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Warez Trading and Criminal Copyright Infringement, Part 1
By Eric Goldman, Infomit.com, , .JAN 23, 2004 
http://www.informit.com/isapi/product_id~%7B6DEB04AE-D175-4989-9DEB-8626C096EE6E%7D/content/index.asp

"In Part 1 of a two-part series on criminal copyright infringement, Eric
Goldman discusses the  violation of intellectual property rights known
as "warez trading," and explains how the U.S. government is successfully
prosecuting warez traders."
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The Tyranny of Copyright?
By ROBERT S. BOYNTON, NewYorkTimes.com, January 25, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/magazine/25COPYRIGHT.html?pagewanted=all
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"Last fall, a group of civic-minded students at Swarthmore College
received a sobering lesson in the future of political protest. They had
come into possession of some 15,000 e-mail messages and memos --
presumably leaked or stolen"
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FBI Makes Arrest in Net Movie Piracy Case
By Linda Massarella,  Associated Press, January 23, 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40923-2004Jan23.html?referrer=email

"LOS ANGELES -- A man who allegedly used the Internet to distribute
Oscar "screener" movies
sent to him by a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences has been arrested in  Illinois, authorities said."
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Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case
By John Borland, CNET News.com, January 22, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5145809.html

"update A high-technology group associated with Hollywood has dropped a
long-running lawsuit against a California programmer it accused of
putting DVD-cracking code online, attorneys for both sides said
Thursday."
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Tech firms fail to squelch database bill
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 21, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5145040.html

"A congressional panel on Wednesday approved a proposal to curb database
copying, ignoring the objections of technology companies that launched a
last-minute lobbying campaign to kill the proposal. "
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CD lock loosened for freer copying
By John Borland, CNET News.com, January 22, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5145961.html

"Macrovision released a new generation of its antipiracy technology on
Thursday that it hopes will make copy-protected music CDs more
attractive to consumers and record labels. "
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Coke launches music download site
By Press Association, January 19, 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1126389,00.html

"Coca-Cola today launched a website offering albums for download in what
the drinks giant has described as "the first consumer branded,
legitimate downloadable music site"."
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AOL SUBSCRIBERS GOING TO THE MOVIES
Wallstreetjournal.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107464495402707089,00.html
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"For a limited time, AOL high-speed users will be able to view popular
films for 99 cents, though an agreement with Movielink LLC.  The
promotion, which begins today and lasts five weeks, will be limited to
about 10 big-studio releases from the past year.
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Disney Loses Appeal in Federal 'Pooh' Copyright Case: Ninth Circuit
Nixes Effort to 'Manipulate' Disabled Daughter of 'Christopher Robin'
Yahoobiz.com,  January 21
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040121/nyw137_1.html

"LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit has denied an appeal by Clare Milne and Disney to
recapture the rights under copyright to Winnie the Pooh from the
Slesinger family, originally granted in an agreement with author A. A.
Milne in the 1930's."
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KAZAA CLEARED TO SUE RECORD LABELS & STUDIOS
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kazaa23jan23,1,2476555.story
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"A federal judge in California has ruled that Sharman Networks, the
company behind Kazaa, is free to pursue legal action against the record
labels and movie studios over claims that they used unauthorized
versions of Kazaa to monitor users. Sharman also claims its license
agreement was
breached when instant message warnings and bogus files were sent through
the network."
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RIAA sues 532 'John Doe' file swappers: Organization modifies approach
following legal defeat
 By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service, January 21, 2004
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/21/HNdoe_1.html
 
"After suffering a legal defeat in December, the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) is modifying its approach to pursuing
online file swappers, but pushing on with its program to stop illegal
file trading with lawsuits, RIAA President Cary Sherman said Wednesday.
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