In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Music industry wins UW IDs in file-sharing case
By ED TRELEVEN, Wisconsin State Journal, APR 26, 2007
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=131102

"As many as 53 UW-Madison students could be slapped with lawsuits by the
music recording industry after a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the
university to surrender their names and other information for sharing
digital music files over the Internet.
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Press Release: 26 April 2007
Copyright Violations Threaten Cultural Diversity: Local artists silenced
when pirates steal revenues, industry representatives say
By Jaroslaw Anders, USINFO Staff Writer
http://tinyurl.com/yrf8st

"Washington - Music, film and publishing industries from around the
world lose billions of dollars annually due to inadequate legal
protection of intellectual property, but the real victims might be
struggling artists in developing countries, according to international
organizations and government anti-piracy agencies."
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Blog: Controversial copyright directive passes European Parliament
By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, April 26, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ytrakl

"The Second Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive (IPRED2), which
we last covered earlier this month, came another step closer to passage
yesterday, as it was approved by the European Parliament. The final
version of the legislation removed some of the most controversial
provisions, but critics still questioned why it was necessary to
criminalize an area of law that has long been handled by the civil court
system."
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Study: Students Don't Understand Copyright Rules
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/10/2007
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6432259.html

"The majority of students (87%) who upload copyrighted material to
user-generated video sites likeYouTube, Facebook or MySpace don't get
permission from copyright owners, even though most (74%) believe it is
fair to pay people for their use."
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Blog: Gowers considered cutting music copyright to under 50 years
By OUT-LAW News, 26/04/2007
http://www.out-law.com/page-7994

"Andrew Gowers considered shortening the copyright term for music to
less than 50 years in his Treasury-commissioned review of intellectual
property, but pulled back from the plan because it was 'politically
prudent' to do so."
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U.S. copyright report card has more rhetoric than reality
By Michael Geist, The Ottawa Citizen, April 24, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2hbne9

"This week the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),
the U.S. government department responsible for international trade, will
release its annual report card on intellectual property protection
around the world.
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'Ignore the US copyright bullies'
By Michael Geist, BBCNews.com, 25 April 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6592133.stm

"Internet law professor Michael Geist says countries should resist US
bullying tactics over copyright and intellectual property."
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European Digital Library Group Agrees on Copyright Model
By American Libraries Online, April 20, 2007
http://web1.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2007/april2007/
eurodiglib.cfm

"The European Union's expert group on digital libraries has established
a basic model for handling copyright issues with orphan works and
out-of-print materials. The model-agreed upon April 18 by
representatives of the British Library, the German National Library, the
Federation of European Publishers, Google, and other stakeholders-calls
on European member states to set up voluntary programs to digitize and
make accessible materials that fall into these two categories."
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Press Release: April 24, 2007 09:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Elsevier Selects Rightslink(r) for Online Copyright Permissions; World's
Largest STM Publisher Views CCC's Service as Key to Customer Support
http://tinyurl.com/ytw824

"DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
(CCC), the world's largest provider of copyright licensing solutions,
announced today that Elsevier, the world's largest scientific, technical
and medical (STM) publisher, has selected CCC's Rightslink(r) service
for online ordering of copyright permissions. Rightslink will improve
customer service by providing a highly efficient, real-time service for
Elsevier content users to use copyrighted material published in 2,000
Elsevier journals."
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Policing Web Video With 'Fingerprints': Sharing Sites Say Technology
Could Help Them Identify, Remove Unauthorized Clips
By KEVIN J. DELANEY, BROOKS BARNES and MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street
Journal Online, April 23, 2007; Page B1
http://tinyurl.com/2y76sw

"Can "fingerprinting" bring a truce to the Web's video-copyright wars?"
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World Intellectual Property Day
by Steve McDonald, (c) Collectanea Blog,  April 26, 2007
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2007/04/world_intellectual_p
roperty_da.html

"Those feeling a post-World Book and Copyright Day letdown will be
pleased to learn that today is World Intellectual Property Day,
sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization and intended
"to encourage respect for the IP rights of others""
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