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"OECD Digital Music Report"
By Derek's Poker , A Copyfighter's Musings, June 13, 2005
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/06/13
"Highly recommend the OECD's new report on digital music. You might
also be interested in comments authored by members of the Berkman Center
Digital Media Project (including myself) on the report's original draft."
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Report-
Online music distribution providing both opportunities and challenges
according to OECD report
http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,2340,en_2649_201185_34995480_1_1_1_1,00.html
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Even Copyright Infringing Spammers Deserve Free Speech Protections
By Ernest Miller, Corante, June 13, 2005
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/2005/06/13/even_copyright_infringing_spammers_deserve_free_speech_protections.php
"Denise Howell endorses (Putting The DMCA To Good Use) Kevin Marks's
idea to use the notice-and-takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act to attack "spamblogs" (Using the DMCA for Good)."
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A deal made in Washington?
By Rick Boucher, CNet.com, June 14, 2005
http://news.com.com/A+deal+made+in+Washington/2010-1071_3-5744982.html?tag=alert
"On May 26, my friend and former colleague, Dan Glickman, of the Motion
Picture Association of America, made the case for Congress enacting
legislation to ratify the Federal Communication Commission's broadcast
flag rule, which the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down
in early May."
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EMI JOINS BMG IN RELEASES COPY-PROTECTED CDS
By LA Times.com, June 13, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-cd14jun14,1,1538320.story>
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"Executives at EMI Group said yesterday that they plan to introduce CDs
with technology designed to limit copying. The technology allows buyers
to burn onto CDs only three full copies of a disc's songs, and the
burned discs cannot be copied."
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Creator of Napster to launch music royalties service
By Financial Times News, June 12, 2005
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20050612&ID=4885113
"The college student who almost six years ago incurred the wrath of the
music industry by unleashing Napster, the popular internet file-swapping
service, will on Monday move a step closer to launching a new service
designed to bridge the gap between record companies and peer-to-peer
sites that have become synonymous with online piracy."
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OPE: Canadian copyright reform must focus on policy and process
By Michael Geist, The Hill Times, June 13th, 2005
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/june/13/geist/&c=1
"Time to address distinguishing feature of this round of copyright
reform, need for a change in process"
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Patents, copyright and signals from the sky
By JACK KAPICA, Globe and Mail Update, June 14, 2005
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050614.gtkapicajun14/BNStory/Technology/
"This week will have a profound effect on the future of Canada and its
technologies."
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New Zealand:
State Services leads international charge against DRM: New advice from
e-government unit in the pipeline
By Paul Brislen, Computer World, 10 June, 2005
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/46EB5A5106127888CC25701A00747F09?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
"Auckland- The State Services Commission is helping creating an
international community of government agencies to tackle the IT
industry's introduction of digital rights management."