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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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High court turns deaf ear to Aimster
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 13, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5139938.html

"The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a lower court's order
that pulled the plug on Aimster, a file-swapping service similar to
Napster in design."
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'Replay Five' Case Could Chill DVR Designs That Skip Commercials
By John P. Mello Jr., TechNewsWorld, January 13, 2004
http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32580.html

"From one point of view, we've had a minor victory in that these
companies aren't going to sue any of us," Craigslist.com founder Craig
Newmark, a plaintiff in the case, told TechNewsWorld. "But I think the
court took the easy way out and didn't rule on some of the consumer
rights issues involved in the case.""
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Critics say Kazaa can stop copyright violations
By  Reuters, Zdnet.com,  January 14, 2004
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5140753.html

"Peer to peer" networks such as Kazaa could prevent people from
downloading music, movies and other copyrighted material if they had the
desire to do so, media and technology experts said Tuesday."
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Music groups appeal copyright ruling May go to top court, lawyer says
Result may affect how artists paid
By  TYLER HAMILTON, Thestar.com, Jan. 14, 2004
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1074035410130&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"Industry groups representing retailers, electronics manufacturers and
music companies launched separate court appeals this week related to a
recent Copyright Board decision that imposed a levy of up to $25 on MP3
music players."
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Forty music swappers to face wrath of industry Lawsuits in February
BY  Robert Thompson, Financial Post, January 14, 2004
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=243b512e-abc1-47c8-ae71-833e7d8ed939
 
"Approximately 40 Canadian digital music swappers will be named in
copyright lawsuits that are expected to be launched in early February,
sources said yesterday."