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MGM v.  Grokster: Oral arguments.
Provided by EFF.org
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/20040203_oral_arg.mp3
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KOREA: Copyright protects database: Court
By The Korea Herald, February 6, 2004
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=7402

"The court made a large step in protecting the intellectual property
rights of e-authors.  A man who copied a job search database from a
personal Web site and pasted it into his home page must pay 38.4 million
won in compensation to the site's owner, Seoul District Court ordered."
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SunnComm buys music antipiracy company
By John Borland, CNET News.com, February 4, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5153609.html

"CD copy protection company SunnComm Technologies said Wednesday said it
has agreed to buy another firm to help move music antipiracy efforts to
a new level."
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Record industry enforcer raids Kazaa offices
By Sam Varghese, February 6, 2004
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854054236.html

"The enforcement arm of the Australian record industry has raided the
premises of Sharman Networks and its proprietor, Nicola Hemming, in what
it says is a bid to stop illegal copying of music through the Kazaa
network."
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Australia: Copyright gestapo raid Kazaa offices
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/02/06/6445492
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Pay, Don't Sue, Song-Swappers, Trade Group Urges
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters.com, February 5, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4296386

"Internet users could collect paychecks rather than lawsuits when they
share music through "peer-to-peer" networks like Kazaa, under a proposal
outlined by an industry trade group on Thursday."
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