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Digital age copyright challenge
By Suzanne Zack, The UConn Advance, April 10, 2006
http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2006/060410/06041003.htm

"Standing on the stage of Konover Auditorium on Tuesday, copyright
expert Robert Oakley held up an iPod and asked how many in the audience
had one, or a similar device that plays songs, podcasts and videos.
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File-swapping firm quits talks, will fight copyright case in court
By Associated Press, Siliconvalley.com, Apr. 07, 2006
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14290382.h
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"LOS ANGELES (AP) - StreamCast Inc., the company behind the Morpheus
online file-swapping software, said Friday negotiations to settle a
five-year copyright battle with the entertainment industry have failed
and it will now fight the case in court."
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Canada: Supreme Court to rehear copyright case
BY RICHARD BLACKWELL, Globe & Mail, 08/04/06
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060408.SCOC08/TPStory
/National

"In an unusual move, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided to re-hear
a controversial case involving the rights of freelance writers so that
its newest judge -- an expert in copyright law -- can participate in the
decision."
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Egypt: You've Got to Fight for Your Copyright
By Sherine Bakir, Business Today Egypt , April 2006
http://www.businesstodayegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6646

"The proliferation of brand- and business-idea rip-offs continues
unchecked, but the fault lies not in the law itself, but in weak customs
controls, low penalty fees and a court system that lacks sufficient
expertise to handle infringement cases quickly and effective
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Move to screens boosts funds for music licensing group
By ROSE FRENCHtHE, The Chronicle Herald, April 10, 2006
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Religion/495633.html

"FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Sunday mornings at the People's Church look more like
a rock concerts than traditional worship services."
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Five Indicted For Violating Federal Copyright Laws
By North Country Gazette, April 7, 2006
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/040706CopyrightViolations.ht
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"SAN JOSE, CA---As part of the ongoing prosecution arising out of
Operation Copycat, a federal grand jury in San Jose has returned a
four-count indictment charging five additional individuals with
violations of federal copyright laws. To date, 32 individuals have been
criminally charged as part of the ongoing investigation into online
"warez" sites, and 20 of those have been convicted since Sept. 26,
2005."
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Judge rules Da Vinci Code idea not stolen
By RUSSELL JACKSON, 08-Apr-06
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=538722006

"THE author Dan Brown did not steal the ideas for his multi-million
selling novel The Da Vinci Code from another book, but he did copy some
of the language, a judge ruled yesterday."
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NYU Group Sponsors Film Competition Meant to Challenge Copyright Law
By Doree Shafrir, The Columbia Journalist, April 7, 2006
http://www.columbiajournalist.org/arts_culture_seminar/2005/article.asp?
subj=arts_culture&course=arts_culture_seminar&id=857

"The concept of remixing has been around for years. DJs, especially, are
known for taking a song and producing a "remix" version with new beats,
different hooks or added vocals. Now the New York University branch of
the national Free Culture organization is extending the practice to a
different medium by sponsoring a Film Remix Contest. With this
competition, event organizers intend to challenge limitations of U.S.
copyright law, especially the 1998Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
which essentially prohibits the reproduction of DVDs."
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Copyright protection vital for Russia WTO entry - US official
By Itar-Tass, 06.04.2006
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=5889908&PageNum=0

"WASHINGTON- US Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson is
convinced that a recent statement made by the Russian president on the
necessity to efficiently fight counterfeited products gives a very
important signal regarding the stance of the Russian head of state on
this sensitive problem."
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U.S. lawmakers target six top copyright piracy countries: No small
potatoes among them, but a few close allies blamed
By Grant Gross, Computer World, APRIL 06, 2006
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,11027
5,00.html

"(IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A group of U.S. lawmakers has named six countries,
including China and Russia, as those they will closely monitor for
continuing copyright piracy problems."
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SIIA antipiracy report highlights 2005 successes: Piracy investigations,
convictions among year's successes
News Story by Fred O'Connor, Computer World, APRIL 05, 2006
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,11024
9,00.html

"(IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA) investigated almost 300 cases of possible corporate software
piracy and helped convict three U.S. copyright infractors in 2005,
according to its first annual antipiracy report, released Wednesday."