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Blog: Public Knowledge Praises Copyright Office Notice on Orphan Works
Contributed by: Tommy , Linuxelectrons, January 28 2005
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20050128092300242
"Background: The U.S. Copyright Office published in the Jan. 26 Federal
Register a notice asking for comment whether a solution is needed to
deal with orphan works works for which the copyright owner cannot be
located. "
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Music, movie, and software file-sharing causes legal problems for students
By Jessica Ullian , www.bu.edu/bridge, Week of 28 January 2005 Vol.
VIII, No. 17
http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2005/01-28/files.html
"Two years ago, when file-sharing was at the peak of its popularity, BU
students often told Jim Stone about their belief in the right to free
music. As the director of consulting services for the Office of
Information Technology, Stone is responsible for notifying students that
they have been caught sharing copyrighted music, movies, or software. "
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Dusty to Digital: Many library, museum collections finding a home online
By Martha Irvine, Associated Press, 01/30/2005
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA013005.3R.DigitalLibrary.4df49c62.html
"MADISON, Wis. It's a stately old building with looming columns, worn
marble stairways and arched doorways dedicated in 1900 "to the
conservation, advancement and dissemination of American Heritage."
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Lawyers ride shotgun for open source
By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com, January 31, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5557962.html
"A prominent intellectual property lawyer in the open-source movement is
helping launch a center to provide free services to developers who use
the collaborative programming method. "
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`TPMs': A perfect storm for consumers
By MICHAEL GEIST, The Toronto Star, Jan. 31, 2005
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1107126609169&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoRO%2bYKDSblFxAk%2bwoVO%2bYODSbhFxAg%2bwkRO%2bUPDSXiFxMh%2bwkZO%2bUCDSTmFxIk%2bw8RO%2bMKDSPkFxUj%2bw8UO%2bMNDSPgFxUv%2bw8YO%2bILDSLkFxQh1w%3d%3d&tacodalogin=yes
"Several weeks ago, an independent panel released a 234-page report on
the incident as CBS News continued its efforts to abate the scandal. Two
days after the freely available report was released, Internet users
noticed that attempts to electronically copy and paste sentences from
the lengthy report were rendered impossible as CBS's lawyers had
inserted a technological feature into the document that prevented any
form of electronic copying. "
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Steal This Show
By LORNE MANLY and JOHN MARKOFF, NY Times.com, January 30, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/arts/television/30manl.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1107270970-rYjM2Xp8IycTtR129rRZAQ
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"ISAAC RICHARDS didn't think of himself as a rebel, or a shock to the
well-lubricated system of the television industry. He was merely unhappy
with the cable box provided by his local operator. "
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RIAA sues 717 alleged copyright cheaters
By Tony Smith, The Register, 28th January 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/28/riaa_sues_717/
"The Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) has sued another 717
Americans for allegely distributing music illegally on P2P networks."
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Why punish the technology?
By Charles Cooper, Cnet News, January 28, 2005
http://news.com.com/Why+punish+the+technology/2010-1071_3-5553805.html
"Grokster and StreamCast are simply digital-age versions of the record
sellers or dance-hall operators that, when facing liability for failing
to supervise or control the infringement from which they directly
profit, seek to evade that liability by leaving the dirty work to others."
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Blog: On Copyright Law and Myopia
Posted by Donna Wentworth, Corante, January 31, 2005
http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/032745.php
"Seth Schoen has a nice exercise in reductio ad absurdum, pointing out
that the only argument the Business Software Alliance (BSA) makes in its
recent legislative agenda to refute the notion that copying is
beneficial to society is that restricting copying will make the software
industry larger and more profitable."