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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Federal judge rules copyright doesn't cover all Internet
By Associated Press, USAToday.com, 4/9/2004
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-04-09-no-cright-in-aggregation_x.htm

"TAMPA - A U.S. District Court judge has ruled a St. Petersburg
company's Internet-searching software program did not infringe on
copyrights held by another Web site."
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Microsoft, Business Partner Concocted 'Scheme' to Protect Copyrights: A
firm alleges it was a victim of Microsoft's aggressive effort to protect
itself against copyright infringement
By Kelly Cramer, Miami Daily Business Review, 04-09-2004
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1081348843696

"A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has awarded a Boca Raton,
Fla., software sales company $1.1 million in damages because software
giant Microsoft and one of its business partners engaged in a "scheme"
to defraud and deceive the firm as part of Microsoft's effort to protect
its copyrights."
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U.S. music sales continue to rise despite Piracy 
By Associated Press, SiliconValley.com, Apr. 09, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8396823.htm

"LOS ANGELES (AP) - Online music file-sharing and other forms of piracy
haven't gone away, but a gradual turnaround in U.S. music sales that
began in the fall has picked up in the first quarter of this year,
resulting in the industry's best domestic sales in years."
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Music sales fall 7.6 percent; industry blames piracy 
By Dow Jones/AP, Apr. 07, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8377665.htm

"LONDON () -- Global sales of recorded music slid again in 2003 as
piracy and illegal downloading continued to inflict damage, a leading
industry group said Wednesday.
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Copyright in the Digital Age
Lawrence Lessig
Professor, Stanford Law School
Wednesday, April 14, 2004; 1:00 p.m ET
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/04/sp_technews_lessig041404.htm

"Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig will be online to discuss
his book, "Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to
Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity." In his book, Lessig argues
that the entertainment industry conspires with Congress to use copyright
law to destroy our traditional notion of freedom in culture."
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Ruling clarifies copyright law
By David Canton, Canoe.ca, 2004-04-10
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/Business/2004/04/10/415494.html

"In the recent and unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada --
CCH
Canada v. Law Society of Upper Canada -- Chief Justice Beverley
McLachlin clarified a number of important issues for copyright law in
Canada. While it dealt with copying in a law library, the principles
discussed in the decision could affect issues surrounding such things as
music downloading, computer software and compilations such as phone or
business directories."
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Putting Files in Shared Directories Not Copyright Infringement: Judge
compares P2P software to photocopier in a library
by Matthew Mernagh, OfficialWire, 04/11/04
http://officialspin.com/main.php?action=recent&rid=1397

"ST. CATHARINES, CANADA --When the story broke that Justice Konrad von
Finckenstein ruled against the Canadian Recording Industry Association
(CRIA) [www.cria.ca], allowing legal P2P swapping, many looked at the
story as an April Fools joke. Certainly no judge would compare digital
file swapping to the placement of a photocopier in a library. The
photocopier image was reinforced by a Supreme Court of Canada verdict
(involving an actual photocopier at a library) that didn9t see a
violation of copyright if someone were to photocopy or download material
for research purposes. As long as the person complied with Section 29 of
the Copyright Act, copying for personal use, anything goes.
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Students discuss WesMatch incident
BY CHRISTINE KIM, Yale Herald,  APRIL 9, 2004 VOL. XXXVII, NO. 11
http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=3209

"Though a week has passed since accusations first surfaced that parts of
YaleStation Degrees were allegedly copied from Wes-leyan University's
online dating site, WesMatch.com, the facts are still hazy and a clear
resolution for the matter has yet to be reached. Wesmatch.com creator,
Dan Stillman, said that although bits of code are copied all the time,
Degrees crossed the line by copying whole portions of code, including
colors. A"
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Speaking of Music Piracy ....
By Associated Press, Apr. 08, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62995,00.html/wn_ascii

"To see the future of online music prices, look no further than Fly or
Die, the new album by rock-meets-hip-hop trio N.E.R.D."
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This program lets you copy music without any restrictions!
Washington| Suni System, April 09, 2004
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=35523&cat=Science

"There is good news for all music freaks sharing digital music online. A
magazine, Computertechnik(c't) and software company ,RapidSolution
Software of Germany have developed a program called unCDcopy to enable
computer users to get around any copying restrictions."
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How to circumvent Open Source Licenses for commercial and
interoperability purposes
by lkcl , 9 Apr 2004 
http://www.advogato.org/article/763.html

"The European Directive on Copyright law, 91/EC/250, which was recently
referenced "without prejudice" in the latest Directive on the European
DMCA-like proposal, makes it clear that interoperability at interfaces
points in both software and hardware take precedent over Copyright."
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World Book And Copyright Day Celebrations At Alliance Francaise
By Accra Mail (Accra), All Africa.com, April 8, 2004
http://allafrica.com/stories/200404080882.html

"The Minister for Education, Youth and Sports, Mr. Kwadwo Baah Wiredu
will on Friday April 23, 2004 be the guest speaker during activities
marking the celebration of the World Book and Copyright Day
Celebrations, which will be held at the premises of the Alliance
Francaise in Accra."
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Teacher charged with copyright violations
BY JOHN HILDEBRAND and NEDRA RHONE, Newsday.com, April 8, 2004
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lisat0407,0,5873094.story?coll=ny-liminute-headlines

"Warning that an SAT security breach could result in score cancellations
for hundreds of Long Island students, exam sponsors have charged
copyright infringement by a former Jericho teacher who allegedly
provided teens with questions that later appeared on a March 27 test."
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FCC to look at digital radio piracy?
By John Borland, CNET News.com, April 7, 2004
Last modified:, 5:26 PM PDT
http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5186980.html

"Federal regulators appear to be making a surprise move toward proposing
new content protection rules for digital broadcast radio, consumer
groups said Wednesday."