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High Noon in D|sseldorf
By Gary Hoffman , Opera Today, 11 July 05
http://www.operatoday.com/article/1084/high-noon-in-d252sseldorf
(Contributed by Chris Schiff)
"Who owns the performance rights to Vivaldis Motezuma?"
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Sony BMG reaches licensing deal with iMesh
By Reuters, CNetTech News.com, July 9, 2005
http://news.com.com/Sony+BMG+reaches+licensing+deal+with+iMesh/2100-1027_3-5781196.html?tag=alert
"Music giant Sony BMG has reached a licensing agreement with
file-swapping service iMesh, one of the first such tie-ups since a U.S.
Supreme Court decision clamping down on online copyright infringement."
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Separating "consumer rights" from copyright
Posted by John Carroll, ZDnet Blog, July 7, 2005
http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1467
"My condolences to those affected by yesterday's terrorist attacks in
London. Funny that words escape a guy who regularly runs well past
editorial limits, but my thoughts go out to those affected by this tragedy."
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EU Proposes Single Copyright System for Online Music
By Hector Duarte Jr., All Headline News, July 8, 2005
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2241656922&fa=1
"BRUSSELS, Belgium (AHN) - The European Commission, Thursday, proposed a
single Europe-wide copyright and licensing system for online music, to
help boost the union's flailing online music business."
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More coverage:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1523746,00.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/12076498.htm
http://news.com.com/EU+seeks+pan-European+license+for+online+music+use/2100-1027_3-5778530.html?tag=alert
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Copyright Act protection for rights management inappropriate
By Russell McOrmond, a copyright activist and webmaster for
www.digital-copyright.ca, submitted the following in response to
articles in the June 24, 2005 issue of Canadian NEW MEDIA.
http://www.flora.ca/cnm20050707.shtml
"Recent comments by Canadian Recording Industry Association head Graham
Henderson regarding technologies that claim to stop unauthorized
copying, and the relationship of those to the workings of the free
market, should give Canadian NEW MEDIA readers pause for thought."
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United States: Act Restoring Lapsed Copyright of Foreign Authors
Constitutional
Article by Matthew F. Weil, Mondaq, 08 July 2005
http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp?articleid=33616
(Registration Required)
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has recently
ruled that restoration of copyright by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(URAA) for some works of foreign authors that had fallen into the public
domain is not unconstitutional. Lucks Music Library, Inc. v. Gonzales,
Case No. 04-5240 (D.C. Cir. May 24, 2005) (Williams, J.)"
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Colleges Split Over Effects of Court Ruling on File Sharing: Some say it
will encourage adoption of legal services; others predict little impact
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, July 7, 2005
http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i44/44a00101.htm
"College officials are divided over the impact of the U.S. Supreme
Court's ruling last week that commercial producers of file-sharing
software can be sued for copyright infringement."
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Copyright 'safe harbour' faces test
By Andrew Colley, AustralianIT News, JULY 07, 2005
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15852167%5E15441%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
"AUSTRALIA'S peak internet industry body is about to test a safe harbour
scheme that was introduced with amendments to federal copyright
legislation which piggy-backed the US Free Trade Agreement."
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Napster, Dell in college alliance
By Reuters, Jul 6, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?storyID=2005-07-06T132423Z_01_N05423635_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MEDIA-NAPSTER-DELL-DC.XML
"Dell Inc., the world's largest personal computer supplier, and Napster
Inc. on Wednesday said they will provide colleges with a legal online
music hardware and software package."
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Intel, Morgan Freeman Team for Online Movie Distribution
By Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-fi-intel7jul07,1,7753186.story
"Chip maker Intel Corp. and an entertainment firm co-founded by actor
Morgan Freeman said that they had formed a digital entertainment company
aimed at delivering first-run movies to consumers via the Internet. The
partnership, called ClickStar Inc., will enable users to download films
legally from the Web for a fee, before they are released on DVD and
possibly while they are still in theaters."
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Grokster and the wisdom of Solomon
By Paul Connuck, Tech News.com, July 5, 2005
http://news.com.com/Grokster+and+the+wisdom+of+Solomon/2010-1030_3-5771985.html?tag=alert
"Make no mistake about it. With the entire e-tech, software and
entertainment industries up in arms, the Grokster case was the judicial
equivalent of war."