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Teen convicted under Internet piracy law
By Beth Defalco, USAToday.com, 3/7/2005
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-03-07-az-teen-downloader-convicted_x.htm
PHOENIX An Arizona university student is believed to be the first
person in the country to be convicted of a crime under state laws for
illegally downloading music and movies from the Internet, prosecutors
and activists say.
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Napster Creator Signs Deal with Sony
BY CIO-Today, March 6, 2005
http://www.cio-today.com/wrldwd/story.xhtml?story_title=Napster-Creator-Signs-Deal-with-Sony-for-Music-Tracking-System&story_id=30964&category=wrldwd
Snocap will allow songs to be identified as they are swapped online,
which then allows record companies to charge for them.
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Officials to evaluate future of Napster
by Jessica Calefati, GW Hatchet, 3/7/2005
http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2005/03/07/CampusNews/Officials.To.Evaluate.Future.Of.Napster-887366.shtml
The University will evaluate student use of Napster this semester to
determine whether the legal music downloading service will be continued
next year.
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Gigs & Bytes: MGM vs Grokster
By Pollstar.com, Mar 04 2005
http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=3846
The Michael Jackson trial may be the big reality/legal thriller these
days, but a case before the Supreme Court has already sparked plenty of
heated controversy even though it won't be heard until March 29th.
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Library Shuffles Its Collection
By Cyrus Farivar, Wired.com, Mar. 03, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66756,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4
Checking out a new iPod now applies to more than shopping trips or web
browsing. This week the South Huntington Public Library on Long Island,
New York, became one of the first public libraries in the country to
loan out iPod shuffles.
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Intel wants high-court to protect file sharing
By Dela, Afterdawn.com, 3 March 2005
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6161.cfm
Intel has joined the growing support for P2P technology just weeks
before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the MGM vs.
Grokster case.
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Artists Break With Industry on File Sharing: Some Musicians Say Web
Services Can Be Valuable Means of Distribution
By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, March 1, 2005; Page E05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61254-2005Feb28.html
A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues
and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to
hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who
illegally trade songs, movies and software.
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Kazaa Assets Frozen in Australia
By Patrick Gray, Wired.com, Mar. 04, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,66792,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The assets of Sharman Networks, the maker of
the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, have been frozen pending the outcome of
a lawsuit brought against the software-maker by the recording industry.
The personal assets of Sharman's directors, including their homes,
have also been frozen following the latest legal push.
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Start-ups blur lines between radio, music swapping
By John Borland, CNET News.com, March 4, 2005
http://news.com.com/Start-ups+blur+lines+between+radio%2C+music+swapping/2100-1027-5598987.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e703
A new generation of start-ups is taking a page from Apple Computer's
iTunes playbook, allowing Net radio listeners to draw their programming
at will from one another's hard drives.
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Press Release: Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Stanford Law Professor Lawrence
Lessig to Speak at New York Public Library on April 7
Thursday March 3, 8:00 am ET
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050303/sfth035_1.html
Pair to Explore the Topics of Copyright, Downloading and File-Sharing
in Who Owns Culture?
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Re-post: NYC Library Putting Images Online
By The Associated Press, Washington Post, March 2, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1973-2005Mar2.html
NEW YORK - The New York Public Library is putting hundreds of thousands
of its images online, allowing free personal downloads of material
including maps, Civil War photos and illuminated medieval manuscripts.