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Colleges Join Forces to Fight Company's Patent Claims on Use of Audio
and Video Online
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, August 11, 2004
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=xfllaymr29zknlx2bb118ygflu0uo7q

"More than 50 colleges have agreed to collaborate on a legal defense
against a company that claims to hold patents on the concept of
streaming audio and video recordings online -- and that is demanding
payments from colleges and companies that rely on streaming technology."
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Must-download TV The latest developments in TV-show-trading technology
mean you don't need TiVo to watch what you want, when you want.
By Farhad Manjoo, Salon.,com, Aug. 11, 2004  |
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/08/11/must_download_tv/index_np.html

"Hollywood's nightmare scenario is that high-definition TV will become
"Napsterized," with shows available online to anyone,  anytime, for free
-- which may sound, to some TV fans, less like a nightmare than a
heavenly dream."
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U.S. armed forces enlist Napster for download deals 
By Associated Press, Silicon Valley, Aug. 11, 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9375301.htm

"LOS ANGELES (AP) - Napster has struck an agreement with the U.S.
government to offer its online music download service to members of the
military and their families at a reduced price."
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China:
US: Heart of Global Copyright Piracy Problem is in China
By Heda Bayron, Beijing, 12 Aug 2004
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=494266A4-B857-400B-BB1DFD5C6FB891EE

"A senior U.S. commerce official says the center of the global product
counterfeiting problem is in China, and Chinese authorities are not
doing enough to combat the crime. Copyright piracy in China is believed
to be costing international companies  as much as $50 billion annually."
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Australia:
Cinemas urged to watch watchers filming the film
By Garry Maddox, SMH.com, August 13, 2004
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/12/1092102598023.html?oneclick=true

"Moviegoers who use video cameras to make pirate copies of films have
prompted a crackdown by cinemas, with rewards planned for staff who spot
patrons filming movies."
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CBO Offers Lawmakers Framework for Copyright Revisions 
By Telecom, August 13, 2004
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1092322344.htm

"Three primary options are among those available to the Congress in its
deliberations on the current copyright debate, according to a new report
from the Congressional Budget Office: (1) forbearance, (2) compulsory
licensing of digital content, and (3) revision of copyright law in favor
of either copyright holders or consumers of copyrighted material."
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Elvis has left the building - time to free his works too
By  Becky Hogge, updated 12 August 2004
http://www.indexonline.org/news/20040812_unitedstates.shtml

"The international recording industry is preparing to lobby the EU for
changes to existing copyright law. But in an attempt to manipulate law
for profit, we are being asked to place whole chunks of our culture into
a commercial vacuum. Becky Hogge comments."
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We're All Journalists Now
By Xeni Jardin, Wired.com, Aug. 11, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64534,00.html/wn_ascii

"As columnist with the San Jose Mercury News, veteran Silicon Valley
reporter Dan Gillmor has covered the bubble, boom, bust and continuing
evolution of the tech industry for over a decade. Along the way, he has
become an increasingly influential voice in exploring how technology
changes media -- and how it changes us in the process."
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Ferreting out copyright scofflaws
By David Becker, CNET News.com, August 10, 2004
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5303966.html

"Just when you thought software licensing enforcement couldn't get any
more fun, the copyright cops at the Business Software Alliance have
enlivened the process with a spunky cartoon ferret."
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Internet Archive has copyright problems: DMCA exempt for now
By Nick Farrell, The Inquirer, 11 August 2004
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17785

"THE DIGITAL Millennium Copyright Act is proving a headache for those
hoping to preserve software and data."
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