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Canadian Songwriters Want ISPs to Pay for Downloads
By Colin McClelland, Washingtonpost.com, December 3, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32610-2003Dec3.html

"TORONTO -- Canada's songwriters sought to require that Internet service
providers pay for their users' music downloading habits in a case that
could generate millions of dollars in music royalties."
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Should ISP subscribers pay for P2P?
By John Borland, CNET News.com, December 4, 2003 
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5113638.html

"Several proposals to collect money from Internet service subscribers to
pay for online music swapping are bubbling to public attention in the
United States and Canada.
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Valenti Says Screener Ban Necessary to Fight Piracy
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press/Washington post.com, December 4,
2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34471-2003Dec4.html?referrer=email

" The president of the Motion Picture Association of America told a
judge Wednesday that a ban on distributing copies of new movies to some
awards groups was necessary to fight an explosion in piracy, especially
on the Internet."
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Music Industry Sues More File Swappers
By Reuters , December 3, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3934275

" The Recording Industry of America on Wednesday filed 41 new lawsuits
against Internet users who trade songs online, saying the legal campaign
was producing a growing number of settlements and drawing greater public
support."
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More Coverage:
RIAA lawsuits yield mixed results
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5113108.html
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Intellectual property piracy is form of terrorism: WIPO chief
Yahoonews.com, December 3
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031203/323/efqp1.html

"GENEVA (AFP) - Piracy of the know-how to make products from machines to
branded baby shampoo is a form of terrorism and must be stopped, the
head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said."
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TunA Lets Users Fish for Music
By Kari L. Dean , Wired.com, Dec. 04, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,61427,00.html/wn_ascii

"Forget the fad of accosting random strangers to jack your headphones
into their iPods. That's so two weeks ago. The future of on-the-go
peer-to-peer music sharing is already starting to groove in Ireland."