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Sales of DVD duplication software blocked
By Jan Libbenga, The Register.com, 25th July 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/dvd_copy/
"Dutch Anti piracy organisation BREIN has won its battle to prevent
distributor Teledirekt distributing the controversial DVD X Copy family
of utilities in the Netherlands."
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Editorial: Facing the Music
By The Daily Californian, July 25, 2005
http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=19059
"If you cant beat it, legalize it. Such are UCs recent tactics for
dealing with campus file sharing. UC and CSU have made a deal with
Cdigix Inc. in which individual campuses could choose to offer online
music and movie services to students. While the deal would only cover
600,000 students across both systems, its an important first step to
reducing illegal file sharing."
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UC makes deal for legal downloads: Individual campuses will decide
whether to join the offered service
By Michelle Ouaknine, DAILY BRUIN, 25th July 2005
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=33965
"The University of California and California State University systems
last week selected Cdigix, a provider of legal digital media, to offer
broadband-based digital entertainment to campuses that decide to use it,
according to a CSU press release.
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Reading the Tea Leaves on John Roberts
By EFF, July 21, 2005
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/003831.php
"Given the ongoing legal struggles to preserve digital freedom, it is
difficult to underestimate the importance of carefully vetting President
Bush's Supreme Court nominee, Judge John G. Roberts. If confirmed, Judge
Roberts will have extraordinary power to shape the future of digital
rights, for good or ill. Unfortunately, Judge Roberts' brief judicial
record offers little guidance as to how he would rule on key digital
rights issues as a Supreme Court Justice. Nevertheless, we think a few
items in the record are worth noting."
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Administration appointment addresses copyright piracy
By Associated Press, Fri, Jul. 22, 2005
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/12198837.htm
"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Friday it created a new
position to coordinate government efforts to combat the foreign theft of
copyrighted products."
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Bush creates new post to fight global piracy
By Reuters , July 22, 2005
http://news.com.com/Bush+creates+new+post+to+fight+global+piracy/2100-1028_3-5800092.html?tag=nefd.top
"President Bush has created a new senior-level position to fight global
intellectual-property piracy and counterfeiting that cost American
companies billions of dollars each year, Commerce Secretary Carlos
Gutierrez said Friday."
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 22, 2005
Personnel Announcement
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050722-1.html
"President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
three individuals and appoint one individual to serve in his
Administration: The President intends to nominate Roel C. Campos, of
Texas, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the
remainder of a five-year term expiring June 5, 2010. Mr. Campos has
served as a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2002.
Prior to serving on the Commission, he was Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of El Dorado Communications, Inc. in Houston, Texas.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Campos served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney
in the District of California. He also practiced corporate, securities
and banking law in California. Mr. Campos received his bachelor's degree
from the U.S. Air Force Academy, his master's degree from the University
of California at Los Angeles, and his J.D. from Harvard University."
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AAP & Google Meet to Talk Copyright
By Library Journal.com, July 22, 2005
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA628276.html
"Association of American Publishers (AAP) officials remain tight-lipped
about the discussions, preferring to keep the process out of the public
eye, but have confirmed that Google officials and the AAP board of
directors met on July 1 to discuss copyright concerns with Googles
library digitization plan."
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Time for lawmakers to act on Grokster?
By Anne Broache, CNET News.com, July 19, 2005
http://news.com.com/Time+for+lawmakers+to+act+on+Grokster/2100-1028-5795314.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e703
"WASHINGTON--Does Congress need to lay down new laws after last month's
landmark Supreme Court decision on file swapping? Depends on whom you ask."
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U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
July 22, 2005
Issue 267
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ORPHAN WORKS ROUNDTABLE LOCATION CHANGED
The Copyright Office is holding public roundtable discussions on July 26
and 27, 2005, and August 2, 2005, regarding "orphan works," that is,
copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or impossible to identify
or locate (70 FR 39341). THE LOCATION OF THE JULY 26 ROUNDTABLE HAS BEEN
CHANGED. Both the July 26 and July 27 roundtables will be held from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room
2237, Washington, D.C. 20515. The August 2 roundtable will be held from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. P.D.T. in the Goldberg Room, Boalt Hall School of
Law, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif. 94720. For
further information, go to the Copyright Office website at
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov.html";>
http://www.copyright.gov.html </a>