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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Schools 'violated copyright'
By Yomiuri Shimbun , The Yomiuri Shimbun,
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040312wo22.htm

"Thirty-three authors and poets filed a provisional injunction at the
Tokyo District Court on Thursday, demanding five preparatory schools and
companies that provide exam assistance over the Internet halt the
publishing, sale and distribution of their works in educational
materials without authorization, claiming such actions violated their
copyrights."
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A taxing proposal to solve the music download dilemma
By DAVID TICOLL, Globe and Mail.com,
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040311.gtcopyright11/BNStory/Technology/

"Canada has recently become the world's test case for an alternative
model of dealing with music downloads."
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THE GRIPE LINE WEBLOG
by Ed Foster, March 11, 2004
http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2004/03/11.html

"Meet Up to Save Your Fair Use RightsAs the music, movie, and software
industries inexorably work on depriving us of our rights, it sometimes
seems like there's nothing we can do about it. But there is, and it's
just a matter of you and me getting together a week from tonight to talk
about it."
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EU backs deal on copyright piracy
By Paul Meller, IHT, March 10, 2004
http://www.iht.com/articles/509521.htm

"BRUSSELS The European Parliament on Tuesday approved an anti-piracy law
intended to bring lax counterfeiting laws in countries like Greece, and
others about to join the European
Union, into line with countries with stricter standards like Britain."
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U.S. Copyright Office to Use Siebel Public Sector to Streamline Case
Management, Enhance Public Service
By  (BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2004--
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040310005233&newsLang=en

"Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL), a leading provider of business
applications software, today announced that the U.S. Copyright Office is
utilizing Siebel Public Sector's case management and logistics
capabilities to streamline its current paper-based operation and
integrate information from multiple legacy IT systems to improve
business processes."
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French Copyright Group Wants Apple To Pay Up For iPod
by Bryan Chaffin, March 10th, 2004
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/03/10.1.shtml

"The AP is reporting that a French association called the Society of
Music Creators, Composers and Publishers, or Sacem, is threatening to
sue Apple. Sacem is accusing Apple of not paying a levy leveled against
various storage devices in France; t"
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You Can't Copy That: The DMCA strikes again: Two judges order 321
Studios to stop selling its DVD copying software.
By Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, March 10, 2004
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115106,00.asp

"Two separate courts, one in California, the other in New York, have
issued orders for 321 Studios, maker of DVDXCopy, to stop selling its
software. That software includes DeCSS code, which circumvents the copy
protection mechanism in commercial DVD movies--an action that is
expressly forbidden by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, no matter
what the circumstance."
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EU passes tough new antipiracy law
By John Borland, CNET News.com March 9, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5171833.html

"The European Parliament passed controversial legislation Tuesday aimed
at cracking down on copyright pirates, ranging from DVD counterfeiters
to illicit Viagra sellers online. Aimed largely at large-scale
commercial counterfeiting operations, the bill had prompted a surge of
last-minute protest from civil liberties groups worried that draconian
provisions could be applied to ordinary Net surfers, such as individual
music swappers."
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