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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Fined for publishing school books on the Internet
By NORWEGIAN POLITICAL YOUTH GROUP, nettavisen.no, 26. mai 12:32
http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=1706&item=269416

"Rxd Ungdom, a Norwegian radical political organisation, was sentenced
to pay a NOK 25,000 fine in court after publishing 13 school books on
the Internet. The group will also have to pay compensation."
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ISPs see costs of file sharing rise
By Reuters, CNET.com,  May 23, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-1009456.html

"File-sharing junkies, the scourge of media companies everywhere, have
become a headache for Internet service providers too."
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Colorado Governor Vetoes Piracy Legislation: Says bill to deal with
cable theft was poorly defined.
By George V. Hulme, Informationweek.com, May 22, 2003
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10100119

"Colorado Gov. Bill Owens on Wednesday vetoed a state law backed by the
Motion Picture Association of America to broaden that state's
communication piracy laws. In his veto message, Owens said that while
the bill may be required, it wasn't defined clearly enough."
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>From EFF:
* Supreme Court to Hear California DVD Case

"The California Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing May 29, 2003, on a
key legal challenge to the publication of DeCSS, the software that
decrypts DVDs.  In this case, called DVD-CCA v. Bunner, California
resident Andrew Bunner was one of thousands of republishers of DeCSS
throughout the U.S. and the world.  The Court will review an appellate
court decision that held that a preliminary lower court order preventing
Bunner from publishing the software violated his First Amendment
rights."
Links:
EFF' s DVD-CCA v. Bunner case archive:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/

The 6th Appellate Court's decision overturning the injunction:
http://www.eff.org/sc/20011101_bunner_appellate_decision.html
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