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File sharing vs. the broke college student
By J. Parker Adair, U or Nebraska at Omaha, September 26, 2003
http://www.unogateway.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/26/3f731e0e4a205

"A good portion of college students do it everyday, if not several times
a week. They do it in their bedroom, the den of their parents' house,
perhaps the dorm, at their friends' house and even in the library. All
of these people doing it everyday in everyway has brought scrutiny. Some
say it is unethical, and if it continues to go on in such mass
quantities, lawsuits would be filed."
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All-in-One Entertainment: More students use their computers for movies,
TV, and music
By DAN CARNEVALE, Chronicle.com, From the October 3, 2003 Issue
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i06/06a02801.htm
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"Jacob Lowry's dorm room is an entertainment Mecca. He has a sprawling
music library that includes hundreds of albums. He can flip through 72
cable-television channels. And he has an impressive DVD collection."
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No Such Thing as a Free Song ...
By DAN CARNEVALE, Chronicle.com, From the October 3, 2003 Issue
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i06/06a02901.htm
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"College students around the country have been given fair warning:
Download music in violation of copyright laws, and you may face a
lawsuit.
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U.S. Is Only the Tip of Pirated Music Iceberg
By MARK LANDLER, Newyorktimes.com, September 26, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/26/technology/26MUSI.html
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" Hang around any schoolyard in Germany or college campus in Indonesia
and it becomes clear that the recording industry's problems with the
illegal online distribution of music in the United States pale beside
the rampant piracy that goes on overseas."
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Hulk Pirate Sentenced for Felony Copyright Infringement
Prnewwire.com/BulkInk, 27 September 2003
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK2.story&STORY=/www/story/09-26-2003/0002025056&EDATE=FRI%20Sep%2026%202003,%2006:53%20PM

" Kerry Gonzalez, who illegally posted an unfinished version of The Hulk
on the Internet several weeks prior to its theatrical release and who
pled guilty to felony copyright infringement, was sentenced today for
his crime by Judge Gerard E. Lynch of the United States District Court,
Southern District of New York."
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Librarians to P2P critics: Shhh!
Last modified: September 25, 2003, 5:40 PM PDT
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5082684.html

"In a hotly contested lawsuit before a federal appeals court, two
peer-to-peer companies are about to gain a vast army of allies:
America's librarians."
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Sticker Price Scrapped for Universal CDs
By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, September 24, 2003; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54871-2003Sep23.html?referrer=email

"Less than a month after Universal Music Group said it would try to lure
music buyers back to stores by placing $12.98 stickers on most of its
compact discs, the company acknowledged yesterday that it would not
specify a price, bowing to pressure from major retailers such as Best
Buy."
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Studios Moving to Block Piracy of Films Online
By LAURA M. HOLSON, Newyorktimes.com, September 25, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/business/media/25STUD.html
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" If Hollywood executives have learned anything watching their peers in
the music business grapple with online file sharing, it is how not to
handle a technological revolution."