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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Copyright challenges at home and abroad
By CNET News.com Staff, September 19, 2005
http://news.com.com/Copyright+challenges+at+home+and+abroad/2009-7355_3-58731
09.html?tag=alert

"Software makers, movie studios and others continue to fight those they
perceive as infringing on their intellectual property."
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Russian school student invents flawless computer program for copyright
protection
By Pravda.ru, 09/19/2005
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/361/16154_copyright.html

"The program employs several search engines of the Internet at a time. The
electronic editor has an official name "Copyright verification program." It
uses the Internet for detecting manifest similarities in hundreds of thousands
of texts available on the Internet."
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Mashboxx to scoop up Grokster?
By Reuters, September 19, 2005
http://news.com.com/Mashboxx+to+scoop+up+Grokster/2100-1027_3-5873441.html?ta
g=alert

"File-sharing service Grokster is in talks to be acquired by Mashboxx, which
is attempting to establish a legal peer-to-peer music company, The Wall Street
Journal reported Monday."
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Google Takes On Copyright Laws
 Associated Press, Wired.com, Sep. 18, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68901,00.html?tw=rss.BIZ

"NEW YORK -- Tony Sanfilippo is of two minds when it comes to Google's
ambitious program to scan millions of books and make their text fully
searchable on the internet."
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Blog: Access Copyright lobbies to deny creator choice.
Submitted by Russell McOrmond on Sun, 2005/09/18
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/1066

"In Sept. 16 press releases Access Copyright and some of their publisher
members continue to obfuscate their attempt to impose a single business model
on all creators publishing on the Internet. They recognize that "creators
choice must be respected", and yet the thrust of their lobbying efforts have
been to eradicate creators choice."
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Is Copyright Wrong?
BY Hans-Peter Brxndmo , ClickZ.com, September 19, 2005
http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/sense/article.php/3549541

"Today's intellectual property laws weren't designed for a world where just a
click, drag, and drop is all that stands between your new idea and expression
and my ability to make unlimited copies with worldwide distribution."
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The copyright challenge in China
By K.C. Swanson, The Deal.com, September 18, 2005
http://news.com.com/The+copyright+challenge+in+China/2100-7348_3-5867480.html
?tag=alert

"Signs of China embracing global market rules abound, from Beijing's decision
to loosen its currency's peg to the dollar to the willingness of Chinese
companies to pursue acquisitions abroad."
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Internet fees worry education ministers
By Canadian Press, The Globe & Mail, September 17, 2005 Page A12
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050917/INTER
NET17/TPNational/Canada

"DARTMOUTH -- It's become routine for students in classrooms across Canada --
reaching for a computer mouse, instead of a library book, for the information
they need."
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Lawyer free creativity zones
By Russell McOrmond, p2p news / p2pnet,  September 14, 2005
http://p2pnet.net/story/6272

"I participated in a panel at the Council of Federal Libraries (CFL) Annual
Fall Seminar. The day was very informative for me, being a technical person
who may spend a lot of time with fellow creative Canadians in the copyright
debate, but have not spent a lot of time with libraries."
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Press Release: Attention News Editors:
Copyright owners want students to have easy access to materials on the
Internet, but it can't always be free
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2005/16/c0714.html

"TORONTO, Sept. 16 /CNW/ - Access Copyright, The Canadian Copyright Licensing
Agency, today announced their continuing support for the federal government's
decision to consult publicly on the issue of access to copyright protected
materials on the Internet. At a news conference in Nova Scotia this morning,
an educational special interest group had said that proposed copyright
legislation would deny access to the Internet in schools. The same group had
previously called on the government to break its promise to consult on the
issue."
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Canada: Ministers seek copyright exemption for schools
By Broadcast News, September 16, 2005
http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id=4320a811-491b-47ce-ad1e-eb3c2b
4e238e

"HALIFAX -- Canada's education ministers are calling for an amendment to
proposed digital copyright legislation."
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Program targets online piracy: Marquette joins fight against illegal
downloading
By Lauren Wood, Marquette Tribune, September 8, 2005
http://www.marquettetribune.org/302211885323304.bsp

"In May, Marquette became the first university to join Define the Line, a
national program aimed at preventing illegal commercial software
downloading."
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