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RIAA Hits Students Where It Hurts
By Katie Dean,  wirednews.com, Apr. 05, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58351,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"The Recording Industry Association of America apparently took a page
from the military handbooks of coalition forces in Iraq this week when
it attempted to "shock and awe" college music pirates by hitting them
with hefty lawsuits. "
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LAWSUIT DOCUMENTATION From Findlaw
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/riaa/arcopeng40303njcmp.pdf
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/riaa/arcojordan40303cmp.pdf
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/riaa/arcosherman40303nycmp.pdf
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/riaa/arconievelt40303micmp.pdf
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Recording Industry Sues 4 Students for Allegedly Trading Songs Within
College Networks
By SCOTT CARLSON
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003040401t.htm
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Sony Joins Rivals for European Net Music Giveaway
By Bernhard Warner, Reuters.com,Tue April 8, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2528829

" Recording label holdout Sony Music has quietly joined rivals in
agreeing to release selected songs by top artists such as Michael
Jackson and Shakira for a European Internet download promotion beginning
later this week. "
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>From Tech Law Journal :
Friday, April 11 9:30 AM. The Copyright Office (CO) will hold the first
of four hearings in Washington DC regarding the exemption of certain
classes of works from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA)
prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control
access to copyrighted works. See, notice in the Federal Register, March
20, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 54, at Pages 13652 - 13653. See also, CO web page
on rulemakings on anticircumvention, the relevant statutory sections at
17 U.S.C. '' 2101-2105, and story titled "Copyright Office to Hold
Hearings on DMCA Anti Circumvention Exemptions", TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert
No. 628, March 21, 2003. Location: Mumford Room, LM-649, James Madison
Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave, SE "
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