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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Creative Commons helps authors terminate copyright transfers
By Nathan Willis, News Forge, January 10, 2007
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/07/01/04/1613249.shtml?tid=147

"Still seething over that bad book publishing deal you entered into in
1981? Good news: you might be able to rescue your manuscript and do
something lucrative with it, thanks to Creative Commons (CC) and obscure
portions of US copyright law. CC is beta testing a Web-based tool on its
ccLabs site that helps authors through the tricky legal maze required to
terminate a copyright transfer."
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Google Should Help Prevent China Piracy, Group Says (Update2)
By John Liu, Bloomberg.com, Jan. 10
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aqfi9.8NDD80&refer=a
sia

"Google Inc., owner of the world's most-used Internet search engine,
should urge its Chinese partner to prevent users from downloading
pirated videos, the Motion Picture Association said.
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Blog: Freeing Google Books
By Philipp Lenssen, Google Blogscoped, January 10, 2007
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-01-10-n14.html

"Google Book Search allows you to download full PDFs of books which are
in the copyright-free zone of the public domain. I think Google, as well
as the libraries which offered their books to be scanned by Google,
deserve credit for this. However,..."
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Blog: Authorama: Testing If Google Can Restrict Public Domain Books It
Offers For Download
By Danny Sullivan, Searchengineland, Jan. 10, 2007
http://searchengineland.com/070110-094130.php

"Freeing Google Books from Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped covers
him trying an interesting experiment. Can Google dictate that public
domain books that it has scanned and distributed on the web really be
subject to restrictions on non-commercial work?"
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OTTAWA (CP): Changes to Canadian copyright act imminent, but will they
protect users?
By: JENNIFER DITCHBURN, 680 News.com, January 10, 2007
http://www.680news.com/news/national/article.jsp?content=n011061A

"Ever taped or PVRed a show so that you can watch it later, otherwise
known as time shifting?"
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Web-based service lets iTunes users share DRM-free music
By Associated Press, Silicon Valley.com, January 10, 2007
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16429404.h
tm

"LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new online music service lets people share music
stored on their PCs with other computer users or those with Web-enabled
mobile phones."
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India: Right to copy
By Debashis Bhattacharyya, The Telegraph, January 9, 2007
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070110/asp/atleisure/story_7240231.asp

"Are remakes of Hindi films violating copyright laws? Debashis
Bhattacharyya finds out"
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Turnabout Is Fair Play in Internet Copyright Litigation: Lawyers for Web
video sites work both sides
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal, January 9, 2007
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1168263429841

"Two key lawyers defending video-sharing Web sites in high-profile suits
recently brought by Universal Music Group are well-versed in copyright
infringement claims, having taken plaintiffs' positions in previous
cases with similar legal arguments."
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Coping With Copyrights
By The Associated Press, Multichannel News, 1/8/07
http://dtv.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=94061

"As more video gushes onto the Internet, two kinds of copyright-oriented
service providers are emerging to handle the flow: those that police the
Web for unauthorized digital content and those aiming to more
efficiently broker deals between rights holders and distributors."
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Japan and U.S. announce joint efforts against copyright piracy
The Associated Press, Herald Tribune, January 8, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Japan-Trade.
php

"WASHINGTON: Japan and the United States agreed Monday to make it easier
for inventors in one country to patent their ideas in the other country
- part of joint efforts to fight global piracy of copyrighted goods."
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