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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Whose Work Is It, Anyway?: The use of 'orphan works' of art and
literature, whose creators cannot be identified, puts scholars and
artists at odds over changes in copyright law
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com, From the issue dated July 29, 2005
http://63.240.213.214/free/v51/i47/47a03301.htm

"Like many other scholars across the country, Joseph Siry might have
broken the law to illustrate an article he wrote for an academic journal
-- by including an illustration without obtaining permission to do so
from its copyright holder."
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Changing attitudes on digital copyright: Readers respond to Practical
Futurist column
By Michael Rogers, MSNBC.com, July 28, 2005
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8741417/

"Memo to Hollywood: Based on reader reaction to last week's column,
"Will Hollywood Lock up Our Movies?," you may actually be able to avoid
the online fate of the recording industry (in March, 275 million songs
were downloaded illegally versus 25 million online song purchases)."
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Hollywood sock-puppet senator faces tech insurgency
By Gavin Clarke, The UK Register, 28th July 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/28/hatch_test_utah/

"US senator Orrin Hatch, scourge of file sharers could be out of a job
in 2006 if fellow Republican Steve Urquhart gets his way. Urquhart,
House of Representative member and party whip form the land of Utah, has
announced he is running against Hatch as GOP candidate in 2006, and
wants internet users to boost a bi-partisan challenge."
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Minister withdraws Copyright Bill
By Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), 28 July, 2005
http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20050728&i=Minister_withdraws_Copyr
ight_Bill

"PARLIAMENT Trade and industry minister Neo Moroka has withdrawn the
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Bill."
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Senators Hammer File-Sharing Nets
By Bill McConnell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/28/2005
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA630786.html?display=Breaking+
News
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"Abstract: The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee Thursday issued
stern warning to operators of file-sharing networks and Internet service
providers that Congress will impose penalties on them if the industries
don't do more to stop illegal downloading of music, movies and TV
shows."
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LJ Talks to Siva Vaidhyanathan
By The Library Journal, July 19, 2005
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA628539.html

"In a stunning, unanimous decision, the Supreme Court in the case of MGM
v. Grokster recently ruled that companies can be held liable for
copyright infringement if it can be proven they intentionally "induced"
infringing activities. LJ's Andrew Richard Albanese caught up with
author and copyright expert (and LJ Mover & Shaker) Siva Vaidhyanathan
to examine the ruling."
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UW to pay $24,000 for Napster deal
By Kayla Webley, The UW Daily, July 27, 2005
http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=A
rticles&-response=newspage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=13619
&-search

"The financial details of the contractual agreement between the UW,
Napster and Dell show the University will pay Napster $24,000 for
student use licenses."
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Downloading 'myths' challenged
By BBC News.com, 27 July, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4718249.stm

"People who illegally share music files online are also big spenders on
legal music downloads, research suggests."
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Remedying 'Grokster'
By Fred von Lohmann, Law.com, 07-25-2005
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1122023112436

"Don't you hate it when you ask someone a question and, rather than
answering it, they choose to answer a different one? Then you understand
the frustration that technology lawyers feel in the wake of the Supreme
Court's opinion in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd."
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Piracy-check mandatory for Windows add-ons
By Ina Fried , CNET News.com, July 25, 2005
http://news.com.com/Piracy-check+mandatory+for+Windows+add-ons/2100-1016
-5804045.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e703

"From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows
will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit."