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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Hollywood Wins DVD-Copying Case
By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Feb. 20, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62375,00.html/wn_ascii

"A federal judge ruled on Friday that 321 Studios, a software developer,
must stop selling its DVD copying program, delivering a huge win for the
entertainment industry."
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Aussie Copyright Case Grinds On
By Patrick Gray, Wired.com, Feb. 20, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62363,00.html/wn_ascii

"SYDNEY -- The makers of Kazaa, the peer-to-peer file sharing software,
want Australia's federal court to invalidate a special court order used
by the recording industry to raid its offices."
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FBI Rolls Out Antipiracy Seal for Publishers
By Jay Lyman, TechNewsWorld, February 20, 2004
http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32924.html

"In response to concerns that the FBI seal might be viewed as an
endorsement of the RIAA's legal tactics, FBI spokesperson Bill Carter
told TechNewsWorld that it is not."
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http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4396771&section=news
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Smiles fade at Napster: MUSIC SERVICE IS LOSING MONEY AND EXECUTIVES
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Mercury News,  Feb. 19, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7988684.htm

"It was a breakthrough deal that would have put the Napster kitty on
millions of Hewlett-Packard computers."
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The recording industry and copyright laws
By Globe and Mail Update, Feb. 19, 2004
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040219.gtip0218/BNStory/Technology/

"The following letters have been received in response to Jack Kapica's
column Push To Change Piracy Laws Is Unwise (Feb. 18):" (Includes some
discussion of Copyright laws -O.)
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RIAA steps-up copyright war
By Gillian Law, Macworld.com,  February 18, 2004
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7958

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is continuing its
tactic of filing suits against anonymous computer users accused by the
organization of illegally sharing copyright material over peer-to-peer
networks."
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Morris mom turns tables in music industry lawsuit
BY KEVIN COUGHLIN, Star-Ledger, February 18, 2004
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-5/107708869350700.xml

"The music industry considers Michele Scimeca a pirate. The Morris
County mom has her own term for record executives: Racketeers."