In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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StreamCast and Grokster Take on Copyright Industry
By Thomas Mennecke, Slyc.com, February 2, 2004
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=380

Looking to reverse a string of rulings against its favor, the music and
movie industry are desperately looking to hold P2P developers directly
responsible for trafficking of copyrighted material."
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Appeals court to hear arguments in landmark file-sharing case 
Feb. 02, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7857491.htm
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Court to Hear File-Sharing Case Arguments
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer, Findlaw.com, Feb. 2, 2004
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/1700/2-2-2004/20040202224503_02.html
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Internet Cos. Legitimize File-Sharing
By ANGELA DOLAND, Findlaw.com, Feb. 2, 2004
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/1700/2-2-2004/20040202200003_04.html

"CANNES, France (AP) - The music industry is giving all it's got to the
fight against ' unauthorized file-sharing. But if you can't kill the
beast, why not tame it?"
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Preserving peer-to-peer networks is essential
By Dan Gillmor, Mercury News, Feb. 04, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7870990.htm

"PEERING TOWARD PROFITS: Last week, Lindows began offering Lindows
Live, a free online version of the Linux operating system. But the
company isn't the only one offering the software: Its users are becoming
part of the distribution process"
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Movie industry group shelves DVD encryption lawsuit
By The Associated Press, 01.26.04
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=12514

"SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a rare retreat, a film industry coalition has
dropped its trade secret court battle against a San Francisco computer
programmer who in 1999 posted on the Web the code to crack the
copy-protection technology of movies."
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Copyright? We don't give a monkey's: Downloading music for personal use
is an 'innocent act', say teens
By Robert Jaques, Vnunet.con.uk.,  [29-01-2004]
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1152386

"Most people think that downloading copyrighted music for personal use
is an 'innocent act' and blame it on the high price of CDs."
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