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Attorney General John Ashcroft Emphasizes IP Protection to SIIA Members
Speech Coincides with Release of DOJ's Intellectual Property Task Force
report 
By PRNewswire, Yahoio.com,  October 19, 1:48 pm ET
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041019/dctu055_1.html

"WASHINGTON,  -- Attorney General John Ashcroft appeared at the SIIA's
biannual Copyright Protection Committee (CPC) meeting in San Jose, CA on
October 13 to address a gathering of software industry executives during
a luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel."
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Ashcroft Vows Piracy Assault
By Katie Dean< wired.com, Oct. 14, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65331,00.html/wn_ascii

"While the entertainment industry has had some recent setbacks in its
fight against piracy in the courts and in Congress, it has a new ally in
John Ashcroft, who recently pledged to make cracking down on copyright
violators a top priority.
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UNC starts pilot program to allow free file sharing
By Associated Press, USAToday.com, 10/16/2004
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-10-16-unc-file-sharing-pilot_x.htm

"GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Four schools in the University of North
Carolina system will participate in a pilot program that allows them to
download music, movies and other copyrighted material on the Internet
for free. "
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Web radio gets $1.7 billion boost
By Matt Hines, CNET News.com, October 18, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5414725.html

"update The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio
Music License Committee to let stations legally stream their on-air
content over the Internet."
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Copyright must be modernised, says Amsterdam symposium
by Joe Figueiredo, DMEurope, 18/10/2004
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=3855

"Despite recent changes, copyright in its present form is not working
and needs to be adapted to current attitudes and practices of the
digital society. This was the underlying message of most speakers at a
recent symposium in Amsterdam on alternative copyright models."
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British ISPs must unmask downloaders
By Jo Best, CNETAsia, October 18 2004
http://asia.cnet.com/news/industry/0,39037106,39197840,00.htm

"A British court has ordered Internet service providers to identify 28
people who are allegedly downloading music illegally."