In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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In Survey, Fewer Are Sharing Files (or Admitting It)
By JOHN SCHWARTZ, NTtimes.com, January 5, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/technology/05neco.html?ex=1388725200&en=c0d9311f9937a4a3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
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"How easily do online file swappers scare? Pretty darned easily, a new
survey suggests."
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Online Music Piracy Plummeted in 2003: Drop Coincided With Recording
Industry Lawsuits, Survey Finds
By David McGuire, washingtonpost.com , January 4, 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54367-2004Jan4.html?referrer=email
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PEW INTERNET PROJECT AND COMSCORE MEDIA METRIX DATA MEMO
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_File_Swapping_Memo_0104.pdf
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Five Giants in Technology Unite to Deter File Sharing
By JOHN MARKOFF, NTtimes.com, January 5, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/business/05share.html?ex=1388725200&en=a91c73054f2d133f&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
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"The consortium - known as Project Hudson and made up of Intel, Nokia,
Samsung, Toshiba and Matshushita - plans to announce its new approach in
early February to precede the Grammy music awards and the movie
industry's Academy Awards ceremony, executives say."
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Contentious laws will mould technology
By MICHAEL GEIST, LAW BYTES/Torontostar.com,  Jan. 5, 2004
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1073258103829&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"The world of technology law went out with a big bang in 2003. The last
few weeks of the year witnessed headline-grabbing news - the prospect of
lawsuits against individual music file sharers migrating to Canada, a
Copyright Board of Canada decision that establishes a new levy on MP3
players and signals the board's view that downloading music on
peer-to-peer services may be lawful in certain circumstances, and the
Government of Quebec's initiation of a constitutional challenge against
Canada's privacy legislation."
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UPDATED CREATE CHANGE BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE
New Design Includes Updated Statistics, Highlights Open Access
For Immediate Release
January 06, 2004

Washington, DC -- SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have published the
second print edition of the popular Create Change brochure. The new
brochure's colorful design, larger format and revised text present
up-to-date statistics on the stresses facing scholarly communication and
offers options for action by scholars. It reflects the gathering
momentum of the open access movement and recommends ways that faculty
action can bring about constructive change.

An electronic copy of the revised brochure is available on the Create
Change web site at http://www.createchange.org/resources/brochure.html. 
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