In The News

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Publishers' Group Reportedly Hires P.R. Firm to Counter Push for Free
Access to Research Results
By SUSAN BROWN, Chronicle.com, January 26, 2007
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/01/2007012601n.htm

"The Association of American Publishers has hired a public-relations
firm with a hard-hitting reputation to counter the open-access
publishing movement, which campaigns for scientific results to be made
freely available to the public, the journal Nature reported on
Wednesday."
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School of thought: Why aren't e-textbooks selling?: Digital textbooks
can save college students hundreds of dollars every semester, but the
market is off to an unimpressive start.
BY BRIDGET CAREY, Miami Herald, Jan. 23, 2007
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/16522217.htm

"Tell college students they can save 50 percent on a textbook, and
you've got their full attention."
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Blog: Appeals court rejects challenge to "opt-out" copyright
By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1/25/2007
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070125-8704.html

"On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the case of
Kahle v. Gonzales, which sought to challenge the U.S.'s change from an
"opt-in" copyright system to an "opt-out" system between 1976 and 1992.
The ruling was a setback for those seeking to free works that are no
longer commercially valuable from the grips of copyright law."
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Do Attorneys Follow Their Own Copyright Advice?: Lawyers guide clients
through copyright issues all the time, but what copyright mistakes do
lawyers make in their own work?
Mark A. Fischer and Paul Sennott, Law.com, January 22, 2007
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1169200942878

"Copyright law does not apply just to teenagers downloading music, but
to lawyers as well. Lawyers are good at giving advice, but do we take it
gracefully and heed it well when it comes to compliance with copyright
law?"
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XM Must Defend Copyright Suit by Recording Industry
By David Glovin and Susan Decker, Bloomberg.com, Jan. 19
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=abMaX5iILNks&refer=n
ews

"XM Satellite Radio Inc., the biggest U.S. provider of pay-radio
service, must defend a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by record
labels owned by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI Group Plc and others,
a judge ruled."
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Press Release: Creative Commons readies for India launch
Agencies, Bangalore, Jan 20
http://www.centralchronicle.com/20070121/2101162.htm

"The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is all geared to launch the
Indian chapter of Creative Commons, a global body dedicated to knowledge
sharing, during its annual technology festival beginning Jan 26."
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Taking the Copyright Initiative
By Jared Bernstein, January/February 2007 Issue, Jan 23, 2007
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18982

"It may be important for user-generated content (UGC)/search provider
GooTube to reach out to major copyright owners in order to avoid major
lawsuits. But it's equally important for content producers to take some
initiative and secure rights management into their content as well."
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Appeals Court Shoots Down Copyright Challenge: The case impacts how
out-of-print and orphaned works may, or may not, be viewed online.
By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek, Jan 23, 2007
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19690304
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"The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an effort by online
archivists to challenge the federal law that automatically extends
copyright protection for out-of-print and orphaned works."
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Copyright owners call tune for bands playing cover songs
By David Conti, TRIBUNE-REVIEW, January 21, 2007
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/s_489572.html

"Len Cefalo got some valuable advice from his attorney when he opened a
club in Carnegie, Allegheny County, two years ago: Don't mess with the
musicians."
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DMCA complaint against YouTube dropped: Husband of 'Second Life' figure
says complaint regarding a video on the video-sharing site was not a
copyright issue.
By Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com, January 15, 2007
http://news.com.com/DMCA+complaint+with+YouTube+dropped/2100-1025_3-6150
216.html

"The husband of Second Life land baroness Anshe Chung said he should not
have filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaint against YouTube
in his attempts to have the site delete a video of her avatar being
attacked by a barrage of digital flying penises. And as a result, he
said, he has revoked the DMCA claim."
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Germany Urged to Cut Copyright Fees on Electronics
By The Associated Press, ENT Magazine, 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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Blog: Canadian Copyright in 2007
By Howard Knopf,  p2pnet.net News
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11033

"Here are some big copyright issues to track in 2007 - roughly in the
chronological order in which I believe they will unfold."
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U.S. court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works'
By Eric Auchard, Reuters, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 22 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2jgv39

"A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by Internet activists to roll
back federal laws that extended copyright protection over orphan works,
or books and other media that are no longer in print."
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Students undeterred by copyright monitors
Threats of lawsuits, loss of Internet access is not curtailing
proliferation of pirated music on campuses
By Eric Stern, SACRAMENTO BEE, Jan. 22, 2007
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/16517176.htm

"SACRAMENTO - College students who illegally download music and movies
have been sued. They've had Internet access shut off or threatened, and
they've been warned to never do it again."
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France: Record Labels Contemplate Unrestricted Digital Music
By VICTORIA SHANNON, New York Times, January 23, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/technology/23music.html
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"CANNES, As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant
file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to
releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions - a step
they once vowed never to take."
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Ruckus Networks expands Web music service to all college students
By AP, Silicon Valley.com, Jan. 22, 2007
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16519205.h
tm

"LOS ANGELES- Ruckus Network, which distributes movies and music online
to colleges nationwide, is expanding access to its ad-supported music
download service to any U.S. college student."