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Press Release: Announcement
September 26, 2006
University Complutense of Madrid and Google to Make Hundreds of Thousands of
Books Available Online
http://www.google.com/press/annc/books_madrid.html

"Browsing the library stacks of the University Complutense of Madrid is like
taking a trip through the great moments of Spanish and Latin American
literature with Miguel de Cervantes, Quevedo, Caldersn, Sor Juana de la Cruz,
Garcilaso de la Vega and many more."
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Press Release: UC Berkeley offers courses and symposia through Google Video
By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations | 26 September 2006
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/09/26_google.shtml

"BERKELEY - In another innovative move to share its intellectual treasures
with the public, the University of California, Berkeley, announced today
(Tuesday, Sept. 26) that it is delivering educational content, including
course lectures and symposia, free of charge through Google Video."
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Judge Says StreamCast Liable in Lawsuit
By ALEX VEIGA, The Associated Press,  September 27, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/h6kzz

"LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday against the distributor of the
Morpheus online file-sharing software, finding the firm encouraged computer
users to share music, movies and other copyright works without permission."
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Press Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2006
CONTACT: Lindsey Mask or Steve Forde
Telephone: (202) 225-4527

Higher Education, Entertainment Industry Witnesses Detail Impact of, Efforts
to Combat
Internet Piracy on College Campuses
http://edworkforce.house.gov/press/press109/second/09sep/piracy092606.htm

"WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on 21st
Century Competitiveness, members of the entertainment industry and the higher
education community today highlighted the impact of Internet piracy on college
campuses, while outlining ways they are cooperating to combat its increase."
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British Library calls for digital copyright action
By Tom Espiner, CNET News.com, September 25, 2006
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html

"In a manifesto released on Monday at the Labor Party Conference in
Manchester, the United Kingdom's national library warned that the country's
traditional copyright law needs to be extended to fully recognize digital
content."
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Blog: Our approach to content
by David Eun, VP, Content Partnerships, 9/26/2006
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/our-approach-to-content.html

"The Internet has broken down many of the barriers that exist between people
and information -- effectively democratizing access to human knowledge. By
typing just a few keywords into a computer you can learn about almost any
subject. Google is one of many organizations that work to make this
possible."
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Google Talks On Its Approach To Content & Copyright
Our approach to content at the Official Google Blog has Google explaining to
the world how it works with content owners and its desire to respect their
rights.
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Digital archiving gains new tool
By BBCNews.com, 26 September 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5382144.stm

"A tool that makes it easier to gather and store digital archives has been
developed by the National Library of New Zealand and the British Library."
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Copyright check: Students required to comply
By Eric Lach, The Wesleyan Argus, Volume CXLI, Number 6,  September 26, 2006
http://www.wesleyanargus.com/article.php?article_id=3789

"The University has recently taken several measures to address increasing
pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to clamp down on copyright
infringement."
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Editorial: DMCA: coming to a Canada near you?
By Mike Kendrick, The Gateway, 21 September, 2006, Volume XCVII Issue 6
http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=6462

"In 1998, the US government passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA), which was designed to update current copyright laws so they could
apply to the increasingly important digital realm as it worked its way into
mainstream culture. The most significant aspect of the bill was its ruling on
anti-circumvention policies-that is, matters regarding a consumer's ability to
bypass digital security locks placed on media by their publishers."
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Press Release: Cornell University and Publishers announce new copyright
guidelines governing use of digital course materials
http://www.news.cornell.edu/pressoffice1/Sept06/AAPCopyright.html

Jointly written guidelines affirm that copyright law applies to electronic
course content
Contact: Tommy Bruce
Phone: (607) 255-9929
twb22@xxxxxxxxxxx