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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Justice Dept. proposes tougher copyright laws
By Reuters.com, Nov 10, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID
=2005-11-10T225851Z_01_FLE082713_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-COPYRIGHT.xml&archiv
ed=False

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who attempt to copy music or movies
without permission could face jail time under legislation proposed by
the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday."
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Justice Dept. pushes stiffer antipiracy laws
By Anne Broache, CNET News.com,  November 10, 2005
http://news.com.com/Justice+Dept.+pushes+stiffer+antipiracy+laws/2100-10
28_3-5944612.html?tag=alert

"Lobbying for new laws that would bump up criminal penalties for
pirates, expand criminal prosecutors' powers and punish anyone who
"attempts" to infringe a copyright."
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Blackboard use raises copyright concerns
BY IAN YARETT, The Pheonix, November 10, 2005
http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2005-11-10/news/15591

"Since the Blackboard course management system was first introduced at
Swarthmore in 2001 as part of a Mellon Foundation-funded pilot program,
many professors have been using the system to make course readings and
other tools available online, though the growing ubiquity of the system
has increasingly caused professors to contend with privacy and copyright
concerns."
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Google's Tough Call
By Lawrence Lessig, Wired.com, Issue 13.11 - November 2005
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.11/posts.html?pg=8?tw=wn_tophead_4

"A decision will be made this November that may well change the Internet
as we know it. Not in a technical sense - the threats there are many and
are yet to be resolved."
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Suit targets Sony BMG anti-piracy technology
By Reuters, CNETNews.com, November 10, 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5943763.html

"LOS ANGELES--Record company Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been
targeted in a class-action lawsuit in California by consumers claiming
their computers have been harmed by anti-piracy software on some Sony
BMG CDs."
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Colleges Are Building a 'War Chest' to Oppose a Company Claiming Patents
on Streaming Media
By SCOTT CARLSON, Chronicle.com,  November 8, 2005
http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/11/2005110801t.htm

"The American Council on Education's general counsel, Sheldon E.
Steinbach, said on Monday that member colleges are girding for battle
against a company that claims to own patents on audio- and
video-streaming technology used by many colleges"
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Copyright Issues Concerning RSS Feeds and Web Publishing
By Sharon Housley, November 12th 2005
http://www.bestsyndication.com/2005/A-H/housley_sharon/110805_copyright_
rss.htm

"RSS is commonly defined as really simple syndication. So, this means
that any material contained in a feed is available for syndication,
right? Well no, not exactly. It means that the content contained in an
RSS feed is in a format that is syndication friendly, if the copyright
holder allows for syndication."
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Google Adds Usage Rights Search Filter
By Jason Lee Miller, Web Pro News, 2005-11-09
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051109GoogleAddsUsage
RightsSearchFilter.html

"Google has added a feature to its advanced search function allowing the
searcher to filter by copyright provisions that allow reuse, sharing, or
modifying, and whether the source can be used commercially."
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Newsmaker:  Amazon's Bezos hits the books
By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com, November 8, 2005
http://news.com.com/Amazons+Bezos+hits+the+books/2008-1025_3-5938295.htm
l?tag=alert

"newsmakers Maybe it was just a matter of happenstance--though when it
comes to Amazon.com and its always-precise CEO Jeff Bezos, very little
gets left to chance."