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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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New bill injects FBI into P2P battle
By David Becker, CNET News.com, June 20, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1019811.html

"A bill introduced in Congress on Thursday would put federal agents in
the business of investigating and prosecuting copyright violations,
including online swapping of copyrighted works."
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RIAA SENDS DEMAND LETTERS TO VERIZON SUBSCRIBERS
By LATimes.com, June 19, 2003
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup19.9jun19,1,2545425.story
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"The RIAA has sent letters to five users demanding that they stop their
file sharing activities.  "
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Sweden's EUCD proposal online
by dRD, afterdawn.com, 6/18/2003
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4190.cfm

"Now once the EUCD legislation is starting to get implemented in various
different European Union countries, people are beginning to wake up and
oppose the changes. Unfortunately this is too late now. The
EUCD, European Union Copyright Directive was approved by the EU
parliament already in 2001 without virtually anyone noticing it."
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NEWS RELEASE
HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT STUDY ON COPYRIGHT

For Immediate Release:

Ottawa, June 18, 2003 - The House of Commons Standing Committee on
Canadian Heritage announced today that it hopes to launch its statutory
review of the Copyright Act, as mandated by section 92 of that Act, in
the fall of 2003."
http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/37/2/HERI/PressReleases/HERIPR03-e.htm