILL GOLDSTEIN, NYT.com, February 10, 2003

"Forget about agents and auctions and multimillion-dollar contracts. The
stiffest competition in the book business may be among the many
publishers staking claim to Dickens, Austen, Herodotus and Plato."
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Indictments to test copyright law
By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com, February 12, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984408.html

"Invoking the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a federal
grand jury has indicted six people on charges of developing software and
hardware designed to hack into paid TV satellite transmissions."