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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Press Release: Copyright Clearance Center's Sue Kesner Elected President of
The Society for Scholarly Publishing
BUSINESS WIRE, June 7, 2006
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view
&newsId=20060607005741&newsLang=en

DANVERS, Mass.--( The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) announced today
that Sue Kesner, Director of Publisher Development at Copyright Clearance
Center (CCC), has been elected president of SSP for the 2007-08 term."
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French publishing group charges Google with violation of copyright
By Heise, 07.06.2006
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/73944

"French publishing group La Martinihre has filed suit against Internet search
engine giant Google for alleged breaches of copyright. According to dpa, the
suit will be filed in Paris both against French subsidiary Google France and
the US parent company. Google's efforts to scan in millions of books from the
archives of various libraries across the world are the bone of contention."

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Copyright Law Faces New Test On Thursday
Should You Pay Multiple Fees For The Same Music?
By Natali T. Del Conte, PCMagazine, 06.07.06
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1973270,00.asp

"On Thursday, lobbying group the Digital Media Association (DiMA) will propose
an amendment to Congress that would simplify the hoop jumping that digital
music providers currently have to go through to obtain rights to music -- or
completely rewrite copyright as we know it. "
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Google argues with U.K. publishers over digital libraries
By Tom Espiner, CNET News.com, June 6, 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6080400.html

"Google has again clashed with publishers over its controversial program to
scan, digitize and make searchable the collections of libraries in the U.S.
and the U.K."
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Content industry continues to push aggressive copyright laws
by Peter Pollack, ArsTechnica, 6/5/2006
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060605-6989.html

"You've got to wonder what the content industry thinks about the 1450s-the
decade in which Johannes Gutenberg built his printing press. Although the
invention of moveable type is credited to the Chinese hundreds of years
earlier, the success of the first iterations of the technology was limited by
the huge number of characters needed to communicate in that language."
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Blog: Captain Copyright Caught Copying: Changes campaign content due to
criticism
Posted on 2006-06-06 09:18:29
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/75124

"We mentioned the entertainment industry was using Captain Copyright to
educate kids about piracy and downloading in the classroom, but apparently the
campaign has been going through some difficulties. Internet users have not
only noticed that the website lifted certain content from Wikipedia,..."
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Access Copyright fiasco
By Russell McOrmond, p2p news view / p2pnet:
http://p2pnet.net/story/8967

"I've been wondering if it would be worthwhile to post an article each day
with an aspect of Canadian Copyright law or practises that the lawyers at
Access Copyright got wrong. While Michael Geist and others have pointed out
that they seem to have missed PART VIII: Private Copying entirely, there are
many other errors on their site."
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Press Release: Nature Publishing Chooses Copyright Clearance Center's
Rightslink to Handle Growth in Licensing Transactions; Leading STM Publisher
Streamlines Copyright Permissions, Maximizes Staff Resources and Enhances
Customer Service
BUSINESS WIRE, June 05, 2006
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view
&newsId=20060605006218&newsLang=en

"DANVERS, Mass--Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the world's premier provider
of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, today announced that Nature
Publishing Group (NPG), a leading global publisher of more than 50 scientific
journals, including Nature, the world's most highly cited weekly
multidisciplinary journal, has implemented Rightslink(R) to make it easy for
individuals and organizations to obtain instant copyright permissions online
to reuse NPG content."
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E-book project to give free access to 300,000 volumes
By Associated Press, MecuryNews.com, Jun. 02, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/personal_techn
ology/14727375.htm

"CHICAGO (AP) - Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra
screen time this summer, as two nonprofits are preparing to provide free
access to 300,000 texts online."
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Blog: Educational copyright online
By Howard Knopf, p2p news view / p2pnet, 1st June 2006
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8935

"CMEC - the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada - issued another press
release on May 30, 2006 calling for special treatment for educators under
Canadian copyright law for educational use of the internet. Do the educators
need such treatment? What will happen if they get their wish?
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Piracy fears over net generation
By BBCNews.com, 30 May 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5029070.stm

Net freedom fighter Lawrence Lessig has called for an end to what he described
as "extremism" in copyright laws."