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Entertainment Industry Reaffirms Anti-P2P Stance: Supreme Court Urged to
Hold File-Sharing Services Liable For Copyright Violations
By David McGuire, washingtonpost.com, January 25, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35796-2005Jan25.html
"The recording and motion picture industries filed legal arguments with
the Supreme Court late Monday urging the justices to declare Internet
file-sharing services illegal under existing copyright law."
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U.S. Asks High Court to Curb File Swapping
By David McGuire, Washington Post, January 25, 2005; Page E05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34041-2005Jan24.html
"The government's top lawyer has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the
ruling that allowed the makers of online song- and movie-swapping
software to stay in business."
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Court refuses rehearing in cartridge suit
By Associated Press, Kansas City.com, Feb. 21, 2005
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10958206.htm?1c
"LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its
ruling that allowed a North Carolina company to make and sell computer
chips that enable recycled toner cartridges to work in Lexmark
International printers."
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The Controversy Over Politically-Motivated "Million Dollar Baby"
Spoilers: Do They Violate Copyright Law By Destroying Market Demand For
the Movie?
By JULIE HILDEN, Findlaw.com, Feb. 22, 2005
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20050222.html
"If one ever doubted the need for the First Amendment's protections,
then the furor over the movie "Million Dollar Baby" ought to make the
case. The controversy illustrates that some critics would rather kill
off speech they don't like, than try to rebut it."
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High-Tech Tension Over Illegal Uses: Supreme Court Will Consider Devices
That Help Users Copy, Share and Steal
By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, February 22, 2005; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42401-2005Feb21.html?referrer=email
"In 2002, a young software programmer in Seattle named Bram Cohen solved
a vexing Internet problem: how to get large computer files such as home
movies or audio recordings of music concerts to travel rapidly across
cyberspace."
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Google's library sparks French fear
By Timothy Heritage in Paris, Australian IT News, FEBRUARY 21, 2005
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12321162%5E15841%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
"FRANCE'S national library has raised a "war cry" over plans by Google
to put books from some of the world's great libraries on the internet."
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Policy Analysis no. 534: Peer-to-Peer Networking and Digital Rights
Management: How Market Tools Can Solve Copyright Problems
by Michael A. Einhorn and Bill Rosenblatt, Cato.org, February 17, 2005
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3670
"The term "peer to peer" (P2P) refers generally to software that enables
a computer to locate a content file on another networked device and copy
the encoded data to its own hard drive. P2P technology often attracts
people who use it to reproduce or distribute copyrighted music and
movies without authorization of rights owners. For that reason, the
short history of P2P technology has been one of constant controversy and
calls by many in the content industry to regulate or even ban P2P-based
networks or software."
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Music industry doesn't need more government protection
By MICHAEL GEIST, The Star.com,
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108942809302&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
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"In these politically charged times, there is a tendency to view many
policy issues, whether they be same sex marriage or tax reform, through
a narrow lens left or right, blue or red, liberal or conservative. The
same is true for copyright issues."
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AOL blocks music-copying feature
By John Borland, CNET News.com, February 18, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5582618.html
"merica Online is disabling a feature of its popular music software
that had been used to evade copy-prevention features of digital music
services, the company said Friday."
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Napster Does 180
By Michael Ingram, Slyc.com, February 19, 2005
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=675
"Napster is where the legal battles began. With the backing of fans,
Napster stood firm against the music industry. To make the well
chronicled story short, Napster lost and was sold at a bankruptcy
auction to Roxio, who used the name to rebrand their Pressplay music
service."
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The copyright 'copyfight' is on
By BBCNews, 18 February, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4277075.stm
"There will be no winners if we do not sort out copyright, argues
columnist Bill Thompson. But let us not forget moral rights. Amidst all
the "will they?, won't they?" excitement over whether European patent
law should be updated, and whether the version currently on offer will
allow US-style software patents, it would be easy to forget that
another, bigger, battle continues around the world."
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Battle Lines Being Drawn
By Infoworld.com, February 18, 2005
http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2005/02/18.html
For those of you who feel the GripeLog is focusing too much on EULAs at
the expensive of other gripe topics, let me just say first that I share
your concern. But let me also warn you that it's going to get worse
before it gets better, because things are starting to heat up on the
EULA front.