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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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British Academy Says Copyright Hindering Scholarship
By Managing Information, 13 September 2006
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5179

"A report from the British Academy, to be launched on 18 September,
expresses fears that the copyright system may in important respects be
impeding, rather than stimulating, the production of new ideas and new
scholarship in the humanities and social sciences."
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UK: Do robots dream of copyright?
By Wendy M Grossman,  The Guardian, September 14, 2006
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/insideit/story/0,,1871615,00.htm
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"Dead author Philip K Dick lives on, in the form of an automaton. But
might it infringe property rights? We can do irony for you wholesale:
Philip K Dick's head is missing.
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Firm Behind eDonkey to Pay $30 Million
By ALEX VEIGA, The Associated Press, Sept. 12, 2006
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4181007.html

"LOS ANGELES - The firm behind popular online file-sharing software
eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright
infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court
documents filed Tuesday."
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USC copyright rules are flawed
By Cory Doctorow, DAILY Trojan, 9/11/06
http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2006/09/11/
Opinions/Usc-Copyright.Rules.Are.Flawed-2264120.shtml?sourcedomain=www.d
ailytrojan.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

"Universities - USC especially - are at a crossroads: Do they exist to
promote scholarship, or do they exist to protect the business models of
entertainment companies at any cost?"
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Podcasters unite to challenge copyright landgrab: Electronic Frontier
Foundation rallies the troops
By Will Head, vnunet.com, 11 Sep 2006
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2163983/podcasters-unite-challenge

"A new broadcasting right proposed by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (Wipo) is being opposed by freedom organisation the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)."
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Blog: EXCESS COPYRIGHT: CRIA + CMEC = COPYRIGHT + CONTROVERSY
By Howard Knopf, September 08, 2006
http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2006/09/cria-cmec-copyright-controve
rsy.html

"RUMOURS OF CONTROVERSY: The summer is almost over. And according to the
polls, so too may be the honeymoon with the new Conservative government.
Rumours are hot and heavy that the Conservatives will introduce a
copyright bill this fall - and that it may even be a priority for this
government."
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Copyright treaty draws tech industry criticism
By Anne Broache, CNET News.com, September 5, 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6112532.html

"ALEXANDRIA, Va.--An online culture built around user-generated content
on Web sites like YouTube and MySpace would be imperiled by a new
treaty, public interest groups and some technology companies said
Tuesday."