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2 Plead Guilty in Piracy Case
By Jon Healey, LATimes.com, January 19, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-piracy19jan19,1,3041155.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
The Justice Department said Tuesday that two men had pleaded guilty to
violating copyrights on peer-to- peer networks, marking the first
federal criminal convictions for file sharing.
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State bill could cripple P2P
By John Borland , CNET News.com January 18, 20
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5540937.html
A bill introduced in California's Legislature last week has raised the
possibility of jail time for developers of file-swapping software who
don't stop trades of copyrighted movies and songs online.
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Commons simplifies net rights
By Jennifer Foreshew, The Australia, January 18, 2005
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11969937%255E15318,00.html
AN Australian version of a legally binding licence that allows
governments and artists to share information on the internet will be
launched today.
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That ain't all right, Mama: uproar on copyright
By Tim Webb, Independent News & Media (UK) Ltd., 16 January 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=601289
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Record companies and artists have hit out at the European Commission
for allowing the exclusive copyright on Elvis Presley's first hits -
owned by Sony-BMG - to expire this month.
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New Copyright Law Bans Unauthorized Exchange of Music Files Online
By chosun.com, Jan.18,2005
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501180011.html
The Culture and Tourism Ministry has launched a new copyright law that
gives singers, instrumentalists and record producers complete authority
over their work.
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On My Mind: Music Like Water
By avid Kusek,Forbes.com, 01.31.05
http://www.forbes.com/columnists/free_forbes/2005/0131/042.html
People should pay for their music the way they pay for gas or
electricity. More people are consuming music today than ever before, yet
very few of them are paying for it. The music recording industry blames
file sharing for a downturn in CD sales and, with the publishing
companies, has tried its best to litigate this behavior out of
existence, rather than try to monetize the conduct of music fans.
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COMMENTARY: An Uncommon Commons
By Philip H. Albert, www.LinuxInsider.com, 01/18/05
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/39732.html
A "creative commons" (tip of the hat to Lawrence Lessig) can exist for
copyrighted works, such as software, a Web page, a book, a play, a
movie, etc., since an author can grant a positive right to use the work.
When the author knows that he or she created the work themselves, they
know there is no copyright infringement to worry about.
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Peer-to-peer 'seeders' could be targeted
By Will Knight, NewScientist.com,14 January 2005
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6882
File traders who seed peer-to-peer networks with copyrighted material
can be identified and traced, according to a US company.
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How copyright could be killing culture
By GUY DIXON, Toronto Globe and Mail, Monday, January 17, 2005 - Page R1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050117/DOCS17/TPEntertainment/TopStories
The high cost of getting permission to use archival footage and photos
threatens to put makers of documentaries out of business
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Photographers concerned over copyright infringement
By SCOTT SWANSON, The Mining Journal: The Upper Peninsula's Largest
Daily Newspaper, January 16, 2005
http://www.miningjournal.net/news/story/0116202005_new02-n0116.asp
MARQUETTE - As technology progresses, the ability to make cheap,
high-quality copies of professionally snapped photographs has become
easier and easier.
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Press Release:
New Music Group Claims Cultural Revolution Through Copyright Reform Contact
By Tryad, Andrew Vavrek
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_release.php?rID=2815
Using "copyleft" licensing, the new musical group Tryad collaborate,
produce and release music over the internet. /24-7PressRelease.com/ -
January 15, 2005 - SEATTLE, WashingtonA new musical group, Tryad, today
announced that its four members formed a virtual band across the ocean
through the copyright reform organization Creative Commons.