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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blog: alternatives to albums
by Peg O'Donnell, (c)ollectanea Blog, March 26, 2007
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2007/03/alternatives_to_albu
ms.html

"Back when I was in college, your music collection, shown by your record
albums, helped define who you were. It may be the same today with one's
iPod for those who are at the point where self definition is a major
focus. But today you are defining yourself in bits and pieces, rather
than by entire albums. The New Times recently noted sales of single
songs, in digital format, are now reaching record heights, up 54% this
year.(The Album, A Commodity in Disfavor)"
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Recording industry group says piracy students are settling
By Timberly Ross, The Associated Press, March 27, 2007
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07086/772692-96.stm

"OMAHA, Neb. -- A recording industry group that has been offering
settlements to college students suspected of sharing music online says
more than a quarter of the alleged music pirates have accepted the
offer."
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Bertelsmann Reaches Deal With EMI Over Napster
By JEFF LEEDS, New York Times, March 27, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/business/media/27music.html
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"Bertelsmann, the German media giant that provided financial backing to
Napster when it was an unauthorized file-sharing service, has agreed to
settle with the last of the major record companies that had sued it for
copyright infringement."
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Congress must make clear the copyright laws
By Herald Tribune, March 26. 2007
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/BUSINES
S/703260625

"Here comes another in the long line of lawsuits between media companies
and Internet companies over who gets to distribute content. This time
it's Viacom, the enormously rich owner of properties like Paramount
Pictures and Comedy Central, suing Google, the enormously rich owner of
YouTube."
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Judge rules against Cablevision's network DVR experiment, sides with
movie studios
By Associated Press, Boston Herald, March 23, 2007
http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=190400

"A federal judge has ruled against Cablevision Systems Corp.'s
experiment with network digital video recorders, siding with Hollywood
studios who said the devices would have violated copyright law."
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New Zealand: Ponsonby sculptures on T-shirt not a breach of copyright
By Chris LaHatte, NZ Lawyer Issue 57
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,4006084a12855,00.html

"In the High Court at Auckland recently, Justice Keane presided over the
final resolution of the claim by Auckland sculptor Mr Radford against
the fashion chain Hallensteins for using images of his sculpture on a
range of T-shirts. The claim attracted some attention from the media,
but was resolved against him first in the District Court, and then in
the High Court, with Justice Keane upholding the District Court's
dismissal of the causes of action."
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Microsoft puts brakes on Soapbox: No new users accepted for 'YouTube
killer'
By Jeremy Kirk, PC Advisor, March 26, 2007
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8802

"Microsoft has put the brakes on its Soapbox video-sharing site while it
implements new technology to detect videos uploaded by users that could
have copyright restrictions."
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Blog: NMPA suing XM Radio for copyright infringement
By Darren Murph. Engadget.com, Mar 23rd 2007
http://xbox.engadget.com/2007/03/23/nmpa-suing-xm-radio-for-copyright-in
fringement/

"Just about the time that XM Radio was finally able to sit down and
hammer out some figures for the upcoming merger, the poor satellite
radio firm has hit yet another legal snag, and this time it's care of
the NMPA."
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Facing copyright suit and new rivals, YouTube stands at crossroads
By Sam Diaz, THE WASHINGTON POST, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/24/2007
http://tinyurl.com/235m6u

"YouTube has suffered a one-two punch in the past two weeks.  First,
Viacom asked for $1 billion in a lawsuit against YouTube, saying the
video website failed to remove copyright-protected clips. And Thursday,
some of the most powerful businesses in Hollywood and on the Internet
joined forces to create an online video site of their own, taking some
of the Web's most popular videos with them."
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Viacom Sued Over YouTube Parody Removal
By ANICK JESDANUN, Forbes.com, 03.22.07
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/03/22/ap3542388.html

"Activist groups sued the parent company of Comedy Central on Thursday,
claiming the cable network improperly asked the video-sharing site
YouTube to remove a parody of the network's "The Colbert Report."
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