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Rep. Bono Forms Caucus on Music Piracy and Copyrights
By Ted Bridis, Washingtonpost.com, June 16, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2389-2003Jun16.html

" Rep. Mary Bono, who is forming a new congressional caucus on music
piracy and copyrights, sought Monday to defuse speculation over whether
she wants to run the music industry's lobbying organization in
Washington, saying she isn't actively seeking the job."
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Baystate v. Bowers
>From Tech Law Journal: http://www.techlawjournal.com/

"6/16. The Supreme Court denied certiorari, without opinion, in Baystate
v. Bowers, a patent, copyright and contract case involving CAD software.
See, Order List [10 pages in PDF], at page 4. This denial lets stand the
January 29, 2003, revised opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir)
which addressed federal preemption, shrink wrap contracts, and reverse
engineering. Basically, a shrinkwrap contract barred reverse engineering
of a software program. A divided Appeals Court held that the Copyright
Act does not preempt state contract law that allows parties to impose a
ban on reverse engineering."
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Mary Bono's Raring to Run RIAA
BY Associated Press, Wirednews.com, Jun. 16, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59274,00.html

"Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.), who is forming a new congressional caucus on
piracy and copyright issues, also wants to run the music industry's
lobbying organization in Washington, a spokeswoman said Monday."
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DOI: A 2003 Progress Report
BY Norman Paskin, Director, International DOI Foundation 
D-Lib Magazine, June 2003, Volume 9 Number 6
ISSN 1082-9873
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june03/paskin/06paskin.html