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Librarians protest to parliament over DRM

By Simon Aughton, PCPro.com, 6th February 2006

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/83298/librarians-protest-to-parliament-over-drm.h
tml



"Librarians have told the parliamentary inquiry into digital rights management
that restrictions on access to digital media may prevent some legitimate uses.
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Blog: Librarians air concerns about DRM

by Peter Pollack <http://www.bignoisybug.com> , Arstechnica, 2/3/2006

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060203-6115.html



Regular readers of Ars know that we take digital rights management
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051128-5635.html>  (DRM) seriously.
Specifically, we take the opportunity for DRM's misuse
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051227-5852.html>  seriously,
primarily because there are so many opportunities to misuse it."

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Memo to music industry: Fans say cut prices, make better music

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/13776684.htm

By Associated Press, Siliconvalley.com, Feb. 02, 2006



"While one-quarter of the nation's music fans say they've downloaded songs
onto their computers -- legally or otherwise -- a new nationwide poll suggests
music executives should look elsewhere to explain their business woes."

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Ex-RIAA chief opens antipiracy consultancy

By John Borland
<mailto:jborland@xxxxxxxx?subject=FEEDBACK:Ex-RIAA%20chief%20opens%20antipira
cy%20consultancy> , CNET News.com, February 2, 2006

http://news.com.com/Ex-RIAA+chief+opens+antipiracy+consultancy/2100-1027_3-60
34288.html



"For a few years, at the height of the debates over Napster and file swapping,
Hilary Rosen, then-chief of the Recording Industry Association of America, was
nearly as well-known online as any rock star."

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Copyright Office Sides With Publishers in Proposal for Handling 'Orphan'
Works

By ANDREA L. FOSTER <mailto:andrea.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> , Chronicle.com,

http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/02/2006020201t.htm

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"The U.S. Copyright Office proposed a solution late Tuesday to the vexing
problem of "orphan" works -- older materials that people are reluctant to
republish because they cannot track down the copyright owners. But the
office's recommendation, backed by publishers, is unlikely to please
archivists or scholars."

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File-swapping leaders nearing D-day

By John Borland
<mailto:jborland@xxxxxxxx?subject=FEEDBACK:File-swapping%20leaders%20nearing%
20D-day> , CNET News.com, February 1, 2006

http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6033593.html



"The young chief executive of MetaMachine, distributor of eDonkey file-sharing
software, appeared six months ago before a U.S. Senate committee and said his
network--the world's most popular--was ready to turn over a new leaf."