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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Canadian Supreme Court rules cached music files not copyright
infringement
By Simon Helm, DMEurope.com, 01/07/2004
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2207

"Internet Service Providers (ISPs) do not infringe a copyright owner's
right to communicate a work to the public merely by caching recorded
music files, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a decision
released on Wednesday."
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ISPs free from paying royalties
By LUMA MUHTADIE, Globe and Mail Update, Jun 30, 2004
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040630.w3scoc0630/BNStory/National/

"Internet service providers should not have to pay royalties to the
music industry for files downloaded by their customers, the Supreme
Court of Canada ruled Wednesday."
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'Controlled' music copying okay - record industry group
By Kristyn Maslog-Levis, ZDNet Australia, July 01, 2004
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39159288,00.htm

"Australia's main record industry group says it is not opposed to a
certain amount of copying by consumers, as long as it can be controlled.
Australia's peak record industry group has moved to clarify its position
in the heated debate over personal music copying proposals, saying that
they are not opposed to "controlled" copying of music by consumers."
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Discussion: U.S. Senate passes PIRATE act bill
by Ketola , Afterdawn.com, 30 June 2004
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5370.cfm

"The U.S. Senate has passed the PIRATE Act bill, which raised several
concerns when it was proposed. The Protecting Intellectual Rights
Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 2004 allows the
Department of Justice to file civil lawsuits against alleged copyright
pirates. Up until now the copyright holders have had to file the
lawsuits themselves."
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Hang onto your iPods: Here comes Orrin Hatch
By Larry Katz, BostonHerald.com, June 30, 2004
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=33825

"The Feds aren't coming to take away your iPod yet. But it could happen,
according to critics of a piece of pending legislation in the Senate.
Not only your iPod is in jeopardy. The Inducing Infringements of
Copyright Act introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) could conceivably
make using CD burners, MP3 players and even some cellphones illegal."