In the News

["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

DRM group vows to fight bloggers. BBC News, May 4, 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6623331.stm

Bloggers "crossed the line" when they posted a software key that could
break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has
said.

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Congress threatens colleges: Politicians try campus quiz on piracy.,
Variety.com, May 2, 2007.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964133.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

Congress threatened 20 universities with unspecified repercussions if
they fail to provide "acceptable answers" about what they're doing to
stop or inhibit students from illegal downloading and file sharing.

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YAHOO strikes deal to catalogue lyrics online. By Mercury News Staff and
Wire Reports, The Mercury News, April 24, 2007.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5738001

Yahoo has teamed up with Gracenote to offer what it is calling "the
largest catalogue of legal, licensed song lyrics" on the Web. The
catalog offered by Yahoo will include lyrics of 400,000 songs owned by
more than 10,000 publishers.

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Lawmakers propose reversal of Net radio fee increases. By Anne Broache,
CNET News.com, April 26, 2007.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6179627.html

A bill introduced in Congress yesterday aims to overturn a controversial
royalty fee increase that Internet radio advocates say threatens to
cripple their services. The "Internet Radio Equality Act" would
invalidate a March 2 decision by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board that
calls for raising royalty rates paid by Net radio operators.

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Jobs says Apple fans aren't into renting music. By Reuters,
CNetNews.com, April 26, 2007.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6179514.html

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicated on Wednesday he is unlikely
to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based
model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store. His comments
come as the company he co-founded gears up for contract renewal
negotiations with the major record labels over the next month.

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Some schools banning iPods to stop cheating. The Associated Press, The
Mercury News, April 27, 2007.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5765981

Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious - students were writing
the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cell phones,
realizing students could text message the answers to each other. Now,
schools across the country are targeting digital media players as a
potential cheating device.

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Twelve nations put on USTR special 301 priority list. By Martin
Crutsinger, The Associated Press, Washington Post, April 30, 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/22psvk

China, Russia and 10 other nations were targeted by the Bush
administration for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of
music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread
infringement.

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BBC Trust gives nod to iPlayer. By Jemima Kiss, MediaGuardian.co.uk,
April 30, 2007.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2069071,00.html

The BBC Trust has given final approval for the iPlayer, the
corporation's proposed online seven-day catch-up TV service.

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Indonesia: Books for everyone -- the copyright law needs reviewing. By
Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, April 24, 2007.
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=68428

The Indonesian Consumer Foundation wants to see legalized reproduction
of copyrighted works for teaching purposes and for the press.

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