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Publishers' Group Asks Google to Stop Scanning Copyrighted Works for 6
Months
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG, Chronicle.com, June 21, 2005
http://chronicle.com/free/2005/06/2005062101t.htm
"The Association of American Publishers has asked Google to stop
scanning copyrighted books published by the association's members for at
least six months while the company answers questions about whether its
plan to scan millions of volumes in five major research libraries
complies with copyright law."
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LEGAL: File Sharing Controversy Continues To Pack Heat
By Gene J. Koprowski, TechNewsWorld , 06/21/05
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/43992.html
"The OECD report seeks to convince policymakers to take a measured
approach to file sharing, but, lawyers note that the Supreme Court may
make policy all by itself this week, if it rules broadly on the case of
Grokster and MGM."
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Canada: Copyright bill satisfies recording industry
By JACK KAPICA, Globe and Mail Update, June 20, 2005
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050620.gtbill0620/BNStory/Technology/
"Copyright holders and Internet service providers are the direct
beneficiaries of the revisions to the Copyright Act in a bill tabled in
Parliament this afternoon."
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Ottawa Centre NDP nomination candidates write on Copyright..
By Russell McOrmond, Ottawa Centre, 2005/06/20
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/view/931
"The Ottawa Centre NDP are in the process of nominating the candidate
that will run in the next election. To date there are four declared
candidates : Paul Dewar, Jamey Heath, Shannon Lee Mannion, and Tiffani
Murray.
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Putting the DMCA on trial
By Declan McCullagh, CNet.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.com.com/2010-1047_3-5753491.html
"The U.S. Supreme Court could release its decision on Monday in the
much-anticipated Grokster case, which will determine whether
file-swapping networks are legal to operate."
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PHOTOGRAPHY: Protecting copyright in today's digital era
Photofinishers have difficult task of judging quality
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Houston Chronicle,
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3233741
"Charlie Morgan says that if it weren't for digital photography, he
wouldn't have a bustling business that specializes in publicity shots
for musicians. That's because Morgan perhaps being a bit modest says
he's not a very good photographer. He relies on Photoshop editing
software to make his work look sharp."
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Technology Daily: Copyright Issue Clouds Video Debate
By David Hatch, National Journal, June 20, 2005
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-ZPSM1119302229120.html
"SBC Communications has grand plans for Lightspeed, its new
Internet-based video service that will compete head-on with cable. The
service will be available to 18 million households in three states by
2008. But will television stations, Hollywood studios and sports leagues
sign on?"
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Complaints with Content Providers May Send Users Back to Illegal P2P
By WASHINGTON INTERNET DAILY, Vol.6, No.118, JUNE 20, 2005
http://www.warren-news.com/widtrial.htm
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"Colleges are partnering with digital content providers to offer
students legal music downloads, but barriers remain. Platform
incompatibility and non- portability top the list of complaints to
school information technology experts, some of whom fear students will
return to illegitimate peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for their music
fixes, administrators said Fri. at a university symposium on
intellectual property."
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The Court of Online Opinion Has Its Say on File Sharing
By TOM ZELLER Jr., New York, Times, June 20, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/business/20link.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1119283439-tGsanyCkWsRg2zFPvb34Dw&oref=login
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"EVER since the Supreme Court agreed in December to hear the
entertainment industry's case against the file-sharing software
companies Grokster and Streamcast, armchair legal experts have been
casually wagering on the outcome. The case pits copyright holders
against those who fear a stifling of technological innovation. With the
court poised to weigh in, perhaps as early as today, all sides have been
getting edgy."
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P2P sites prepare legit bows
By Brian Garrity, Reuters.com, Jun 17, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=8828083
"NEW YORK (Billboard) - With a Supreme Court ruling in the Grokster case
believed to be imminent, proponents of commercial peer-to-peer networks
are busily preparing new legitimate services."
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Justices to rule on fate of file swapping
By John Borland, CNET News.com, June 20, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5752012.html
"Perhaps as soon as this week, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the
future of file swapping, in one of the most closely watched legal
battles of the year."
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Split visions for Grokster ruling
By Tom Zeller Jr., The New York Times, JUNE 20, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/19/news/link.php
"NEW YORK With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to weigh in on the
entertainment industry's case against the file-sharing software
companies Grokster and Streamcast, both sides have been getting edgy."
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Microsoft readies BitTorrent alternative: Avalanche technology could
make it easier to distribute big files over the Internet
By James Niccolai, IDG News Service, June 16, 2005
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/16/HNmsbittorrent_1.html
"CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - Researchers at Microsoft's (Profile, Products,
Articles) Cambridge, England, labs are developing a file-sharing
technology that they say could make it easier to distribute big files
such as films, television programs and software applications to
end-users over the Internet."
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Sony BMG hinders pirates with protected CD
By Reuters, CNET.com, June 16, 2005
http://news.com.com/Sony+BMG+hinders+pirates+with+protected+CD/2100-1041_3-5749895.html?tag=alert
"Sony BMG, the world's second-largest music company, is rolling out CDs
with new technology that serves as a "speed bump" to hinder people who
want to make illicit copies."
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Hopes for legal music podcasts rise
By John Borland, CNET News.com, June 16, 2005
http://news.com.com/Hopes+for+legal+music+podcasts+rise/2100-1027_3-5749988.html?tag=alert
"On Sunday, Brian Ibbott will post his 100th "Coverville" show, a
significant milestone for a home disc jockey who is serious about the
future of podcasting."
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Staff Editorial: Digital debacle
The university's decision to extend Cdigix's trial does not offer
students a genuine alternative to illegally pirated media.
Diamondback Online, June 16, 2005
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/06/16/42b10c981c962
"When the university announced in March that Cdigix would provide
students with free music downloads for a 90-day free trial, officials
hoped it would curb the use of Direct Connect to obtain copywrited music
files."
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Lawmaker Revs Up Fair-Use Crusade
By Katie Dean and Evan Hansen, Wired.com, Jun. 16, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67853,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
"Rep. Rick Boucher is a rarity in Congress when it comes to digital
media. He's taken the side of consumers -- not Hollywood and the music
industry -- in the sundry controversies surrounding digital
entertainment. When it comes to file sharing, Boucher says he'll fight
attempts to stifle it."
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Music industry eyes `casual piracy': MAJOR LABELS TO COPY-PROTECT ALL
CDS SOLD IN THE U.S.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Mercury News, Jun. 15, 2005
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11898486.htm
"The record labels are in pursuit of a new class of music pirates -- not
the millions who download bootlegged songs over the Internet but those
who copy music CDs for their friends."