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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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British ISPs must turn in customer details
By Andy McCue,  CNET News.com, January 31, 2006
http://news.com.com/British+ISPs+must+turn+in+customer+details/2100-1028
_3-6033191.html

"The U.K. High Court has ordered 10 Internet service providers to hand
over information of 150 customers accused of illegally sharing and
downloading desktop software on the Web."
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More Coverage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4653662.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4663388.stm
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Newspapers take aim at Google in copyright dispute
By Adam Pasick, Reuters.com, Jan 31, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=20
06-01-31T193439Z_01_L31724094_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS-GOO
GLE-DC.XML

"DUBLIN (Reuters) - A group representing global newspaper publishers has
launched a lobbying campaign to challenge search engines like Google
(GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) that aggregate news content."
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Copyright Wars: Looking for a Solution
By Adam Sacarny, Columbia Spectator, January 31, 2006
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43df05e1
ba772

"In yesterday's submission, I explained how Columbia's decision to
require performance licenses for public screenings of movies was harmful
to everyone. Because movie distributors charge so much money for these
licenses, few clubs will screen films on campus, destroying a vital
element of campus life. Since clubs will acquire so few licenses, it is
hard to see the movie distributors making much of a profit themselves.
This outcome benefits no one, and we can do much better."
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Comic book about copyright?
BY PAUL BONNER : The Herald-Sun, Jan 30, 2006
http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-695767.html

"DURHAM -- Will a spiky-haired, camera-toting super-heroine vanquish the
monster of copyright greed and restore decency and common sense to the
world of creative endeavor?"
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OPINION: Open-Source Licensing: Here's What I've 'Noticed'
By Heather J. Meeker, LinuxInsider, 01/31/06
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/VncKJ9ALzNV8ft/Open-Source-Licensing-H
eres-What-Ive-Noticed.xhtml

"There is plenty of justification for notice requirements. However, the
way notices are currently provided causes problems that need not exist,
and a single copyright notice is inadequate to serve all purposes."
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DRM: Media companies' next flop?
>From Knowledge@Wharton, Special to CNET News.com, January 30, 2006
http://news.com.com/DRM+Media+companies+next+flop/2030-1069_3-6032936.ht
ml?

"Big media players are accustomed to watching the ratings for the most
popular music, video and book content. But perhaps they should pay more
attention to how consumers feel about three letters at the bottom of
most charts--DRM, which stands for digital rights management."
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Google cache not a breach of copyright
By OUT-LAW.COM, The Register.com, 27th January 2006
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/google_cache_copyright_breach_ru
ling/

"A US district court has ruled that Google's cache feature, which allows
users to access snapshots of web pages taken when they were viewed by
Google robots, does not breach copyright in those web pages. The ruling
could help its Google Print dispute. Use of the material is a fair use,
said the Court."
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New copyright info site to ease secondary use
By The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 28, 2006
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20060128TDY08010.htm

"The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said Friday it would
set up a Web search site to provide information about copyright owners,
in the hope it will help promote the secondary use of various works,
such as images and music on the Internet."
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Opinion: Copyright regulation in place for reason
William J. Raduchel, 1966 graduate, The State News, Jan 2006
http://www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=34192

"I find "We're all criminals," (SN 1/13), sad. The founders of this
great nation thought copyright was so important that it is one of the
few enumerated powers of Congress in the Constitution. Authors and
artists should be entitled to compensation for their work."
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Perspective:  Can video iPod lead to DMCA reform?
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 23, 2006,
http://news.com.com/Can%20video%20iPod%20lead%20to%20DMCA%20reform/2010-
1028_3-6029611.html?tag=alert

"Apple Computer's video iPod may not be the first portable movie player,
but it is by far the best."
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Just and FYI- From LOC press release:
Study Group to Host Public Roundtables in March 2006 on Copyright
Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
January 17, 2006
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-017.html

"A committee appointed by the Library of Congress will hold two public
roundtables in March 2006-in Los Angeles and in Washington, D.C.- to
gather insights and opinions on how to revise copyright exceptions for
libraries and archives (Section 108 of the Copyright Act)."