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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Google Opens 8 Sites in Europe, Widening Its Book Search Effort

By EDWARD WYATT
<http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=EDWARD%20WYATT&fdq=199601
01&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=EDWARD%20WYATT&inline=nyt-per> , New York
Times.com, October 18, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/technology/18book.html



"FRANKFURT, Google
<http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.ma
rketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=GOOG>  said Monday
that it had begun operating local-language sites in eight European countries
for its Google Print program, its closely watched effort to make all of the
world's books searchable online, expanding into territories where it has drawn
fierce criticism.

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Study: Europeans pay double tax on Net music

By Andy McCue
<mailto:editorial@xxxxxxxxxxx?subject=FEEDBACK:Study:%20Europeans%20pay%20dou
ble%20tax%20on%20Net%20music> , CNET News.com, October 13, 2005

http://news.com.com/Study+Europeans+pay+double+tax+on+Net+music/2100-1027_3-5
894685.html?tag=alert



"European consumers are being forced to pay usage rights on legal
copy-protected music downloads multiple times because of outdated private copy
levies, according to a study."

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Copyright for the digital age

By BBCNews.com, 17 October 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4348970.stm



"Arguments about intellectual property go far beyond the rights and wrongs of
movie piracy, says technology analyst Bill Thompson.

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Copyright activists let off steam in London

By  Ingrid Marson <mailto:mailroomuk@xxxxxxxxx> , ZDNet UK, October 17, 2005,

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39230999,00.htm



"After Hours: Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow and free software activists
denounce copyright law in London's Hyde Park"

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It's free sailing for most Web music pirates

By Aaron Schumacher, TuftsDaily, October 17, 2005

http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/17/43533ea06b14e



"Pirating is free, you can find all the songs you'd ever want, and it's very
easy to find," freshman Walter Barry said."

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Exploiting "Light-weight" Protocols and Open Source Tools to Implement Digital
Library Collections and Services

D-Lib Magazine
October 2005, Volume 11 Number 10, ISSN 1082-9873

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october05/morgan/10morgan.html

"Abstract

This article describes the design and implementation of two digital library
collections and services using a number of "light-weight" protocols and open
source tools. These protocols and tools include OAI-PMH (Open Archives
Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL),
Perl, MyLibrary, Swish-e, Plucene, ASPELL, and WordNet. More specifically, we
describe how these protocols and tools are employed in the Ockham Alerting
service and MyLibrary@Ockham. The services are illustrative examples of how
the library community can actively contribute to the scholarly communications
process by systematically and programmatically collecting, organizing,
archiving, and disseminating information freely available on the Internet.
Using the same techniques described here, other libraries could expose their
own particular content for their specific needs and audiences."

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Blog: October 18 Lecture Open to the Public

By Anime News Network.com

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7612



"On October 18, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard
University will hold a lecture entitled "Anime Fans and the Copyright Wars:
What Should Japan's Content Industries Do About Online Piracy?"

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Territory-restricted deals to be replaced by EU-wide licenses: European
Commission recommendation on management of online rights in musical works

By Music copyright - Brussels, 12 October 2005 -

http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3680

"The European Commission today adopted a recommendation on the management of
online rights in musical works. The recommendation puts forward measures for
improving the EU-wide licensing of copyright for online services. Improvements
are necessary because new Internet-based services such as webcasting
<http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3680##>  or on on-demand
music downloads need a license that covers their activities throughout the
EU."

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Mystery donor gives Stanford free Yahoo music

By John Borland, <mailto:jborland@xxxxxxxx>  CNET News.com, October 13, 2005

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5894967.html



"Students at Stanford University will get a year of free digital music, thanks
to a gift from an anonymous donor to the college."

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A Study of Residential Networks Finds Concerns About Security and File
Sharing

By SCOTT CARLSON <mailto:scott.carlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> , Chronicle.com, October
14, 2005

http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/10/2005101402t.htm

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"A group of information-technology specialists who supervise, study, and
monitor college residential networks has released findings from a nationwide
survey examining how the networks are used and maintained. At many of the
networks, the survey found, security is a big concern."

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New music downloading site launched: New service, University Music Portal, to
be available to students Monday.

By Ellie Atkins, Vanderbilt Hustler, October 14, 2005

http://www.vanderbilthustler.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/14/434f437a844d9


"FreshTracksMusic, in a partnership with Vanderbilt University, will launch
the first trial of University Music Portal, a new music downloading service
that combines aspects of Facebook with iTunes, this Monday."

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Music Piracy Defendants Fight Back: Settling resisted, counterclaims filed
By Tresa Baldas <mailto:letters_to_the_editor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> , The National Law
Journal <http://www.nlj.com> , Law.com, 10-14-2005

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1129021512208

"When attorney John Hermann took on his first music piracy lawsuit recently on
behalf of a woman who was being sued by the music industry, he was
skeptical."