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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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U.S. Copyright Office Opens Voluntary Negotiations To Determine New
Royalty
Rates For Streaming Music Online 
Washington, DC (January 9, 2004) - [Federal Register: January 6, 2004
(Volume 69,
Number 3)][Notices][Page 689-690]
http://www.streamingmedia.com/press/view.asp?id=2378
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Copyright Training Workshop for Libraries, Archives and Information
Services
[Belfast] ManagingInformation.com, 9 January 2004
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2288

"A forthcoming workshop will deliver detailed guidance and training on
all aspects of copyright law. As licensing becomes a more and more
significant part of information provision the workshop will also update
participants on the latest developments with such agencies as CLA, NLA
and DACS."
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New talks over Webcasting fees begin
By John Borland, CNET News.com, January 7, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5136949.html

"The dust has barely cleared from the last round of battles over the
fees that Net radio stations pay record labels, but federal regulators
are opening up a new series of negotiations over those royalty rates."
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Invoking the FBI to spread malware
By Sam Varghese, The age.com.au, January 6, 2004
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/06/1073268005348.html

"A Windows executable file, attached to an email that purports to come
from the FBI, is the latest social engineering trick being used in an
attempt to spread malware."