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Would John Kerry defang the DMCA?
By Declan McCullagh CNET News.com October 25, 2004
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5425019.html

"Commentary--John Kerry finally has hinted at a position that would mark
one of the first real differences from his Republican rival. In a barely
noticed remark on Thursday, the Democratic senator said he might support
defanging the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)--the unpopular law
that has prompted take-to-the-street protests from the geek community."
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Bush, Kerry weigh in on tech issues
By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com, October 21, 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5421302.html

"President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have both responded to a
questionnaire on technology policy from the Computing Technology
Industry Association, weighing in on such pressing issues as Internet
telephony and intellectual-property protection, the trade group said
Thursday."

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Press Release
Source: Audible Magic Corporation
Indies Join Major Labels in Fingerprinting Songs for Copyright
Protection With Audible Magic's RepliCheck Service,
PRNewswire-FirstCall, October 25
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041025/sfm020_1.html

" Audible Magic Corporation today announced a program that enables
independent artists and labels to register their music with the
company's anti-piracy information service for CD pressing plants."
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'Unprecedented' music piracy case hits courts
By Abby Dinham, ZDNet Australia, October 25, 2004
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39171266,00.htm

"A man is in court accused of copyright infringement due to allegations
that he was responsible for two terabytes of music files that were
downloaded between November 2002 and October 2003"
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Toe-to-Toe Over Peer-to-Peer
By Michael Grebb, Wired.com, Oct. 21, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65414,00.html/wn_ascii

"WASHINGTON -- Amid the recent collapse of talks over the Induce Act in
Congress, record labels are closing in on deals to enable several new
peer-to-peer services to emerge -- with the sanction of major record
labels that have so far derided P2P as a haven for piracy."
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Getting the Word on Intellectual Theft From the Top: Attorney General
Warns Students Of Consequences
By Monte Reel, Washington Post, 21, 2004; Page B02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50072-2004Oct20.html

"Many of them had heard the lectures from authority figures before:
Don't illegally download songs and games from the Internet because
people make their livings selling those products, stealing is a crime,
every crime has unseen consequences, and so on."
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Commentary: A Preliminary Report on the Chilling Effects of "Cease and
Desist" Letters
By Tricia Beckles and Marjorie Heins, The Free Expression Policy Project
http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/ceaseanddesist.html

"When does copyright control end and "fair use" begin? Fair use allows
students, artists, journalists, and others to borrow and quote from
copyrighted material without permission if they are doing it for
purposes like commentary, parody, or news reporting. But the contours of
this fair use defense to copyright infringement are vague, and in the
real world, most disagreements don't get decided in court. Instead,
copyright owners - especially corporate ones - send threatening "cease
and desist" letters to those they think are violating their copyrights
or trademarks. Needless to say, these letters do not advise the
recipients that their borrowing might be fair use."
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Archive: The Next Big Thing in Copyright? The Induce Act and
Contributory Liability
POLICY FORUM, October 20, 2004, 11:00 AM
Featuring David Green, MPAA; Markham Erickson, NetCoalition; Gigi Sohn,
Public Knowledge; Mitch Glazier, RIAA; and Adam Thierer, Cato Institute.
The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=1670
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Real Video of the Event:
http://www.cato.org/realaudio/cpf-10-20-04.ram