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Canada deems P2P downloading legal
By John Borland, CNET News.com, December 12, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5121479.html

"Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in
Canada, although uploading files is not, Canadian copyright regulators
said in a ruling released Friday."
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More:
http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/new-e.html
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Leading Publishers Sue Document Deliverers For Copyright Infringement;
New Lawsuits Reflect Growing Infringement of Digital Content
By Businesswire.com, December 09, 2003
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031209005095&newsLang=en

"Five leading scientific, technical and medical publishers, the American
Chemical Society,  elsevier, Inc., Marcel Dekker, Inc., SAGE
Publications, Inc. and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (a subsidiary of John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.), today announced they have filed copyright
infringement suits against document deliverers Medical Review Services,
headquartered in Katy, Texas, and LMS Information Services,
headquartered in San Francisco, California."
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Norwegian DVD piracy retrial ends
By Reuters, December 11, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5120669.html

"The landmark retrial of a Norwegian who achieved fame when he was
cleared of DVD piracy charges lodged by top Hollywood studios ended
Thursday with prosecutors demanding a suspended 90-day jail term."
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God Considers Smiting Bible Pirates
By Kristian Werner, Bbsopt.com,  December 15
http://bbspot.com/News/2003/12/bible_pirates.html

"Vatican City - God did not rule out smiting as a final measure against
those who share his most famous work, the Bible, on the Internet. This
marks the first time a deity has spoken on IT- related questions since
Steve Jobs was temporarily Enlightened when touching the One True iMac
some years ago."
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College to address copyright
By Anne K. Walters, Ithica.edu, December 11, 2003
http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0312/11/news/1college_to_a.htm

"Ithaca College is working on a policy that would outline how faculty,
students and staff use copyrighted material. Some faculty have already
expressed concerns about the impact this could have on the use of course
reader packets."