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A DVD Copy Protection Is Overcome by Hackers
By BRAD STONE, New York Times, January 17, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/technology/17movie.html
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"SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16 - The 2005 science fiction film "Serenity"
portrayed a ragtag crew of space pirates fighting to unravel the
mysteries of their galaxy."
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Music industry declares war on Internet providers
By MarketWatch, Jan 17, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2cjt7b

"The global music industry Wednesday threatened to take legal action
against Internet Service Providers if they failed to take action against
users who illegally upload and download music."
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Online music sales doubled in 2006
By JANE WARDELL, Associated Press, SiliconValley.com, Jan. 17, 2007
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16480148.h
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"LONDON - Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2
billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an
overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body
said Wednesday.
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Germany Urged to Cut Copyright Fees on Electronics
By The Associated Press, ENTNews.com, January 17, 2007
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8119

"Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with
cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers,
printers and scanners."
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Bill Would Force Webcasters' DRM Hand
By Roy Mark, Internewtnews.com, January 12, 2007
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3653736

"U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein re-introduced Thursday her controversial
legislation to mandate DRM formats for all streaming media services. A
similar bill failed in the last session of Congress under pressure from
consumer advocates and the electronics industry.
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New Zealand: Peter Griffin: Consumer the loser in copyright wars
By Peter Griffin, NZ Herald January 18, 2007
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10419613

"At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, every man and
his dog was touting the "connected home" - shifting content from mobile
phone or music player to a living room media hub to the computer in the
study, wirelessly and with ease. And it's not just hype."
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International Relations: EU Expands Legal, Copyright Cooperation with
China
By Deutsche Welle STAFF, 17.01.2007
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2312865,00.html

"The European Union and China agreed Wednesday to spend 62.7 million
euros ($80.9 million) to expand their cooperation in legal and business
training and the protection of intellectual property rights."
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Senators aim to restrict Net, satellite radio recording
By Anne Broache, CNET News.com, January 12, 2007
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6149915.html

"Satellite and Internet radio services would be required to restrict
listeners' ability to record and play back individual songs, under new
legislation introduced this week in the U.S. Senate."
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Evidence guides Gowers to strike the right balance on copyright: The
music industry is miffed, but the information sector has every reason to
welcome the Gowers Review.
By Mark Chillingworth, Information World Review 16 Jan 2007
http://www.vnunet.com/information-world-review/analysis/2172624/evidence
-guides-gowers-strike

"As the author of the Gowers Review into copyright and intellectual
property, Andrew Gowers has struck just the right note."
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