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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Chromograms and recontracting -- connected in copyright
by Georgia Harper, Collectanea Blog, May 15, 2007
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/

"Just noticed an interesting entry at the Institute for the Future of
the Book (if:book), if:book: chromograms: visualizing an individual's
editing history in wikipedia that connected up for me with an article I
had read earlier at Peter Brantely's blog, shimenewa, Recontracting
authors' rights."
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Senators Throw Support Behind Internet Radio
By Martin H. Bosworth, ConsumerAffairs.Com, May 11, 2007
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/internet_radio_senate.html

"Two Senators have introduced legislation that would overturn a decision
that threatens to put Internet radio broadcasters and stations out of
business due to crippling new royalty payments."
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Politicos take on YouTube, video's future: While awed by technological
advances, House panel members worry about copyright practices, and Net
neutrality rears its head again.
By Anne Broache,  CNET News.com, May 10, 2007
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6182900.html

"update WASHINGTON--It was an atypical start for a Capitol Hill
hearing--arguably the first time a politician ever paused his opening
remarks to grab a digital video camera and capture the scene around him
for a few seconds."
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Man appeals Internet piracy verdict
By AFP, Sydney Morning Herald.com, May 10, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yo5nhm

"The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over
the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest
court Wednesday to appeal his jail sentence."
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Government plans new movie piracy law
By Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, May 11, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yrj832

"In response to lobbying from Hollywood, the federal government plans to
introduce legislation this spring that would make it a crime to use
handheld cameras to copy movies in theatres, CanWest News Service has
learned."
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Exporting I.P.
by James Surowiecki, New Yorker, May 14, 2007-05-14
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2007/05/14/070514ta_talk_surowie
cki

"Free trade is supposed to be a win-win situation. You sell me your
televisions, I sell you my software, and we both prosper. In practice,
free-trade agreements are messier than that"