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A Hidden Hope for Fair Use: Does the pro-copyright decision in 'Eldred'
quietly invite a challenge to the DMCA?
BY Evan P. Schultz, Legal Times.com, 06-23-2003
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1052440872261

"One of the slow-burn issues riling free speech circles these days is
what to do about a nasty four-letter word: DMCA. That's short for the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998."
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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Reforming copyright is a concern for everyone
By  MICHAEL GEIST, TorontoStar.com, Jun. 23, 2003
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1056320421049&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"Supporters and opponents of copyright reform paint very different
pictures of the impact of the Internet and new technologies on
copyright. Advocates, typically categorized as creators, seek new rules
to stop both unauthorized copying and attempts to break encryption
technologies that protect copyrighted works."
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Agency to revise copyright rules
BY Yomiuri Shimbun , DailyYomiuri, 6/23/03
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030623wo32.htm

"The Cultural Affairs Agency plans to rewrite the Copyright Law and
simplify the language of its text with the aim of creating better public
understanding of copyright protection rules, sources said Sunday."
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Overview: Short History of Copyright in the Digital Age
Internet Sparks a Copyright Fire
By Robert MacMillan, washingtonpost.com, June 24, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23481-2003Jun23.html?referrer=email

"Buying an album or watching a film used to mean going to the music
store or the movies, renting a video, maybe checking out the Columbia
House catalog."
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The Brighter Side of the RIAA
By Andrew Zangrilli, Esq. May 2003
http://practice.findlaw.com/archives/editorscorner_0503.html

"Recently I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most vilified
organizations in Washington, D.C.: the Recording Industry Association of
America. A lot of negative things have been said about the RIAA and
their aggressive anti-infringement tactics. Without commenting on the
veracity of those allegations, I must say that they had a very nice
office."
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Music Traders to Get Industry Warnings 
By Associated Press, Findlaw.com, June 19, 2003
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/1700/6-19-2003/20030619054510_04.html

" Four Internet users at the center of a legal battle over copyright
violations will receive cease-and-desist letters demanding they stop
illegally offering free music for downloading, the Recording Industry
Association of America said Wednesday."
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>From Tech Law Journal: http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm
Amici File Brief In Support of RIAA in DMCA Subpoena Case

6/20. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and other groups
filed an amicus curiae brief [38 pages in PDF] with the U.S. Court of
Appeals (DCCir) in Verizon v. RIAA, arguing that a 17 U.S.C. ' 512(h)
subpoena may be used to obtain the identity of an anonymous peer to peer
infringer from his ISP."
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http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/pdf/amicusBriefSupportRIAA.pdf
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Labels aim big guns at small file swappers
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, June 25, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1020876.html

"In its most serious crackdown yet on file swapping, the Recording
Industry Association of America said it will gather evidence against
individuals who trade songs online and slap thousands of them with
copyright-infringement lawsuits."
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Bill Seeks to Loosen Copyright Law's Grip
By Brian Krebs, washingtonpost.com, June 25, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32488-2003Jun25.html

"Two members of Congress today introduced legislation they said would
ensure the American public's access to the nation's intellectual and
artistic heritage."