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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Digital Copyright Battle Puts Linking at Risk. LinuxElectrons.com,
07/21/2006.
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060721095905734

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of library
organizations filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in
San Francisco on Thursday supporting Google Image Search in a showdown
over critical digital copyright issues.

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Superman movie on eBay. By Amar Singh; Evening Standard, 07/21/2006.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/films/articles/23217665?source=Evening%20S
tandard

Pirate DVD copies of Superman Returns were being sold on auction website
eBay only two days after its British release.

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A Sound Marketplace For Recorded Music. By Steven Pearlstein; The
Washington Post, 07/19/2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR200607
1801538.html

Here in Washington, there is nothing more amusing than watching business
interests work themselves up into a righteous frenzy over a threat to
their monopoly profits from a new technology or some upstart with a
different business model.

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Why the music industry's new piracy tactics will fail. By Bernhard
Warner; The Times Online, 07/19/2006.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2277187,00.html

Here's a jarring statistic: in the past three years music industry
lawyers have sued more than 23,000 music fans for filling their hard
drives with free songs and sharing them with the world. But as almost
any music executive will tell you, suing your customers is an
unsustainable strategy.

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More Digital Copyright Litigation Strikes: YouTube Could Turn Out To Be
The Next Napster. By Caroline Horton Rockafellow; WRAL
LocalTechWire.com, 07/19/2006.
http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=14557

In the world of interesting copyright litigation, there may be a new kid
on the block.

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Dare Violate a Copyright in Hong Kong? A Boy Scout May Be Watching
Online. By Keith Bradsher; The New York Times, 07/18/2006.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/arts/18pira.html (registration
required)

Movie and song copiers beware: Use an Internet discussion site in Hong
Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement
authorities by an 11-year-old Boy Scout.

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US Government Brings Copyright Program to Tennessee. ag-IP-news;
07/18/2006.
http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=3304&lang=en

United States Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property Stephen Pinkos and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) spoke
with over 300 of America's intellectual property (IP) creators and
entrepreneurs about US copyright laws, explaining how attendees can
protect their creations in the digital age and in a global economy, a
press release by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
stated.

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Online copyright wars not quite what they seem, says judge; "Copyright
by contract" could develop between the producer and user of a work. By
Stephen Bell; ComputerWorld Magazine, 07/18/2006.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/D7C681DDC0396739CC2571AB00030D0
7

It may be true that the internet has changed copyright forever, says
Judge David Harvey. But this doesn't mean those supporting its virtual
abolition will win.

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Microsoft hands copyright control over to publishers; Software giant
begins book digitisation, but side-steps copyright problems. By Tracey
Caldwell; Information World Review, 07/17/2006.
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2160455/microsoft-han
ds-copyright

Microsoft has moved further into searching copyright material with its
Windows Live Books Publisher Program. Launched in May, the program will
be expanded within the coming weeks to accept submissions in digital
form, in addition to the print material currently being processed.

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Picture yourself in a movie with music. By James Coates; The Chicago
Tribune, 07/16/2006.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/columnists/chi-0607160077jul16,
0,5876473.column

Here's my plan for making a million bucks with a homemade video. Follow
directions on Sonicfire Pro 4 to add songs and effects with no copyright
fears.

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Pub lacks karaoke license, sued for copyright violations. By Kevin
Tampone; The Central New York Business Journal, 07/15/2006.
http://www.cnybj.com/fullstory.cfm?article_id=4112&return=frontpage.cfm

A time-honored bar tradition - singing loudly and badly - has landed a
local pub in a lawsuit.

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Joint anti-piracy campaign. By Liu Weifeng; China Daily, 07/15/2006.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/15/content_641542.htm

China issued a statement on Friday to show the country's commitment to a
campaign, the largest of its kind in recent years, to curb piracy in the
audio-video and software production industry.

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Protecting a Senator? Or Just Enforcing Copyright Law?  By Frank Ahrens;
Washington Post, 7/16/2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR200607
1500093.html

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee,
delivered a long, rambling expostulation on net neutrality on June 22.

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Music Industry Grouping Proposes Digital Age Copyright. By Steve
Kennedy; Digital Lifestyles Magazine, 07/13/2006.
http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=business&id=3476

A wide music industry grouping representing the independent record
industry, composers and songwriters, musicians and performers, music
managers, music publishers and their collecting societies hosted a
crucial round table meeting...to debate the creation of a progressive
and innovative copyright framework that is fit for purpose in the
digital age.