In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Are you breaking copyright laws?
By Will Head, Web User,  January 4, 2007
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=104786

"You've legally bought a CD and want to listen to it on the way to work.
You can just put it in your computer and copy it onto your iPod - that's
perfectly legal, right?"
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China court settles first legal dispute over painting copyright
By People's Daily Online, January 03, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200701/03/eng20070103_337916.html

"A local Chinese court has ruled in favor of well-known Chinese painter
Chen Kezhi in a painting copyright lawsuit, the first of its kind in
China, in which Chen was accused of plagiarism by fellow artist Gao
Xiaohua.
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Lessig: IP Reform? Fuggedaboutit
By David A. Utter, WebProNews, 2007-01-04
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070104LessigIPReformF
uggedaboutit.html

"Now that Democrats have won control of Congress, one might have
expected intellectual property law reform to take place. Creative
Commons backer and noted law professor Lawrence Lessig says it won't
happen."
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Hollywood wins copyright suit in China
By Reuters,  Dec 29, 2006
SHANGHAI
http://tinyurl.com/y3uub9

"Hollywood movie studios have won a lawsuit in China over the posting of
movie clips on the Internet, the Motion Picture Association said on
Friday."
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Blog: Has HD-DVD copyright protection been hacked (for now)?
By PJ Hruschak, Gadgetell Blog, December 31st, 2006
http://www.gadgetell.com/2006/12/has-hd-dvd-copyright-protection-been-ha
cked-for-now/
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You beaut, YouTube
By Phil Kloer, The Age, December 26, 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/you-beaut-youtube/2006/12/22/1166
290735615.html

"The past year belonged, in pop culture terms, to YouTube. The internet
phenomenon did its best finally to eliminate the increasingly blurry
line between the providers of entertainment and the consumers."
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Letter to Editor: Whiter shades of grey on copyright
The Times, December 23, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2516283,00.html


"Sir, The Whiter Shade of Pale ruling in Matthew Fisher's favour
(report, Dec 21) may have opened a very large can of worms - certainly
as far as jazz recordings are concerned
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Record Labels Sue Web Site Operator
By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press, Dec 20
http://tinyurl.com/yb6yvz

"LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Several major record labels sued the operator of
the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com on Wednesday, claiming the
company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their
permission."
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French court favors personal privacy over piracy searches
 By Thomas Crampton, ITH.com, December 21, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/21/business/privacy.php

"PARIS: A French court has ruled that music companies and other
copyright holders cannot conduct unrestrained Internet monitoring to
find pirates."
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Early Registration Extended to January 10, 2007!!!
DIGITIAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM) TECHNOLOGIES
January 22 - February 2, 2007
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.html#drm-tech
SIGN UP TODAY!

Are you interested in learning more about digital rights management
(DRM) technologies?  Would you like to learn more about the current
state-of-the-art in DRM and its applicability to your campus?  Do you
have concerns and questions about personal media, your students and your
liability? What is the future of DRM?  What about open standards? Do
they offer a future for the marketplace?  These and other questions will
be reviewed, discussed and considered in the upcoming online workshop:


Moderators:
Bill Rosenblatt, M.S., Founder, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies
and Author of DRM Business & Technology (John Wiley & Sons)

Kimberly Kelley, M.L.S, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Dean, Academic Resources
and Services, University of Maryland University College;

Please see the web site for detailed course objectives:
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.html#drm-tech