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RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune
By Reuters ,Oct. 17, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60880,00.html/wn_ascii

" Recording industry investigators said on Friday they have begun asking
suspected Internet song swappers to settle copyright-infringement
charges before taking them to court."
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Kinder, Gentler RIAA
By Cynthia L. Webb, October 20, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52749-2003Oct20.html?referrer=email

"Sue first, ask questions later. That was the recording industry's
tactic last month, when 261 people nationwide were sued for allegedly
engaging in online music piracy."
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Subcommittee approves database protection bill: Proponents of bill say
current copyright law has inadequate protections for databases
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, October 16, 2003
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/16/HNsubbill_1.html

 "A U.S. House subcommittee has approved a bill intended to prevent
information stored in databases from being copied by rival companies and
used to offer competing products. The House Judiciary Committee's
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property
voted Thursday to approve the Database and Collections of Information
Misappropriation Act of 2003, over objections from Democrats that the
bill would allow owners of databases to secure copyright-like
protections on facts within databases, not just"
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FCC Targets Copying of Digital TV: Hollywood Backs Rule That May Irk
Viewers
By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, October 16, 2003; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32173-2003Oct15.html

"The federal government is preparing for the first time to require that
personal computers
and other consumer electronics devices contain technology to help block
Internet  piracy of digital entertainment. "