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Press Release:
Interactive Learning Guide to Help Faculty Make Sense of Copyright Laws
From- Newswise, 20-Jan-2005
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/509338/?sc=lwtn
Baruch College, a senior college within The City University of New
York, and Kognito Solutions LLC today announced the release of a free
interactive guide to help faculty determine the appropriate copyright
guidelines they must follow when using different types of copyrighted
media in their courses.
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http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright/.
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Online Music Catches On, But Profit Is Hard To Find
By Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune, 01/24/05
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/39953.html
Up for speculation at the Midem show was whether Sony would move on to
align itself with Apple's format or Microsoft's or both. For the new
Napster, which supports Windows standards, the debate is a non-issue.
According to Chris Gorog of Roxio, which owns Napster, "It's all going
to Microsoft. Bill Gates is becoming very successful at getting into the
living room."
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Exeem opens new file-swapping doors
By John Borland , CNET News.com, January 21, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5545730.html
Underground programmers hoping to capitalize on the BitTorrent
file-swapping community on Friday unveiled highly anticipated software
that some peer-to-peer advocates believe could blunt recent legal
attacks from Hollywood.
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Supreme Court sets date for file-sharing case
By Declan McCullagh , CNET News.com, January 21, 2005
http://news.com.com/2110-1030_3-5545186.html
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date for oral arguments in a closely
watched case that could decide whether file-sharing networks are legal
to operate or not. The case will be heard on March 29, the justices said
Thursday.
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EFF Press Release: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_01.php#002221
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Press Release:
Copyright Clearance Center Announces New Customers
Posted Jan 21, 2005
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=7539
Copyright Clearance Center, a provider of copyright licensing and
compliance solutions, has announced a number of new clients. USA TODAY
has selected Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink as its online
licensing solution. The newspaper will use Rightslink to enable
individuals and organizations to order copyright permissions, hard copy
reprints, digital reprints, and customized reprints that include full
color articles, and illustrations directly from USATODAY.com.:
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U of T copyright conference
By p2pnet.net News
http://p2pnet.net/story/3622
Friday, February 11, is the date set for the student-run Technology and
Intellectual Property Law Group of the University of Torontos one-day
conference, "Sound Bytes/Sound Rights: Canada at the Crossroads of
Copyright Law."
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Digital Device Dilemma
By Dinah Greek, VNUNet, 01/21/05
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/39911.html
Because there is no common standard, manufacturers can ensure files
using their DRM system will only play on the hardware they make. The
likelihood will be that people will be restricted to the media players
the files will play on.
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UN body promotes open source in education
By Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK, January 21
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050121/152/farq5.html
An official UN report has praised the high quality and reliability of
free and open source software
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Talking Law: Trademark or copyright: resolving an old question
By VNS, 19-01-2005
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01TAW190105
For centuries, Eastern and Western philosophers have asked the question
"what is art?" The concept strikes at our fundamental human
understanding of beauty and utility, reason and emotion and art and
craft. The differences between these concepts has always been a point of
contention for audiences and artists alike.
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GVSU warns file sharers
By Alan Ingram, Grand Valley Lanthorn
http://www.lanthorn.com/news.asp?type=NS&aid=4461
Grand Valley State University students have been warned: Download and
file share at your own risk.
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From BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 1/20/05
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BERKMAN CENTER RELEASES REPORTS ON DIGITAL MEDIA
Harvard's Berkman Center has released a pair of reports together with
GartnerG2 on the state of digital media. The reports include analysis of
legal cases and a supplement on international developments.
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Reports:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/wp2005.pdf
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/wpsupplement2005.pdf