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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Online music pirates dodge capture
BBCNews.com, 18 March, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2860757.stm

"Internet service providers determined to clamp down on file-sharing are
fighting a losing battle, say analysts."
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Upcoming Conference:

THE SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND MEDICAL JOURNAL
PUBLISHING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS will be held 19-20 May 2003, at the
National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, located at 2100 C Street NW, in
Washington, DC.
The symposium will bring together experts in STM publishing, both
producers and users of these publications, to: identify the recent
technical changes in publishing, and other factors, that influence the
decisions of journal publishers to produce journals electronically;
identify the needs of the scientific, engineering, and medical community
as users of journals, whether electronic or printed; discuss the
responses of not-for-profit and commercial STM publishers and of other
stakeholders in the STM community to the opportunities and challenges
posed by the shift to electronic publishing; and examine the spectrum of
proposals that has been put forth to respond to the needs of users as
the publishing industry shifts to electronic information production and
dissemination.
The meeting will be free and open to the public, but advance
registration is required.

For additional information and registration, please visit the Symposium
web site at: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cosepup/E-Publishing.html
or contact the project director, Paul Uhlir at (202) 334 2807 or e-mail:
puhlir@xxxxxxxx
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College Media Group Cautions That 2 Copyright Laws Could Collide
By ANDREA L. FOSTER , Chronicle.com, March 18, 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/03/2003031801t.htm

" A group representing college media centers is warning the U.S.
Copyright Office about a possible conflict between two federal laws, one
meant to limit electronic access to copyrighted material and the other
designed to broaden access to the same material for online education. "
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