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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Music file sharing to be offered legally
By Owen Gibson, The Guardian, August 22, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/netmusic/story/0,13368,1553962,00.html

"Online music fans will for the first time be able to legally share
tracks by big names such as Oasis, Beyonce, David Bowie and Elvis
Presley after the artists' record label signed a ground-breaking deal
with a new internet service provider."
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Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label'
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, August 22, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5841355.html

"update ASPEN, Colo.--Warner Music Group is creating a new
music-distribution mechanism that will rely on digital downloads instead
of compact discs."
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Sun Micro announces open-source DRM project
By Duncan Martell, Reuters.com, Aug 21, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?storyID=2005-08-21T203355
Z_01_SPI173821_RTRIDST_0_TECH-SUNMICROSYSTEMS-DRM-DC.XML

"SAN FRANCISCO- Sun Microsystems Inc. weighing in on the fractious issue
of protecting copyrighted digital content, on Sunday announced a project
it calls the Open Media Commons initiative aimed at creating an
open-source, royalty-free digital-rights management standard."
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Legal music options fail to slow file-sharing on campus
By Associated Press, Fri, Aug. 19, 2005
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/12426
744.htm

"LOS ANGELES (AP) - As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the
free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing
software such as Kazaa."
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How label-backed P2P was born
By John Borland, CNET News.com, August 22, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5840310.html

"Andrew Lack wasn't like the other record label honchos, file-swapping
maverick Wayne Rosso thought as he left Lack's swank office in a midtown
Manhattan skyscraper."
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Radio stations protest 'technology tax': Broadcasters object to
additional royalties for copying songs to hard drives
 By Simon Doyle, The Ottawa Citizen, August 19, 2005
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=1e8d4728-ee6b-4080-b402-7
91258494150

"Canadian radio stations are mounting a campaign to end what they call
an unfair "tax on technology" that charges them royalties for copying
music to computer hard drives."
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Press Release: Image Protection Software prevents copyright abuse.
August 19, 2005
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/466389

"Watermark Factory v2.0 helps create visible protection without marring
aesthetic impression of image. Tools enable users to create text or logo
watermark and integrate it into image. Once created and saved, watermark
can be retrieved and used again on any project. Program operates with
single images as well as image folders and offers ability to add
image-specific information. Tools create visual effects for text and
logos and offer 3 positioning modes."
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Cocky with copyright
By Financial Times.com, August 17 2005
 http://news.ft.com/cms/s/09123a36-0f84-11da-8b31-00000e2511c8.html
(Subscription Required)

"Google's plans to digitise some 15m books from the collections of
leading libraries in the US and UK is groundbreaking in its attempt to
democratise access to those works. To the dismay of some publishers, it
is also pioneering in its interpretation of copyright law."
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China Says "No" to Internet Copyright Violation
By: Alina Plesu, SOFTPEDIA NEWS,
http://news.softpedia.com/news/China-Says-No-to-Internet-Copyright-Viola
tion-6540.shtml

"On August 17, Netease, one of China's major Internet companies, has
stopped providing their online MP3 search engine, to prevent copyright
infringements. In a statement in Beijing Daily, a spokesman for the
Chinese company declared that the public has become more aware of the
copyright problem since the implementation of the regulation on
Internet."
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Quick Copyright for Photographers
By Michelle Southern, BellaOnline,
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34652.asp

"With so many of us sending pictures through email, sharing photographs
through webpages and other online outlets, and the availability of
accessing and saving these images digitally, a wise photographer looks
into the ways of helping to prevent the theft of their property."