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If Books Are on Google, Who Gains and Who Loses?
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, New York Times, November 14, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/14conn.html
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"In 1709, Daniel Defoe compared them to "House-breakers," "High-way Robbers,"
and "Pick-Pockets," not sounding that different from the way software makers,
movie producers and writers sound today when they speak about copyright
pirates."
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US DoJ offers to jail copyright infringers: Attorney General floats tough new
law
By Tony Smith, The Register, 11th November 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/doj_floats_ippa/

"US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has proposed tough new copyright
enforcement laws that would criminalise consumers simply for trying to make
unauthorised copies of music, movies and software, whether they are successful
or not."
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Blog: Hollywood Demands New Piracy Laws
By Jon Newton, MP3 Newswire, 11/13/05
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/demand.html

"Microsoft, Apple and other owners of the BSA (Business Software Alliance),
together with the entertainment cartels, are demanding that America's
Cheney/Bush administration adds new commercial 'crimes' to US law.
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Sony BMG shoots itself in the foot while firing against music pirates:
Company's new CDs said to make PCs vulnerable to hackers, crippling virus
By SIMON AVERY, Globe and Mail, November 11, 2005 Page B6
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051111/IBSON
Y/TPBusiness/International

"Sony BMG Music Entertainment's latest attempts to control music piracy have
created a public relations fiasco for the company and grief for consumers who
unknowingly opened their computers to hackers by playing Sony BMG CDs."
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Google opens the doors to virtual library
By BAMBI FRANCISCO, Houston Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2005
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/books/news/3453437

"SAN FRANCISCO -- Farewell to the card catalog. Google Inc. marked an
important step in the history of recorded information Thursday by opening the
first virtual library on the Web."
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Access Copyright's position clarified
By Roanie Levy, counsel, Access Copyright, Globe and Mail Update, November 11,
2005
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051111.gtaccess1111/BNSt
ory/Technology/

"Dear Editor: Some clarification is needed regarding Jack Kapica's column
Pay-as-you-surf (Nov. 8)."
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Blog: Copyright History: new movie
By p2p news / p2pne, 11th November 2005
http://p2pnet.net/story/6947

"If you're a p2pnet regular, you'll recognize the name Rick Fulkerson. He and
his family live in Coos Bay, Oregon, where he owns and runs a small computer
store north of the city."
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Documentary makers rally for fair use
By Gregg Kilday, Reuters.com, Nov 11, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2005-11-
11T122035Z_01_DIT144413_RTRIDST_0_FILM-DOCUMENTARY-DC.XML&archived=False

"LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Five organizations involved in documentary
films will next Friday release a manifesto of sorts titled "A Documentary
Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use," which will set out
guidelines under which filmmakers can make use of copyrighted material without
being subject to often exorbitant licensing fees."
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Blog: Copyright Act and Penal Code to Be Amended
By the eFinland Weblog, 11 November, 2005
http://e.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=43784

"Helsinki- As part of the revision of the Copyright Act, Finnish legislation
will be updated to take into account special issues related to the digital and
network environment."
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Consumers fight copy protection
By J. David Goodman, International Herald Tribune, NOVEMBER 11, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/11/business/ptcopy12.php

"PARIS All Stiphane Perquin wanted to do was watch David Lynch's "Mulholland
Drive" at his mother's house in the Burgundy region of France."