Re: In The News/Greenspan

["Intellectual Property Virtual Scholar" <ipscholar@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear Copyright Colleagues:

The first item below about Greenspan definistely caught my attention!  
For those of you attending the seminar at UMUC this month, recall our 
discussion about the difficulty educators and librarians are having in 
influencing IP law and policy.  Consider what we are up against.  When 
someone with the prominence and respect of Greenspan makes the case 
that stronger IP rights will be critical to economic grownth, our 
argument about information access, public domain, and the like is 
diluted if not lost in the process.  Don't give up!  But we do have to 
think more critically about our sales pitch.

Kenny Crews
www.copyright.iupui.edu


----- Original Message -----
From: "Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, April 14, 2003 8:44 am
Subject: In The News

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> 
> Greenspan ponders copyright rules : Fed chairmain sees thorny issues
> over 'intellectual property'
> BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, MSNBC.com, April 4
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/895413.asp?0si=&cp1=1
> 
> " As the fruits of ever-changing technology play an increasing 
> role in
> the U.S. economy, the country must strike the right balance in
> developing legal protections for innovative ideas or "intellectual
> property," Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said
> Friday. "
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> 
> U.S. Man Gets Prison Time for Illegal Chip Sales
> BY Reuters.com,  April 9, 2003
> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2539097
> 
> " David Rocci, of Blacksburg, Virginia, was sentenced late last 
> week in
> federal court in Virginia after pleading guilty in December to one 
> countof conspiracy to violate copyright laws under the Digital 
> MillenniumCopyright Act. "
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> 
> MTU President Irked by RIAA Lawsuit
> By Ryan Naraine , Internet.com, April 9, 2003
> http://boston.internet.com/new
> 
> " The Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) decision to
> slap lawsuits on file- swappers at three U.S. universities has 
> been met
> with an angry retort from the president of the Michigan Technological
> University (MTU). "
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> 
> 'Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research
> By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus, 14/04/2003
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30231.html
> 
> " Steganography and honeypot expert Niels Provos may risk four 
> years in
> prison by completing his Ph.D., writes Kevin Poulsen, of 
> SecurityFocus."
> 
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