In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Google to Subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft on Book Scanning (Update1)
By Jonathan Thaw and Susan DeckerN Bloomberg.com, Oct. 5, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=amfuMLMq__H8&refer=n
ews

"Google Inc. will subpoena information from Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
and Amazon.com Inc. to help fight copyright lawsuits over its
book-scanning project."
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ON ETHICS: The download on copyright wrongs at the local library
By RANDY COHEN, Houston Chronicle.com,  Oct. 7, 2006
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4242643.html

"Q: Is it piracy if you take your laptop into a library and download CDs
or copy movies from its DVD collection? I travel the country
continuously and frequent libraries. Never have I seen a sign that
prohibits copying the material on their shelves."
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LETTERS: Copyright treaty used to pressure Parliament
The Hill Times, October 2nd, 2006
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/oc
tober/2/letter5/&c=1

"Re: "Copyright the most lobbied area of federal policy-making," The
Hill Times' online edition (Sept. 25). The article states that "The
government had committed to implementing the WIPO treaties."
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Conference enlightens participants on copyright issues -
By Seychelles Nation, 07.10.06
http://www.nation.sc/index1024.php?art=7382

"A two-day conference to discuss the various aspects related to
copyright and related issues was held recently at the Berjaya Beau
Vallon Bay Hotel."
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Gadget makers fear new copyright taxes hurt sales: Executives say
European tax on blank media, designed to compensate artists for private
copying, is out of date.
By Reuters, Tech News.com, October 6, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/kkzne

"Electronics manufacturers railed against a European tax on recordable
discs and music players like iPods on Friday, even as a Dutch industry
group was getting ready to impose new local levies on recordable media."
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EU Formalizes Music Licensing System
By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews, October 5, 2006
http://www.betanews.com/article/EU_Formalizes_Music_Licensing_System/116
0015652

"If you want to see in real life how a single, Europe-wide software
patent authority might work, keep your eyes on the new Central Licensing
Agreement for music copyright, formalized in the EU on Wednesday."
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Copyright Clearance Center Names Tracey Armstrong New Chief Operating
Officer
By BUSINESS WIRE, October 04, 2006
 http://tinyurl.com/z6ge9

"Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the world's largest copyright
licensing solutions provider, announced that Tracey Armstrong has been
named Chief Operating Officer."
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Copyright owners bust Univ. students: Recording industry among
aggressors
By JESSICA LEVINE, The Red & Black, University of Georgia, October 04,
2006
http://www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/10/04/452321afd7866

"Sharing is a good thing - usually. But more University students are
finding out the hard way that it can get you in trouble - at least when
it comes to file sharing."
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British company launches poetry download site
By LONDON (AP), Mecury News.com, Oct. 03, 2006
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15672079.h
tm

"British entertainment company 57 Productions launched a new Web site
Tuesday which allows users to download and listen to poetry on their MP3
players and iPods."