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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Music sharing that's free and legal
By Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com November 8, 2004
http://news.com.com/Music+sharing+thats+free+and+legal/2100-1027_3-5441036.html?tag=nefd.lede

"A new twist on file sharing is holding out the promise of allowing
millions of people to share their song collections online, at no
cost--and without legal risk."
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File-Sharing Network Thrives Beneath the Radar
By Adam Pasick, Reuters.com,  Nov 6, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=6734507

"LONDON (Reuters) - A file-sharing program called BitTorrent has become
a behemoth, devouring more than a third of the Internet's bandwidth, and
Hollywood's copyright cops are taking notice"
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Canada must ratify WIPO Copyright Treaty, committee says
By JACK KAPICA, Globe and Mail, Nov 4, 2004
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041104.gtcopyrightnov4/BNStory/Technology/

"The effort to further modernize copyright law in Canada, which was
derailed because of the election during the summer, has been put back on
track."
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The end user: Copyright patchwork
By Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune,  November 6, 2004
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/05/business/ptend06.html

"'Gone With the Wind" is apparently gone with the wind, at least in
Australia, where the Project Gutenberg collection of copyright-free
texts this year made the novel available at no charge on the Internet. "
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Are you guilty of copyright infringement?
By Lisa Kerner, kioskmarketplace, 05 November 2004
http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/research.htm?article_id=21243&pavilion=10&step=story

"The Copyright Act is designed to protect various types of creative
works, from art on the wall to books on the shelf to music on your
computer. Without this protection, there is little incentive for people
to generate new material. "If copyright is not protected, artistic
creations won't happen," said Attorney Megan E. Gray, a Washington, D.C.
lawyer specializing in intellectual property. Gray explains that basic
copyright is protected by the constitution. Copyright Act is actually a
collection of laws that Congress has enacted over time. The basic law
does not change regardless of the media, noted Gray."
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MPAA to Sue Over Movie File Sharing: Industry Following Lead Of Music
Companies
By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post,  November 5, 2004; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25784-2004Nov4.html?referrer=email

"The movie industry announced yesterday it will file its first wave of
lawsuits later this month against those it alleges are illegally sharing
copyrighted films on the Internet, joining the music industry in its
fight against piracy."
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Regulation to protect copyrights on networks
By Cui Ning, China Daily, 2004-11-05
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/05/content_388857.htm

"The National Copyright Administration will soon implement a draft
regulation on administrative protection of copyrights on information
networks, to better protect Internet-based work and prevent piracy. The
draft regulation, worked out by the administration and the Ministry of
Information Industry, aims to further bring China's copyright protection
closer to international standards, sources from the administration said
at a hearing yesterday in Beijing."