CT RULES UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PASSWORD NOT DMCA CIRCUMVENTION BNA's
Electronic Commerce & Law Reports that the U.S.
District Ct for DC has ruled that the unauthorized use of a
username/password combination to gain access to a personal Web site is
not "circumvention" prohibited by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Case name is Egilman v. Keller & Heckman LLP. Article at
<http://pubs.bna.com/ip/bna/eip.nsf/eh/a0b2a3z8t8>
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http://www.bna.com/prodcuts/ip/eplr.htm
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KOREA: New Internet copyright bill under fire
By Cho Jin-seo, The Korea Times/Asia Media, December 7, 2005
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=35128
"Bill purposes Internet companies to supervise file transactions and
enforce transfer termination of copyrighted materials. A copyright bill
to strictly control Internet file transfer is facing fierce protests
from Internet users and online service providers."
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Browser-Based Software Will Help Scholars Organize Information Found
Online, Researchers Say
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG, Choronicle.com, December 6, 2005
http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/12/2005120602t.htm
"The Web browser has become an essential tool for many academics, a
versatile window into books, journal articles, blogs, and other research
materials. Why not create a customized browser with professors' needs in
mind?"
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Higher Education in the High-Tech Age
By Choronicle.com, Section: Information Technology Supplement
Volume 52, Issue 16, Page B1, December 9, 2005
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i16/16b00101.htm
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"Orlando, Fla. More than 200 college presidents, provosts, chief
information officers, and other top academic leaders gathered here this
fall to talk about the role of technology in colleges and universities
and its effect on teaching and learning."
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Report: Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright
Control
By Marjorie Heins and Tricia Beckles, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU
School of Law, Free Expression Policy Project, December 2005
http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/fairuseflyer.html
"Are increasingly heavy assertions of control by copyright and trademark
owners smothering fair use and free expression? The product of more than
a year of research, Will Fair Use Survive? paints a striking picture of
an intellectual property system that is perilously out of balance."