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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Library Groups Join Effort to Ease Copyright Law's Restrictions on
Digital Sharing
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, From the issue dated July 9, 2004
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i44/44a03102.htm
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"The Association of American Universities and five academic library
groups have joined a coalition that seeks to make the digital
distribution of copyrighted works easier in some circumstances. The
coalition already includes  consumer groups and telecommunications and
electronics companies."
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EU to help China build modern copyright system
By www.chinaview.cn, 2004-07-06
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/06/content_1578554.htm

"BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhuanet)-- European copyright experts expressed
their willingness to support China's efforts to design a modern
copyright system on a seminar here Monday and Tuesday, which was
co-sponsored by European Union (EU) and National Copyright
Administration of China (NCAC)."
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Bill targets firms that 'induce' copyright violations
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, July 06, 2004
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/06/induce/

"New legislation recently introduced by a group of powerful U.S.
senators would allow artists and entertainment companies to sue creators
of products, such as peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software, that "induce"
copyright violations."
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TMO Reports - Proposed Copyright Law Could Spell Trouble For Apple
By Brad Gibson, 7:45 AM CDT, July 6th, 2004
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/07/06.3.shtml

"A proposed law now being considered in the U.S. Senate could open up
companies like Apple to copyright infringement suits from music labels,
USA TODAY reported Monday. The bill, which could impose hefty fines, is
being criticized as too broad and would open up music player
manufacturers as well as the news media who simply give advice to
consumers to multi-million dollar lawsuits.
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Let holders protect copyright: ARIA
By Patrick Donovan, Theage.com, July 7, 2004
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/06/1089000136834.html?oneclick=true

"Proposed changes to legislation allowing consumers to copy CDs for
personal use, and to impose a levy on blank
CDs for distribution to songwriters, would create an inefficient and
unfair system, says the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA)."
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Studios eye new anti-piracy technology
By Gary Gentile, USAToday.com, Associated Press, 7/2/2004
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-07-02-anti-piracy_x.htm

"LOS ANGELES - The organization behind the Academy Awards is eyeing new
technology to prevent a sequel to last year's embarrassing attempt to
protect films by not distributing them to Oscar voters at all."
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Kazaa copyright trial set for November
By Abby Dinham, CNET News.com, July 2, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5255741.html

"Sharman Networks, the parent company of controversial file-sharing
service Kazaa, could face the music by the end of the year following an
Australian federal court ruling."
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Canadian High Court Takes Copyright Heat Off ISPs
By Jay Lyman, TechNewsWorld, 07/01/04
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34891.html

"While industry observers have called Canada's position on P2P
file-sharing a good measure of the copyright issues challenging
legitimate online music providers, artists, ISPs and others, Gartner
research director Mike McGuire said that this week's ruling highlights
that each nation is different."
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Movie Lobby Group in New Hands
By Katie Dean , Wired.com, Jul. 01, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64063,00.html/wn_ascii

"A former congressional representative from Kansas will replace Jack
Valenti as the head of the Motion Picture Association of America,
Hollywood's powerful lobbying organization and the shaper of laws that
critics say may stifle technology in the name of preventing piracy."
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Groups Urge Bush Action on Copyright Piracy
By Reuters.com, Fri Jul 2, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=5579416

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. music, movie and software groups urged the
Bush administration on Friday to cut trade benefits for Russia if that
country does make significant progress by October in reducing copyright
piracy."
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ISPs and copyright
By Brian Bishop, Globe and Mail, Jul 5, 2004
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040705.gtlet3july5/BNStory/Technology/

"The following letter is a response to the June 30 story headlined, ISPs
avoid royalties for music downloads
Dear Editor,"