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U.S.-Singapore trade pact echoes DMCA
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, May 6, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1000154.html

" The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has become America's newest
export. On Tuesday, the United States and Singapore signed a trade
agreement that affirms both nations' commitment to punishing people who
bypass copy-protection technologies--such as those used in most DVDs, a
small number of CDs and some computer software. "
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Program Lets P2P Users Roam Free
By Brad King, Wirednews.com, May. 06, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58734,00.html/wn_ascii

" Free software called PeerGuardian creates a personal firewall that
blocks the IP addresses of  snoops. They can see the names of files
being traded, but they can't download the file to tell whether it's a
copyrighted file."
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German police swoop on file-swappers
By Reuters, Yahoonews.com, May 8 2003
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030508/80/dzjlm.html

"  Police in Germany have made their first bust of an exchange for
swapping computer music files, says the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI). "
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File-sharing hub hums away at OU, despite controversy
BY BRANDON WORTH, Athens NEWS.com, 2003-05-08
http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=12618

" College campuses, including Ohio University, have become hotbeds for
illegal piracy of copyrighted music files because of tech-savvy,
music-loving students with little money and fast
Internet connections. "