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Copyright & Moral Rights: Copyright is an area which is governed by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
By Association of Illustrators, Creative Match.com, Wed 18 May 2005
http://www.creativematch.co.uk/viewNews/?91008
"Copyright is an area which is governed by the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act, 1988. When you create a collage, painting, drawing,
diagram, map, chart, plan, engraving, etching, lithograph, woodcut or
similar work, you have created an artistic work and that is protected by
copyright, provided that your illustrations fall into any one of these
categories."
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You've got lawsuit: Father sued for teen's downloads
By MEGAN TWOHEY, JSonline, May 15, 2005
http://www.jsonline.com/news/racine/may05/326357.asp
"Dave Bink was shocked when he learned last month that he was being sued
by the recording industry for the downloading of hundreds of songs,
including "All You Wanted" by Michelle Branch, "Eat You Alive" by Limp
Bizkit and "U Don't Have to Call" by Usher."
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Adobe to Shut Down Digital Media Store
By Robyn Weisman, PDF Zone, May 11, 2005
http://www.pdfzone.com/article2/0,1759,1815262,00.asp
"Without any fanfare, the Adobe Digital Media Store, which was set up to
showcase the versatility of the PDF format, will cease operations on
June 3, 2005. According to its Web page, users no longer are able to
purchase digital content, although they may download already purchased
content and redeem gift certificates before the June closing date."
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St. Lawrence Univ. Abuses Copyright Law to Determine Identity of
Anonymous Bloggers
Posted by Ernest Miller, Corante.com, May 13, 2005
http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/05/13/st_lawrence_univ_abuses_copyright_law_to_determine_identity_of_anonymous_bloggers.php
"According to Inside Higher Ed, St. Lawrence University (Founded April
3, 1856; oldest continuously coeducational institution of higher
learning in New York State) has, in a stunning blow against freedom of
speech, launched a lawsuit to determine the identities of a group of
anonymous bloggers critical of the school (Cloaked in Cyberspace)."
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Press Release: Copyright Quick Tag Now Available Posted May 13, 2005
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=7990
"Data Depth Corporation, (iCopyright.net) has announced the release of
Copyright Quick Tag. Designed for writers, bloggers, photographers, and
other self-publishers, Copyright Quick Tag provides an interactive
copyright notice that can be affixed to works of authorship."
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Bricklin on DVD: Good software copyright primer for enterprises
Posted by David Berlind, ZDnet Blogs, 5/12/2005
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1373
"Normally, when PC-industry pioneer Dan Bricklin comes out with a new
product, you can download it or get it on a CD. Not this time. Instead
of publishing some new innovative software (as were so accustomed to
seeing him do), he has published a video of himself discussing basics of
software licensing one that spends a considerable amount of time on
open source. The title of the video is A Developers Introduction to
Copyright and Open Source."
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How piracy is entrenched in Pakistan
By Aamer Ahmed Khan, BBC News, Karachi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4523089.stm
"Increased international pressure seems to be forcing the Pakistani
authorities into taking action against piracy and copyright violations."
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What Would You Ask For in Copyright Law?
By Cliff , Slashdot.com, May 10, 2005
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/10/205226
"BlastM asks: "The Australian Attorney General's Department, as reported
recently on Slashdot, is accepting public input in a review of fair use
exceptions (or lack thereof) in our copyright laws."
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Steve Jobs, Let my Music Go
By Hilary Rosen, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 05.09.2005
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/2005/05/steve-jobs-let-.html
"The new iPod my girlfriend gave me is a trap. Yeah, it is great looking
and I really love the baby blue leather case but when, oh when, will
Steve Jobs let me buy music from somewhere other than the Apple iTunes
store and put it on my iPod?"