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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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New Napster Off to a Solid Start
By Katie Dean, Wirednews.com, Nov. 03, 2003 P
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,61023,00.html/wn_ascii

"Napster, once the bad-boy nightmare of music executives everywhere, has
re-emerged like a clean-cut and reformed choirboy with its new, legal
Napster 2.0 music service."
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Lawmaker gives thumbs-up to RIAA clampdown
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, October 31, 2003 
http://news.com.com/2110-1028-5100867.html

"The head of the U.S. House of Representatives panel that oversees
copyright law on Friday applauded the music industry's recent lawsuits
against peer-to-peer file swappers. "The legal action taken by the
recording industry is necessary to protect intellectual property rights
from being violated," said Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Tex., chairman of the
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property."
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UK Copyright Law Goes Into Effect, 9 EU States to Go
By Bernhard Warner, Reuters.com, October 31, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3731756

"A new copyright law designed to curb the unauthorized exchange of
music, film and software on the Internet went into force in Britain on
Friday, reigniting the debate on the proper way to tackle rampant
digital piracy."
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File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Newyorktimes.com, November 3, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/business/media/03secure.html
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"Forbidden files are circulating on the Internet and threats of lawsuits
are in the air. Music trading? No, it is the growing controversy over
one company's electronic voting systems, and the issues being raised,
some legal scholars say, are as fundamental as the sanctity of elections
and the right to free speech."
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Will copyright treaty benefit Canadians?
By MICHAEL GEIST, LAW BYTES/Torontostar.com, Nov. 3, 2003
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1067814607485&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"As the Internet began to emerge as a powerful new communication tool in
the mid-1990s, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a
United Nations agency, moved quickly to establish two new treaties
designed to address the copyright complications created by the online
world."
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MIT shuts down alternative file-swapping services
By Associated Press, Siliconvalley.com,  Oct. 31, 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7153192.htm

"Two MIT students who thought they'd found a way to give their fellow
students access to a huge music library without running afoul of
copyright law hit a snag Friday when the school shut down the service in
the midst of a licensing dispute."
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Five Major Publishers Announce Settlement in Copyright Infringement Suit
against Collegiate Copies
By BUSINESS WIRE.com, Nov. 3, 2003
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031103005101&newsLang=en

"The lawsuit, announced in July 2003, charged that Collegiate Copies
engaged in routine and systematic reproduction of materials from the
plaintiffs' publications without seeking permission. Collegiate Copies
has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount in damages. Additionally,
Collegiate Copies will respect the copyrights on works owned by the
plaintiffs and used by Collegiate Copies, and pay the associated reuse
royalties through rights licensing agent Copyright Clearance Center."
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ARL Announces ...New Copyright Rules Fail to Provide Fair Access in the
Digital World
For Immediate Release:
October 28, 2003
http://www.arl.org/arl/pr/1201rule.html