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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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One File Swapper, One Lawsuit
By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Mar. 08, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62576,00.html/wn_ascii

"A federal judge ruled on Friday that the music industry cannot sue over
200 alleged file sharers in one swoop and that the companies must sue
each defendant individually."
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EU passes tough new antipiracy law
By John Borland, CNET News.com, March 9, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5171833.html


"The European Parliament passed controversial legislation Tuesday aimed
at cracking down on copyright pirates, ranging from DVD counterfeiters
to illicit Viagra sellers online."
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EU IP Legislation Stirs Controversy on Eve of Vote
By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent, Reuters.com,  Mar
8, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4520113

"LONDON (Reuters) - Internet song-swappers and peddlers of knock-off
Prada handbags could have their property seized and bank accounts frozen
under a proposed EU law set for a vote before the European Parliament on
Tuesday."
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Rights groups target antipiracy directive
By Matthew Broersma, CNET News.com March 8, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5171387.html

"Civil liberties groups are engaging in a last-minute attempt to alter a
controversial intellectual-property law that they claim will lead to a
flood of frivolous lawsuits against consumers and small businesses."
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Music licensing would be viable for all
By MICHAEL GEIST, LAW BYTES/The Star.com, Mar. 8, 2004
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1078701009042&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

"No Internet law issue is more maddeningly frustrating than online music
and peer-to-peer file sharing. Since the emergence of Napster nearly
five years ago, the recording industry has found itself at loggerheads
with millions of music fans over an approach that will satisfy both the
industry's need for adequate compensation and the consumer's desire for
quick and cheap online availability of digital music."
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Court's copyright ruling in spotlight: Implications likely include
business related to Internet
By SHIRLEY WON, The globeandmail.com, March 8, 2004 - Page B15
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040308/PFRULING08/TPBusiness/General

"A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the Law Society of Upper Canada
did not break the law by photocopying case material for lawyers has
broader implications for other individuals and businesses that face
copyright challenges, observers say."
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321 Studios gets stay of order from N.Y. judge
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/03/08/daily5.html?jst=b_ln_hl

"A New York judge has granted a temporary stay to an order to 321
Studios to stop manufacturing and selling its software. Judge Richard
Owen set a hearing date of March 15 to hear arguments for a permanent
stay, the company said."
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Copyright suit raises concerns
David Canton, canoe.ca, 2004-03-06
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Business/2004/03/06/372123.html

"A legal action that could potentially affect anyone who has downloaded
music on the Internet was recently initiated in Canada. The plaintiffs
in this civil suit are some of the biggest music record labels,
represented by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)."
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The future of copyright? Alternatives to old intellectual property model
offer flexibility, change
By Danny Norton, yvanguard.com/ Portland State, March 05, 2004
http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/03/05/4047a801714d4

"In 1984, a disaster of Orwellian proportions was averted by the Supreme
Court when it ruled that home taping of television programs for later
viewing constituted fair use. Universal Studios and the Walt Disney
Company filed suit against Sony eight years earlier over the copyright
implications of the Betamax VCR."