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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Why YouTube won't be Napster redux
By MICHAEL GEIST, Torontostar.com, Oct. 16, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/ymaokj

"Two companies launched by twentysomethings burst onto the public scene
and provide instant access to a seemingly unlimited array of popular
content."
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Technology Is Key In Fighting Film Piracy
By Komfie Manalo, All Headline News, October 15, 2006
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005185139

"London, England (AHN) -British film minister Shaun Woodward said that
new technology is the key in fighting movie piracy and suggested that
making films available on demand as soon as they are released at cinemas
could help stop moviegoers from buying illegal copies."
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University joins Google library project
By Reuters, CNET.com, October 12, 2006
http://news.com.com/University+joins+Google+library+project/2100-1025_3-
6125226.html?tag=alert

"The University of Wisconsin has agreed to take part in Google's bid to
scan book collections of the world's great libraries, joining a second
wave of backers for the controversial project, the two organizations
said late on Wednesday."
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OPED: Parallel federal political world of environment and copyright
By Michael Geist, The Hill Times, October 9th, 2006
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/
october/9/geist/&c=1

"The environment has emerged as a mainstream political issue, and
copyright is showing similar signs."
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New Era of the Recipe Burglar: Pete Wells explores the mysterious world
of kitchen spies, copycat chefs and copyright lawyers who might, one day
soon, change the way we eat.
By Pete Wells, Food & Wine, This article originally appeared in
November, 2006
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/new-era-of-the-recipe-burglar

"I want to be there on New Year's Eve when they seal the 2006 time
capsule, because I' ve found a restaurant dish that will tell future
earthlings everything they need to know about what happened to food this
year.
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Blog:   A Recipe for Intellectual Property Madness
By INFOWORLD GRIPELINE BY ED FOSTER, October 12, 2006
http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2006/10/a_recipe_for_in.h
tml

"The next time you dine at a restaurant, you might want to check to see
if you're swallowing any fine-print legalese along with your food. There
is apparently a serious movement among chefs to start serving
intellectual property claims along with their culinary creations. You
may eat the meal, in other words, but the chef still owns it."
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Writers win partial victory in freelance copyright case
By CBC Arts, CBC.ca,  October 12, 2006
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2006/10/12/robertson-freelancer-scoc.
html

"Newspapers and magazines do not have the right to republish articles
written by freelancers in electronic databases without the consent of
the authors, according to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling released
Thursday."
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Textbooks Enter the Digital Era: High-Tech options can save money and
boost learning
By Alex Kingsbury and Lindsey Galloway, October 8, 2006
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/061008/16books.htm

"The basic introductory physics textbook for college students has
remained largely the same for the past century, perhaps longer."
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UPCOMING CIP OINLINE WORKSHOPS:
Copyright Education Programs: Teaching the Ethical and Legal Use of
Information
Dates: November 6 - November 17, 2006
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#copyright_edu
cation
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DRM Technologies
Dates: January 22 - February 2, 2007
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#drm_tech