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EU moves to open up online music licensing
By Reuters, August 17, 2005
http://news.com.com/EU+moves+to+open+up+online+music+licensing/2100-1027
_3-5836719.html?tag=alert

"A commitment by author royalty collectors in Belgium and the
Netherlands to end restrictions to consumer choice could serve as an
example for others to avoid legal action, the European Commission said
Wednesday."
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Portal drops MP3 search over copyright fears
By Jo Best, CNET News.com, August 17, 2005
http://news.com.com/Portal+drops+MP3+search+over+copyright+fears/2100-10
27_3-5836613.html?tag=alert

"One of China's biggest Internet portals has shut down its MP3 search
service over fears it may be held responsible for copyright violations
incurred by file sharers offering music via the portal."
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Copyright Office draws heat for proposed IE-only rule
By Joab Jackson, GCN.com, 08/17/05
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36690-1.html

"The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has found itself in the
middle of some heated online debate about a proposal to limit full use
of a new copyright registration Web site to only one browser."
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United States: The Supreme Court Addresses "Inducement" of Copyright
Infringement Through Software in Anticipated Grokster Case
By Patricia Cunningham and David Weslow, Mondaq.com, 17 August 2005
http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34378
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"On June 27, 2005, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster,
Ltd., the United States Supreme Court held that software companies may
be held liable for copyright infringement if there is evidence showing
an intent to encourage infringement through use of their software by
third parties."
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Taking on record companies
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR, THE JOURNAL NEWS, August 14, 2005
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050814/NEWS02
/508140316/1020/NEWS04

"WHITE PLAINS - Patricia Santangelo is in many ways the embodiment of
the suburban mom."
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Copyright reform lends itself to libraries
By Leader, ZDNet UK, August 15, 2005
http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39213294,00.htm

"Google is digitising the contents of five major libraries. The stuff
that is out of copyright is no problem. The stuff that's in copyright is
causing no end of bother."
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Google Delays Book Scanning: Copyright Concerns Slow Project
By Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post, August 13, 2005; Page D01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/AR200508
1201694.html

"Google Inc. has suspended some of its project to place a vast selection
of books online, bowing at least temporarily to concerns of publishers
who fear scanning material into the world's most powerful search engine
will lead to unauthorized use and duplication of copyrighted material."
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Blog: Dave Matthews Band v. DRM?
Posted by Donna Wentworth, Corante.com, August 16, 2005
http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/08/16/dave_matthews_band_
v_drm.php

"Via the Pho list, the Dave Matthews Band giving fans directions for
dealing with DRM-hobbled CDs and encouraging them to appeal to Apple to
collaborate with others on an easier way to move music to the iPod"