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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Websites get legal place in national archive
By Donald MacLeod, GuardianUnlimited, November 4, 2003
http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1077610,00.html

"Millions of website pages, online magazines and CDs will be saved for
the nation under a private member's bill which became law last week."
(UK)
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Napster, Penn State reportedly in music pact
By Reuters,  November 5, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5103292.html

"Napster, the song-swap pioneer that's now an online music store, is
expected to announce a deal with Penn State University to offer its
newly relaunched music service for free to tens of thousands of
students, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday."
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Napster, Penn State Unveil Online Music Deal
By Sue Zeidler, Yahoo.com,  Nov 6, 2003
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=575&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nm/20031106/wr_nm/media_napster_dc

"In a move aimed at stemming wide-scale piracy on college campuses, Penn
State University on Thursday reached a deal to offer thousands of
students free access to the Napster (news - web sites) music service.
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Chronicle.com (Registration Required)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/11/2003110702n.htm
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EU court makes landmark data protection ruling
By Reuters, November 6, 2003
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031106/80/ed9h6.html

"Sweden can consider fining a churchworker who posted personal details
of colleagues on a church-related Web site, the top European Union court
says in the first ruling of its kind on EU data protection law."
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Treaty casts shadow on Webcast rights
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, November 6, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5103456.html

"A United Nations committee on Wednesday approved the world's first
Webcasting treaty, which has drawn criticism that it limits the use of
works that are inthe public domain."
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