In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NewYorkTimes.com, May 4, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/04/business/04MUSI.html

" Some of the world's biggest record companies, facing rampant online
piracy, are quietly financing the development and testing of software
programs that would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of
people who download pirated music, according to industry executives. "
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Anti-Piracy Laws Criticized As Too Broad
By ANICK JESDANUN, The Associated Press, May 4, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12750-2003May4.html

"  A few weeks ago, Tom Liston stopped giving away his popular security
software. Liston, a network administrator in McHenry, Ill., got wind of
a new Illinois law designed to thwart thieves of Internet music and
video services. Although his project has nothing to do with piracy,
Liston thought the law could also ban the software. "
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>From : Tech Law Journal, http://www.techlawjournal.com

" May 9, 2003, 2:00 PM. The Copyright Office (CO) will hold a hearing
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, and revised notice in the Federal Register, April
23, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 78, at Pages 19966 - 19967 (changing the dates,
times and locations). Location: Postal Rate Commission, 1333 H Street,
NW., Third Floor. "
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Notice
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-6741.htm
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>From : EFF.org

* Alert: Support Fair Labelling for Copy-Protected Media! 
" Senator Ron Wyden recently introduced the Digital Consumer
Right-to-Know Act (DCRKA), a bill that would require entertainment
companies to label products with copy-protections that limit consumer
use.  Support the DCRKA if you think the content industry should be
ordered to clearly label media that restricts your rights!

Send a letter to your Senators with the EFF Action Center:
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2664 "
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Students paying for playing
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY.com, 5/5/2003
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-05-04-students_x.htm

" College students Jesse Jordan, Joseph Nievelt and Daniel Peng spent
the weekend cramming for finals - and trying to figure out how to pay
$12,000 to $15,000 in fines they owe the Recording Industry Association
of America. "
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