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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Copyright body may slap levy on digital music players, Would boost price
of storage media Economy will suffer, retailers say
By TYLER HAMILTON, Torontostar.com, Dec. 11, 2003
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1071097810065&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"That 20-gigabyte MP3 player going under the Christmas tree this season
could soon cost 20 per cent more if the Copyright Board approves a
proposed levy tomorrow on the sale of digital music devices."
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Group promotes interoperability for digital music, video 
By AssociatedPress, Siliconvalley.com, Dec. 10, 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7459795.htm

"A new group that includes Microsoft Corp. and Universal Music is hoping
to make it easier to play music and videos across competing
technologies."
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ATF Chief Joins Anti-Piracy Effort 
Vy Associated Press, Wirednews.com, Dec. 09, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49760-2003Dec9.html?referrer=email

" The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives is leaving his post next month to lead the recording
industry's efforts to stop music piracy." 
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Copyright and Fair Use: Repeated abuse of a statute is a sign that the
law itself is defective.
By eWEEK Editorial Board, December 8, 2003
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1407919,00.asp

"Without competition, an industry can stagnate due to high prices, slow
product delivery and limited product innovation. Recent lawsuits that
invoke the Digital Millennium Copyright Act seek to curb competition and
therefore threaten to bring about those conditions."
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