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Company's Letters to Colleges Say Its Patents Cover Streaming Media for
Courses
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com October 3, 2003
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/10/2003100301t.htm
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"A California company is telling colleges and universities that it owns
patents related to audio and video streaming used for online courses,
and that it is entitled to a portion of revenues from such courses. "
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Rappers in Disharmony on P2P
By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Oct. 01, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,60650,00.html

"The Recording Industry Association of America keeps a united front, but
LL Cool J and Chuck D candidly shared their opposing views on file
sharing and its effect on the industry. The musicians were invited to
testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, which
is investigating the effect of peer-to-peer file sharing on the
entertainment industry."
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Music Industry Will Talk Before Suing Trade Group Tells Senate It Wants
to Be 'Reasonable' With Song Swappers
By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post.com, October 1, 2003; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25435-2003Sep30.html?referrer=email
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MPEG founder seeks copy-protection accord
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 30, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5084381.html

"A bevy of digital-media experts, led by the founder of the group that
created the widespread MPEG set of media standards, launched an
international forum Tuesday that's aimed at standardizing digital media
and copy protection technologies."
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Net radio royalty group splits from RIAA
By John Borland, NET News.com September 30, 2003
http://news.com.com/2110-1027-5084691.html

"SoundExchange, the organization created by the Recording Industry
Association of America to distribute Webcasting royalties, said Tuesday
that it completed its spinoff from its parent."
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Innocent file-sharers could appear guilty
By Will Knight, NewScientist.com news service, 01 October 03
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994222

"A research paper highlighting security weaknesses in a popular internet
file-sharing network has raised concerns that innocent users could in
theory be wrongly accused of sharing copyrighted music."
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P2P ENTRAPMENT - INCRIMINATING PEER TO PEER NETWORK USERS
Written by have2Banonymous, 27 September 2003
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~123456789/p2p_entrapment.pdf