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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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'The Whole World Is Interested in Intellectual Property Right Now'
Harvard Law Bulletin, The Intellectual Property Issue, Summer 2004
http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2004/summer/feature_intro.html

". . . and, like never before, Harvard Law School is showing students
how IP law works"
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Copyright scheme could fuel transition to high-definition systems
By Rick Merritt, EE Times, July 15, 2004
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=23900919

"SAN JOSE, Calif. - An agreement between eight PC, consumer and movie
companies to develop a robust and flexible copyright protection system
for high-definition DVDs is expected to fuel the nascent high-definition
market."
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Thanks to the folks at Variety, this is a pdf of my op-ed about
Outfoxed, that ran in Variety. 
Text in the extended entry.
Fair Use or "Fair and Balanced"
By Lawrence Lessig, Variety, July 14, 2004
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002023.shtml

"Robert Greenwald's latest film, "Outfoxed," is a political documentary
about Republican bias at Fox News. It is also, as the New York Times
Sunday Magazine dubbed it, a "guerrilla documentary."
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Fair Use and Academic Publishing
Wednesday, July 14, at 1 p.m., U.S. Eastern time
http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2004/07/copyright/chat.php3
(Chat Transcript)

"Indiana University Press's withdrawal of a scholarly book is just the
latest example of copyright claims trumping scholarship. Just what use
are "fair use" provisions in copyright law if presses lack the
wherewithal to challenge such claims? What steps can be taken by
scholars to protect fair use?"
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The Excessively Annotated RIAA Letter on the INDUCE Act (IICA)
By Ernest, corante.com, July 14, 2004 
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/005003.html

"Just about a week ago, a number of technology companies, civil
liberties groups and consumer rights organizations sent a letter to
Senators requesting hearings on the fast-tracked Inducing Infringment of
Copyrights Act (IICA, nie INDUCE Act) (Many Organizations Sign on to
Letter Requesting INDUCE Act Hearings). Read the letter at EFF (one of
the signatories): Letter to Senator Hatch, Re: S. 2560, the "Inducing
Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004".
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Tech, Hollywood heavyweights create content coalition
By John Borland, CNET News.com, July 13, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5268315.html

"Consumers might soon be able to make legal copies of high-definition
movies, if a new coalition of media companies can reach agreement.
Several high-profile technology companies and movie studios are expected
to announce Wednesday that they have formed an alliance to ensure that
high-definition video and other content cannot be pirated in home
networks. In doing so, the group may also lay the groundwork for the
legal copying of such content."
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Microsoft's Ballmer slams open source
By SIMON AVERY, Globe and Mail, Jul 13, 2004
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040713.wbalmike0713/BNStory/Business/

"In a spirited and thunderous address, the head of Microsoft Corp.
admitted that the company has much more work to do to improve software
security, even as it rolled out several new products and strategies for
combatting software viruses, which are attacking global information
systems with greater frequency and sophistication."
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 Music industry appeals Net copyright ruling Wants identities of file
swappers Judge said sharing music not illegal
By TYLER HAMILTON, The Toronto Star,  Jul. 13, 2004
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1089670219674&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851&tacodalogin=no

"A federal court judge made "sweeping" errors regarding Canadian
copyright law and rules of evidence in a spring ruling that sheltered
the identities of 29 alleged music pirates, the recording industry
argued in an appeal filed yesterday."
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Repeat After Me: A Book is a Book
by Dan Gillmor, SiliconValley.com, July 13, 2004
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010595.shtml

"This NY Times piece compares Amazon.com with Napster. Huh? The odd
logic is that used books sold online are cutting into sales of new
books, which may or may not be true. But the Napster comparison is
ludicrous for some obvious reasons, including the fact that an actual
book is not a digitized song, and that if I'm holding a specific book
you are not holding the same copy."
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