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MPAA warnings hit the big screen
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, July 22, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5051653.html

"In an unprecedented campaign urging people not to copy movies, the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is launching a series of TV
ads and movie trailers as well as a Web site warning of the dangers of
violating copyright laws."
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"The 30-second television ad will have its first run Thursday night on
all the broadcast networks and most cable channels during their first
prime time break, sometime after 8 p.m. The first of several trailers
will begin running Friday in most major theater chains."
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BC, MIT decline to name students in music-use case
By James Collins, Boston.com, 7/22/2003
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/203/nation/BC_MIT_decline_to_name_students_in_music_use_case+.shtml

"Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, citing
concerns about student privacy, moved yesterday to quash subpoenas
issued by the recording industry to discover the identities of students
the industry says are illegally distributing copyrighted music."
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MIT News Release
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/riaa.html
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Swap songs? You may be on record industry's hit list
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY.com, 7/21/2003
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-21-swappers_x.htm

"Online swappers wondering whether their names are on the record
industry's hit list can check online to see if they're among 871 whose
identities were subpoenaed in the first step of unprecedented mass legal
action to stem Net piracy.?
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Firm sleuths out illegal file sharers BayTSP tracks down IP addresses,
IDs of music downloads
By Benny Evangelista, SFgate.com, July 21, 2003
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/21/BU289815.DTL&type=tech

"Nagi wasn't looking for a free copy of "The Eminem Show" CD. Instead,
the project manager for BayTSP Inc. of Campbell was demonstrating how
his company uses its Internet sleuthing technology to help major record
companies and movie studios hunt down copyright infringers."
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Spanish Firms Target File Traders  
By Julia Scheeres, Wirednews.com, Jul. 23, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,59720,00.html

"In what is being touted as the largest legal action of its kind, a
Spanish law firm has announced plans to file a copyright-violation
complaint against 4,000 individuals who allegedly have swapped illegal
files over peer-to-peer networks in that country."