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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Just Say No to Exploitative Publishers of Science Journals
By CHRISTOPHER A. REED, Chronicle.com, February 20, 2004
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i24/24b01601.htm
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"It used to be publish or perish. Now it is publish and perish. Academic
science and medicine are drowning in a sea of publications. They have
developed a journal-publishing culture that threatens to engulf them.
Library budgets can't keep up. "
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AAP PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO CALPIRG REPORT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2004
Contact: Judith Platt
Ph: 202-220-4551
Email: jplatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.publishers.org/press/releases.cfm?PressReleaseArticleID=184

"February 3,2004, Washington, DC: AAP President and CEO Pat Schroeder
today sent a letter to the director of the State Public Interest
Research Groups' (PIRG) Higher Education Project responding to last
week's report from the California PIRG accusing U.S. publishers of
needlessly driving up the cost of higher education learning materials."
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File sharing 'desist' letters climb
By Maria Karadimos, Westernherald.com, February 17, 2004
http://www.westernherald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/02/17/403187bbab31c

"Western Michigan University students who think there are benefits in
file sharing may want to rethink downloading copyrighted material
because it poses a potential risk for legal action that the university
will be unable to protect them from, according to one WMU expert."
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United Kingdom: Copyright Restrictions Increased
17 February 2004
Article by Susan Storor
http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_24449
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"On 31 October 2003, UK copyright law was amended. A number of
previously permitted activities under the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988 have been restricted and many of these will impact on the
practices of universities, schools and other educational
establishments."
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Killing the Music
By Don Henley, February 17, 2004; Page A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46669-2004Feb16.html?referrer=email

"When I started in the music business, music was important and vital to
our culture. Artists connected with their fans. Record labels signed
cutting-edge artists, and FM radio offered an incredible variety of
music."
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Sony sings tough song in copyright row
By (China Daily), 2004-02-17
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/17/content_306572.htm

"The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court held a hearing Monday on
a dispute over the playing of MTV songs in a popular Karaoke bar, with
Sony Music suing the Karaoke operator."
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Canada's Music Industry Seeks Song-Swap Crackdown
By Luke McCann, Findlaw.com, Feb. 16, 2004
http://news.findlaw.com/entertainment/s/20040216/lifecanadamusicdc.html

"TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest music producers asked the courts
on Monday to order Internet service providers to identify customers who
swap songs illegally on the Internet as the Canadian firms try to match
a U.S. crackdown on music piracy."
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Lebanon criticized for being lax on international copyright laws
By Tarek El Zein, Daily Star, 16/02/04
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/business/16_02_04_d.asp

"Intellectual Property Alliance report recommends that the country
remain on 'Priority Watch List'
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