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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Court won't hear National Geographic CD-ROM case
By Reuters.com, Dec 12, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?storyID=2005-12-12T194201
Z_01_HAR256638_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-GEOGRAPHIC.xml

"WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that
copyright law authorized a publisher to reproduce a collective work in
CD-ROM format, even if some new materials have been added."
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HarperCollins to create digital warehouse of books
By Claudia Parsons, Reuters.com, Dec 12, 2005
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?storyID=2005-12-12T223643
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"NEW YORK- U.S. publisher HarperCollins said on Monday it plans to
convert some 20,000 books in its catalog into digital form in a bid to
rein in potential copyright violations on the Internet."
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No CD-ROM residuals for National Geographic artists
By Reuters, December 12, 2005
http://news.com.com/No+CD-ROM+residuals+for+National+Geographic+artists/
2100-1025_3-5991880.html?tag=alert

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that copyright law
authorized a publisher to reproduce a collective work in CD-ROM format,
even if some new materials had been added."
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Just Google 'thou shalt not steal'
By Susan Cheever, Newsday.com, December 12, 2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-etcolumn4549299dec12,0,7399981
.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

"It's late at night, and you are in the bedroom cruising auction sites
for furniture on the Internet. You should go to sleep, but you don't.
Then you see them, the pair of chairs from your own living room. They
are for sale by someone in New Jersey, but they are your chairs. You can
even see the stains on the blue one where your son spilled some orange
juice and the stitching on the slipcover you repaired. What are they
doing out there in cyberspace?"
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Court upholds sizable file-swapping fine
By Declan McCullagh,  CNET News.com, December 12, 2005
http://news.com.com/File-swapping+fine+upheld+by+appeals+court/2100-1028
_3-5991531.html

"A Chicago woman who downloaded songs for free from the Kazaa
file-sharing network violated copyright law and must pay a $22,500 fine
to the record labels, a federal appeals court has ruled"
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Clogger of P2P networks to shut down
By John Borland, CNET News.com, December 9, 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5989758.html

"A leading service that attempted to dissuade people from using
file-trading networks like Kazaa, by planting millions of fake files
online, is being shut down."
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Sony BMG repents over CD debacle
By Mark Ward, BBC News, Dec 9, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4514678.stm

"Sony BMG is rethinking its anti-piracy policy following weeks of
criticism over the copy protection used on CDs."