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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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EFF gives up fight for Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions
By Matt Whipp , PCPro.com, 2nd December 2005
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/80997/eff-gives-up-fight-for-digital-millenn
ium-copyright-act-exemptions.html

"A leading US digital rights body has given up on the US Copyright
Office, saying that every proposed exception to the DMCA has been
rebuffed, rendering the 'three-year exemption' period meaningless.
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EFF abstains from DMCA rulemaking, denouncing Copyright Office
By: Nathan Willis< newsforge.com, December 01, 2005
http://business.newsforge.com/business/05/12/01/1923212.shtml?tid=110
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Digital book battle widens
Amazon to start 2 programs to give readers Web access to books
Verne Kopytoff, SFChronicle, November 4, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/1
1/04/BUGP0FIL3R1.DTL&type=tech

"Amazon.com became the latest Internet giant to jump into the fight to
bring novels, biographies and textbooks online, announcing two new
programs Thursday that allow the retailer to sell books that can be read
on the Web."
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US, EU threaten 'zero tolerance' for copyright violations
By Duncan Hooper and Kevin Costelloe, Business Day, Dec 05
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A121407

"BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) trade commissioner Peter Mandelson and
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said yesterday that the EU and US
had agreed on a joint initiative to fight intellectual property
violations."
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Press Release: Library of Congress Launches Effort to Create World
Digital Library
Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-250.html

"Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey
Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to
contribute to the Library's initiative to develop a plan to begin
building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use by other libraries around
the globe. The effort would be supported by funds from nonexclusive,
public and private partnerships, of which Google is the first."
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VCR-like box boasts P2P content at push of button
By Lars Pasveer,  CNET News.com, November 30, 2005
http://news.com.com/VCR-like+box+boasts+P2P+content+at+push+of+button/21
00-1025_3-5977062.html?tag=alert

"A Dutch company is offering a new Linux-based home media player
designed to give Internet users easy access to content from a variety of
peer-to-peer networks, including BitTorrent and eDonkey."