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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Halderman Dissects New CD Copy Protection
October 06, 2003

"Alex Halderman has published an interesting technical report analyzing
the newest CD "copy protection" technology. Alex, who is a graduate
student here in Princeton's computer science department, also wrote the
definitive paper on the previous generation of CD copy protection."
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Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users
By Katie Dean, Wirednews.com, Oct. 03, 2003\
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613,00.html/wn_ascii

"The University of Florida has developed a tool to help extricate the
school from the morass of peer-to-peer file trading, and early results
show that it's succeeding. Integrated Computer Application for
Recognizing User Services, commonly called Icarus, debuted over the
summer on the network that links all the residence halls on the UF
campus."
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Senator seeks reduced penalties for music Downloading
 By AP, Silliconvalley.com, Oct. 02, 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6918373.htm

" Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday he will push legislation this year to
reduce legal penalties for people who download copyrighted music off the
Internet."
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>From BNA's Internet Law News (ILN): http://ecommercecenter.bna.com
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY COPYRIGHT EXTENSION ACT PASSES 2ND READING 
Canada's House of Commons has passed the second reading of a bill that
extends the term of copyright for the unpublished work of deceased
authors.  The passage comes despite opposition from an opposition party
to remove the copyright term extension provisions.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/chambus/house/journals/131_2003-10-01/131Votes-E.html
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Mass. pair aids targets of music industry lawsuits
By AP, USAToday.com, 10/2/2003
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2003-10-02-downhill-battle_x.htm

" Some of the people sued by the recording industry for downloading
online music are again turning to the Web - this time for help raising
money to defend themselves or finance settlements."
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Group takes nonstandard try at antipiracy standard
By John Borland, CNET News.com, October 2, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5085867.html

"Frustrated by the lack of a copy protection standard that might help
the digital content business reach the mainstream, a high-profile
digital media group is taking matters into its own hands."
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ETHICS: Copyright Issues Present Ongoing Dilemma: To Link or Not To
Link?
Online Journalism Review, n.d.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1065049186.php

"This is an edited excerpt from the book "Digital Dilemmas: Ethical
Issues for Online Media Professionals," published in Aug. 2003 by Iowa
State Press. This excerpt is published with permission of the authors
and publishers"