In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Justice Department getting rights to sue copyright pirates
By OUT-LAW.com, 29/06/2004
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=justicedepartmentg1088506430&area=news

"The Senate passed controversial legislation on Friday that will allow
the US Department of Justice to bring civil rather than criminal actions
against individuals - such as file-swappers - accused of copyright
infringements."
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Senate Bill Targets File Swapping Networks: Critics Claim Bill Could
Outlaw Many Consumer Electronic Products
By Rick Ellis, NBC13.com, June 28, 2004
http://www.nbc13.com/technology/3468806/detail.html

"A Senate bill proposed last Wednesday would, if approved, effectively
ban peer-to-peer file-sharing networks in the United States. Introduced
by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act
of 2004 would allow companies to be held liable if they "intentionally
induce" copyright infringement. The bill seems to be designed to
overturn a recent court ruling that found that peer-to-peer file-sharing
software is legal and any copyright infringement liability rested with
end-users. That ruling has forced the music and movie industries to file
lawsuits against individual users, a move that has proved costly and
unpopular with the public."
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Bill criticised for stifling innovation
Jun 29, 2004
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/433339%3fformat=html

"United States senate leaders have introduced a bill to make it easier
to sue peer-to-peer services like Kazaa and eDonkey 2000, which allow
users to copy music and movies for free over the internet."
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US Senate To Ban P2P?
By DVDrecordable.org,  Jun 28, 2004
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1375&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

"Popular file-trading networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus would be
outlawed under a new bill that enjoys broad support from top Democrats
and Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Their legislation says "whoever
intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally
liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban
file-swapping networks and could also imperil some consumer electronics
devices."
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Big FTA stoush brewing on copyright
By James Riley, Australianit.news.com, JUNE 29, 2004
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9983163%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15318,00.html

"A FULL-SCALE political stoush is brewing over intellectual property
provisions in the Australia-US free trade agreement following the
passage of enabling legislation last week.
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Copyright Clearance Center and OCLC Deliver Integrated Copyright
Permission Service; Partnership Provides Librarians With Direct Access
To Rights Licensing Through FirstSearch and ILLiad 
By BUSINESS WIRE, June 28, 2004
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040628005111&newsLang=en

"ORLANDO, Fla.--Copyright Clearance Center, the world's premier provider
of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, and OCLC Online
Computer Library Center Inc., a leading computer library service and
research organization, today announced a strategic partnership to
provide easy access to copyright licensing directly from two of OCLC's
leading reference and resource-sharing services. Through Copyright
Clearance Center's Copyright Integration Services, librarians and other
users of OCLC FirstSearch and ILLiad can now check copyright fees and
obtain permission to use text materials through a convenient link to
Copyright Clearance Center's popular online licensing services. Through
these integrated solutions, OCLC users will experience a streamlined
permissions process when initiating an ILL transaction, saving them time
and minimizing data entry errors."
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Piracy Tops the Agenda at Copyright Conference
By Brian Lavery, MacnewsWorld.com, 06/28/04
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/34800.html

"Despite the desire of consumer groups for a standard digital-rights
management system that would let different software and hardware play
songs purchased from different online stores, the success of iTunes,
which sells more than 6.5 million songs a month in the United States,
makes it less likely that Apple will compromise on these issues."
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Senate passes bill to stem theater piracy
By Bloomberg, 2004-06-27
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Business/2004/06/27/1088305849.htm

"The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill cracking down on movie piracy
that the motion picture industry says costs Hollywood studios billions
of dollars."
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Senate Passes Toughened CopyrightLaws
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters.com,  Jun 25, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5519455

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed two bills on Friday that
would carve out a larger role for law enforcers in the entertainment
industry's struggle to limit unauthorized copying of its movies and
music."
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Congress Looks Out for Hollywood
By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Jun. 26, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64005,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
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U.S. Senate approves antipiracy bill: Peer-to-peer software vendors
object
 
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, June 25, 2004
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/06/25/HNpiracy_1.html
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IP Versus IP
By Susan Kuchinskas, Internetnews.com,  June 25, 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3373401

"SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Intellectual property issues are ubiquitous on
the Internet. When intellectual property meets Internet protocol,
experts say, there are more questions than answers."
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Australia may permit 'personal' music copying
By Kristyn Maslog-Levis, ZDNet Australia, June 25, 2004
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39158644,00.htm

"A parliamentary committee has recommended Australia follow the Canadian
model, which permits the copying of purchased music for personal use"
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