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Copyright law to set up tribunal for stiffer punishment
Source: GNA, Ghanaweb.com, 14 October 2003
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=44752

"Accra, Oct. 14, GNA - The current Copyright Bill before Parliament
would provide for the creation of a Copyright Tribunal that would met
out stiffer punishment to persons, who violates the rights of authors
and composers in the country."
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The Copyright Cuffs: Why we should care who gets the merchandising deal
from a movie or the song tie-in on a variety show.
BY JONATHAN ZITTRAIN, Oct. 15, 2003 Issue of CIO Magazine

"A couple of years ago I was talking with a law school colleague about
cyberlaw and the people who study it. "I've always wondered," he said,
"why all the cyberprofs hate copyright."
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UK to adopt EU copyright law
By Adam Pasick, Reuters.com, 16 October, 2003
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3629344&section=news

" Britain is poised to adopt a European Union copyright law designed to
stop music, film and software piracy, which could carry heavy penalties
for people who download pirated files."
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