In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Copyright Law Gives Mobile Users New Freedom With Legally Unlocked Cell
Phones
By Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel, Law.com, February 5, 2007
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1170410587623

"It is becoming increasingly common for copyright owners to use the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (17 U.S.C. '1201(a)(1)) to prevent people from
circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a
copyrighted work."
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NFL tells churches planned Super Bowl parties violate copyright law
By Associated Press,  Feb 3, 2007
http://www.fox23.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=b5788409-ef04-4959-9cc
a-b2ae5d0183f2

"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A lot of people are going to be combining God and the
gridiron Sunday, attending Super Bowl get-togethers at church."
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USC a top pirate among colleges
By JASON RYAN, The State, 1/28/07
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/16562037.htm

"RIAA sent school 914 copyright infringement notices this year; Clemson
received 71.  "We're No. 1! We're No. 1!"
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Fighting to protect copyright 'orphans'
Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle is attempting to gain public domain status
for out-of-print books despite court setbacks.
By Daniel Terdiman. CNET News.com, January 31, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2bggnc

"newsmaker An effort among Internet activists to halt the extension of
copyright protections for orphan works--out-of-print books and media--was
dealt a setback last week by a U.S. appeals court decision."
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YouTube Tackles Copyright
By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, PCWorld, February 02, 2007 07
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128743/article.html

"Video service execs will meet with Japanese entertainment industry to discuss
concerns."
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Copyright crackdown not deterring student downloading
By Eric Stern , University Crescent, Friday, February 02, 2007
http://www.uecrescent.org/articles/stories/public/200702/02/43LL_odds__ends.h
tml

"(MCT)-College students who illegally download music and movies have been
sued. They have had Internet access shut off or threatened, and they have been
warned to never do it again."
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Blog: net.wars: One copyright does not fit all
By Wendy M Grossman | posted on 02 February 2007
http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/3172

"Photography, I've discovered, really isn't like writing. Nor like the music
business"
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Blog: DMCA Take-down "errors"
)ollectanea, Georgia Harper, February 4, 2007
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2007/02/dmca_takedown_errors.html

"If you are following the story about Viacom's notices alleging massive
infringement of copyrights on YouTube, you may be reading about it from many
different angles. John Palfrey from the Berkman Center at Harvard is
particularly interested in the issue of the chilling effect that notices have
on fair uses and has referenced this and other issues involved in the Viacom
action in a recent post, Another Video for the Put-Back-Up List?.
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Education software firm OKs open-source patent use
By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com, February 2, 2007
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6155469.html

"Blackboard, whose software can be used to manage university courses, has
taken a significant step to mollify open-source rivals who perceive a patent
threat from the company."
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Malaysia: MCA Youth lobbying Government to amend copyright laws
By NG CHENG YEE, The Star, February 1, 2007
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/1/nation/16736040&sec=natio
n

"PETALING JAYA: The MCA Youth, which had protested against Public Performance
Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PPM) for its "unreasonable" royalty collection method, has
gone a step further."
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Teen Accuses Record Companies of Collusion
By JIM FITZGERALD, AP.com, Jan 31, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/29rqa6
(Contributed by listmember)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record
companies accusing him of online music piracy accused the recording industry
on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and
making extortionate threats."