In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Record industry sues XM Satellite over handheld device
By Associated Press, SiliconValley.com, May. 16, 2006
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14593918.h
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"The recording industry sued XM Satellite Radio on Tuesday over its new
iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music, sending to the
courts a roiling dispute over how consumers can legally record songs
using next-generation radio services."
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IUSA plans downloading services: Apple users may be left out; iPod
downloads won't be free
By Carrie Ritchie, ISD News, May 15, 2006
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=35928&adid=news

"During this spring's IU Student Association elections, the Hoosier
party garnered many eager followers, largely thanks to its promise to
provide a media downloading service to students."
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UK: Copyright safety law flawed
By David Canton, London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Columnists/Canton_David/2006/05/16/1
581616.html

"There has been a push to create greater legal consequences for
Canadians who defeat anti-piracy protections on items such as software,
CDs and DVDs."
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Aus: Copyright reforms strike a balance in Oz: Fairer for users but
tougher on pirates
By Sally Hawkins, The Register, 16th May 2006
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/oz_copyright_reforms/

"The Australian Government has announced it will introduce major changes
to the Australian Copyright Act."
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Only in America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software Model
By Heather Meeker, www.LinuxInsider.com , Part of the ECT News Network,
05/16/06
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50421.html

"The existence of legal systems without robust enforcement of copyright
law, in countries where software development is a highly robust
enterprise, is a serious threat to the free software model."
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Screw the Digital-Rights Bugaboo
By John Dvorak - PC Magazine/ABC News, May 15
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=1964092

"I have mixed feelings about so-called digital-rights management and its
benefits. My concerns don't stem solely from DRM itself, but from the
fact that it's not only illegal to crack DRM systems-it's essentially
illegal even to think about cracking them. This, of course, stems from
the onerous Digital Millennium Copyright Act."
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French Digital Music Copyright Bill Advances
By THOMAS CRAMPTON, New York Times, May 12, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/technology/12apple.html?_r=1&oref=slog
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"PARIS, May 11 - Resisting pressure from business, French lawmakers have
moved the country a step closer to a copyright law that would have
wide-ranging effects on those selling or listening to digital music."
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UK: Poll: 55% break copyright law
Nation of thieving scumbags put hands up
By Chris Williams, The Register.com, 12th May 2006
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/12/ncc_copyright_poll/

"A poll has spotlighted the folly of current copyright law in the UK."
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Canada: Our Own Creative Land: Cultural Monopoly and the Troubles with
Canadian Copyright
2006 Hart House Lecture
By Michael Geist - Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law,
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8776

"On December 22, 2005, as most politicians were preparing to take a
holiday break from the lengthy winter election campaign, I received an
email titled "Sam Bulte - Democracy in Action." Sarmite (Sam) Bulte was
a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Parkdale-High
Park. First elected in 1997, by 2005 she had risen to the position of
Parliamentary Secretary for Canadian Heritage. Bulte was closely aligned
with cultural issues throughout her term in office, including chairing
the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in 2004."
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Cut copyright levies, fight piracy, SIA says
By Dylan McGrath, EE Times, 05/11/2006
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187202350

"SAN FRANCISCO - Copyright levies, duties imposed on goods capable of
reproducing copyrighted materials, add substantial cost to electronic
products and, in effect, offset the economic benefits of Moore's Law,
according to leaders of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA),
who called for governments to adopt alternative measures to protecting
copyright holders."