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)ollectanea Blog Welcomes, Steve McDonald, Guest Blogger for April
By Georgia Harper, Center for Intellectual Property, April 2, 2007
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/

"As Peg said last week as she bid us farewell, Steve McDonald, General Counsel
for the Rhode Island School of Design, or RISD, as it's known, will be our
guest blogger for April. I want to welcome Steve today, and I look forward to
hearing Steve's take on events, and seeing more than just a glimpse of Steve's
great sense of humor mixed in with the more serious fare that we've come to
expect when the subject is copyright!"
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Music Label EMI To Sell Its Songs Online Without Anti-Piracy Limits
By Mike Musgrove, Washington Post, April 3, 2007; Page D02
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR20070402004
01.html

"Music label EMI Group said yesterday that it would make thousands of songs
widely available for sale in the restriction-free MP3 format this spring,
giving music fans more control over how they buy and listen to song files
purchased online."
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EMI Drops DRM for Music Sales Through iTunes
UPDATE: Apple claims to set a trend--and charges more for freedom from copy
protection.
James Niccolai and Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, PC World, April 2, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR20070402005
04.html

"LONDON--EMI Group has announced a plan to sell its music through online
retailers without copy protection technologies, a significant move that should
give consumers greater freedom in the way they can listen to music purchased
online."
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Press Release: Stanford Report, April 2, 2007
Stanford launches Copyright Renewal Database
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april4/copy-040407.html

"An online database that enables people to search copyright-renewal records
for books published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 has been
launched by Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
(SULAIR)."
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Australia: Technological Protection Measures: New Protection Against 4Pirates
Of The Copyright4?
By Justin Fung and Orana Swan, Mondaq,  02 April 2007
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=47338
(Registration Required)

"The Australian Government introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 into
parliament on 19 October 2006. The Bill proposes to introduce a new scheme for
technological protection measures (TPM) to assist copyright owners to protect
their works against piracy."
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NPR, SoundExchange File Responses With Copyright Royalty Board
By Mark Hefflinger, Digital Media Wire, April 2, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2e2b5z

"Washington - National Public Radio (NPR) on Monday submitted a memorandum to
the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which again stated its request for a public
rehearing of the CRB's recent ruling on royalties webcasters must pay to
stream music online."
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YouTube Versus Boob Tube: Viacom aims a $1 billion lawsuit squarely at
Google's very large head, and the search company barely blinks. What are they
thinking?
By Clive Thompson , NY Magazine, April 2007
http://nymag.com/news/media/30021/

"As with E=mc2 and the universe, everything that you need to know about
Google-how it works, why it works, where it comes from, and where it's likely
going-can be summarized in one line. It's the basic equation that underlies
Google's search engine"
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Patents and copyright now trade on Web
Traditional companies may do battle with new challenges to accepted notions of
IP
By Philippa Maister, Daily Report, April 2, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/27zazt

"THE AGE OF collaboration that the Internet has introduced is changing the
rules of intellectual property protection, creating new copyright strategies
and enabling a virtual online "swap meet" for companies holding patents they
no longer need and those searching for new technologies."
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McLean Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service
Plaintiffs Say Company's Database of Term Papers, Essays Violates Copyright
Laws
By Maria Glod, Washington Post, March 29, 2007; Page B05
http://tinyurl.com/2draxx

"Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge against a
California company hired by their school to catch cheaters, claiming the
anti-plagiarism service violates copyright laws."
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Dutch Minister Freezes "Copyright Levy"
By TOBY STERLING, The Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, March 28, 2007
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4668647.html

"AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Netherlands' Justice Minister Wednesday put a
freeze on "copyright levies" on electronic recording devices such as hard
drives and Mp3 players until at least 2009, a move likely to please consumer
rights groups and dismay copyright holders."

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