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UK developer quits DVD decrypting
BY Matt Loney, Builder.com, June 06, 2005
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39202135,00.htm
"A UK developer has quit production of his DVD decryption program and
handed over the domain to an unnamed company following intense pressure"
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Man charged in copyright case
By Simon Hayes, Australian IT News. JUNE 07, 2005
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15536942%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
"FEDERAL Police have charged an 18-year-old Melbourne man with copyright
violations in relation to the MP3 WMA Land investigation which saw three
Sydney students convicted in 2003."
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Digital photos can look great, but some labs won't print those that
appear too professional
By Kathryn Balint, San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE, May 30, 2005
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20050530-9999-mz1b30snap.html
"One of the benefits of digital photography the fact that amateurs can
take better-looking photos and doctor them using photo-editing software
is also becoming a bane."
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German publishers' Google challenge
By Doreen Carvajal, International Herald Tribune, JUNE 6, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/05/business/google06.php
"When the online retailer Amazon.com came calling a year ago to sign up
German publishers for a digital indexing project, one book executive
urged a strategy of polite rebuffs."
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A French Library Leader Urges a European Response
By Chronicle.com, From the issue dated June 3, 2005
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i39/39a02703.htm
"Soon after Google announced its library project in December, Jean-Nokl
Jeanneney, president of the National Library of France, issued a call to
arms to European librarians,.."
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New wrinkle in movie swapping
By John Borland, CNET News.com, June 3, 2005
http://news.com.com/New+wrinkle+in+movie+swapping/2100-1025_3-5731042.html?tag=alert
"A group of anonymous programmers has released a new software tool
online that threatens to raise the stakes for Hollywood studios fighting
Internet movie-swapping."
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Record labels close Spanish song site
By John Borland, CNET News.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5730102.html
"One of the oldest Web sites offering inexpensive music downloads has
closed, after years of legal battles with record labels."
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MPAA files new round of swap suits
By John Borland, CNET News.com, June 2, 2005
http://news.com.com/2110-1030_3-5730072.html
"Hollywood studios filed a new round of lawsuits Thursday against
individuals accused of trading copyrighted movies online."
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Some See Benefits of File Sharing: Independent labels use networks as a
way to reach consumers, not necessarily make money.
By Jon Healey, Times
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-p2p3jun03,1,3303214.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
"Many record industry executives think of file-sharing networks as a den
of music thieves, but Brady Lahr sees a vein of gold waiting to be tapped."