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Come On Music Biz, Embrace P2P
By Bruce Gain, Wired.com, Jun. 13, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67820,00.html
"PARIS -- File-swapping networks alone are not to blame for the
recording industry's woes and might plausibly be converted into
legitimate channels for distributing music, one of Europe's most
influential economic bodies has concluded. In a report issued Monday,
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- a
Paris-based alliance of developed nations -- also suggested that it's
difficult to establish a link between piracy and the music industry's
shrinking revenues."
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Canada: File-sharing law to be tabled next week: CTV
By CTV.ca News, Jun. 9 2005
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118271756635_30/?hub=SciTech
"The federal government will introduce new legislation aimed at
toughening up copyright laws in the digital world, CTV News has learned.
Still, industry stakeholders who say file sharing is stealing say the
laws are not stringent enough."
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Technology ethics lessons shouldn't begin at college
By Diane Barbour, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 7, 2005
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/OPINION02/506070319/1039/OPINION
"Like many other university administrators across the country, I am
concerned about the lack of ethical behavior and the misuse of
university resources by our students as they engage in peer-to-peer file
sharing of copyrighted materials. Having acted on the recommendation of
the Education Task Force of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education
and Entertainment Communities, Rochester Institute of Technology engaged
an online music service as a way to offer a legal alternative for music."
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Supreme Court rejects Lexmark petition in toner cartridge fight
By Associated Press, Silicon Valley, Jun. 06, 2005
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11831822.htm
"RALEIGH, N.C.- The U.S. Supreme Court won't weigh in on a closely
watched copyright lawsuit in which a printer manufacturer is trying to
stop a computer-chip maker whose parts allowed cheaper toner cartridges
to be used in name-brand machines."