In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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AP: Recording industry targets colleges
By TED BRIDIS, Yahoo.com,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/downloading_music

"WASHINGTON - Cracking down on college students, the music industry is
sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year
than it did last year as it targets music illegally downloaded over
campus computer networks.
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US copyright lobby out-of-touch
By Michael Geist , BBCNews.com, 20 February 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6379309.stm

"Internet law professor Michael Geist takes a look at intellectual
property protection in the US and finds it somewhat out of step with the
rest of the world."
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U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban
By Graeme Wearden,  CNET News.com, February 20, 2007
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6160760.html

"Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the
technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value....
The U.K. government has rejected a call for digital rights management to
be banned in the U.K., but has acknowledged that the technology could
undermine consumer rights."
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A Closer Look at World Copyright Piracy
By Marcus Yam (Blog), Daily Tech, February 20, 2007
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6123

"Last week, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
submitted its recommendations to the Bush administration its "Special
301" review of copyright piracy and market access problems around the
world."
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New Weapon in Web War Over Piracy
By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT, New York Times, February 19, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/19/technology/19video.html
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"SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 - As media companies struggle to reclaim control
over their movies, television shows and music in a world of online
file-sharing software, they have found an ally in software of another
kind."

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