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Court Weighs File Sharing: Technology Advances vs. Copyrights in
Grokster Case
By Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, March 30, 2005; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8684-2005Mar29.html?referrer=email
"The entertainment industry yesterday took its campaign to stop illegal
sharing of music and videos to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the
justices that popular online services such as Grokster and Kazaa should
be held responsible for the unlawful acts of their users."
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McGuire on File-Sharing Case
By David McGuire, Mar. 29, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/business/032905-5s.htm?referrer=email
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Photos:
Making noise at P2P hearings
Musicians with "Don't Steal My Future" signs urge the court to rule
against file-swapping.
Credit: Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/Photos+Making+noise+at+P2P+hearings/2009-1028_3-5645621.html?tag=st.num
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Supreme Court may redefine file swapping
By John Borland, CNET News.com, March 29, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5644861.html
"update WASHINGTON--Supreme Court justices cast a critical eye Tuesday
on entertainment industry proposals for quashing file swapping, while
making clear they had little sympathy for ongoing piracy on peer-to-peer
networks."
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More Coverage:
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67061,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/technology/30bizcourt.html
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Barely Legal: The hottest trend in file sharing.
By Dana Mulhauser, Slate.com, March 28, 2005
http://slate.msn.com/id/2115868/?referrer=email
"It's the dilemma of downloading: The guy in the next cubicle is using
office bandwidth to download the new J.Lo album using Grokster. But then
your mother sends you newspaper clippings of all of those nice-looking
people getting arrested for file sharing."
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Writers reach $18 million settlement with database operators
By Associated Press, SiliconValley.com, Mar. 29, 2005
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11259959.htm
"A group of companies that operate electronic databases have agreed to
pay freelance writers up to $18 million to settle copyright infringement
claims brought under a class action lawsuit, according to a settlement
announced Tuesday."
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Of Interest:
Disc expiration dates debated
By Paul Festa, CNET News.com, March 29, 2005
http://news.com.com/Disc+expiration+dates+debated/2100-1041-5645832.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e703
"Would you like your digital-storage media to last 20 years, 25 years,
30 years, 35 years or 40 years?
If you're an organization or government agency, the U.S. government and
an optical-disc industry group would like you to answer that question in
a quick survey."