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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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>From Tech Law Journal, http://www.techlawjournal.com/welcome.htm

Thursday, July 17
1:00 PM. The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the
Internet, and Intellectual Property will hold a hearing on HR 2517, the
"Piracy
Deterrence and Education Act of 2003." The hearing will be webcast.
Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202 225-2492. Location:
Room 2141, Rayburn Building."
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HR 2517
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:h.r.2517:
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Webcast:
http://boss.streamos.com/real-live/hjudiciary/4749/100_hjudiciary-live_030428.smi
or
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/
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Bill Would Put Net Song Swappers in Jail
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters.com July 16, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3103495

" Internet users who allow others to copy songs from their hard drives
could face prison time under legislation introduced by two Democratic
lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Loyola releases two student names to RIAA
BY ROBERT BECKER AND ANGELA ROZAS
Chicago Tribune/Centraldaily.com, Jul. 15, 2003
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/6311463.htm

"(KRT) - Preparing more lawsuits to fight music piracy, the recording
industry has subpoenaed records from Loyola University Chicago seeking
the names of students suspected of offering copyrighted songs over the
school's computer network."
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Supreme Court vs. The Supremes
By Katie Dean, wirednews.com, Jul. 15, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59588,00.html/wn_ascii

"At the beginning of his oral argument before the Supreme Court in the
historic 1971 Roe v. Wade case, Jay Floyd, representing the state of
Texas, opens with a good ol' boy remark."
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DMCA gives blueprint for Chile deal
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, July 15, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1026116.html

"Congress is being asked to approve a trade agreement with Chile that
would export a controversial U.S. law: the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act."
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Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet
By John Borland, CNET News.com, July 16, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1026204.html

"Early last spring, NYCWireless co-founder Anthony Townsend got a note
in the mail saying that someone on his network had been violating
copyright laws."
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Corporate P2P use is common, study says
By John Borland, CNET News.com, July 16, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1026184.html

"File-swapping applications are deeply entrenched inside corporate
networks, according to a survey of computer systems by a Canadian
network monitoring company."