In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blog: net.wars: bent copyright
by Wendy M Grossman, 25 May 2007
http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/3396

"For a time in the late 1980s and early 1990s you hadn't arrived as a
skeptic until you'd been sued by Uri Geller. The person who bore the
brunt of most of the lawsuits was, of course, James Randi, the escape
artist, stage magician, and paranormal investigator."
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Blog: Copyright: Forever and ever, amen?
by Scott MacDonald on May 25, 2007
http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/25/forever-and-ever-
amen/

"Last Sunday, author Mark Helprin wrote an op-ed for the New York Times
arguing that writers and their descendents should own the rights to
their works in perpetuity, not just for 70 years after their deaths."
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Against perpetual copyright
A Lessig Wiki
http://wiki.lessig.org/index.php/Against_perpetual_copyright

"In a New York Times op-ed article on May 20, 2007 ("A Great Idea Lives
Forever. Shouldn't Its Copyright?"), Mark Helprin suggests that
copyrights, like physical property rights, should last forever. But in
fact, copyrights and physical property rights are vastly different
domains, both inherently and in their effects on society. A closer look
at the consequences of perpetual copyright shows Helprin's suggestion to
be based on faulty arguments."
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New Copyright Alliance hopes to strengthen copyright law
By Nate Anderson, Ars Technia, May 18, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yspnb4

"A new industry-backed Copyright Alliance was launched yesterday in
Washington, DC, with the goal of "promoting the value of copyright as an
agent for creativity, jobs, and growth." But the group wants to do more
than simply get the word out about the value of copyright-it wants to
actively strengthen current copyright law."
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Copyright Alliance- http://www.copyrightalliance.org/
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Net Radio Legislation Crosses the Hundred Member Mark: The Internet
Radio Equality Act Today Received its 100th Cosponsor in the U.S. House
of Representatives
By Keahn Gary, TJM4, NBC, May 29, 2007
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/entertainment/7691822.html

"WASHINGTON -- A bill that would save the Internet radio industry from a
dramatic increase of fees webcasters pay to play music gained the
support of its 100th member of the House of Representatives today."
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Press Release: UL Offers Free Online Course in Copyright Protection for
Standards Customers Through Intellectual Property Shield
NORTHBROOK, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 24, 2007
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=257684

"Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announced today that effective June 1,
2007, all customers purchasing UL Standards for Safety are eligible to
participate in a free online training course on copyright protection
through Intellectual Property Shield, Inc. (IP-Shield). IP-Shield
operates the IP-Alliance(tm) which helps protect content providers and
Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) from infringing activities in
settings where licensed documents are used."
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Museums and misleading 'copyright'
By Michael Geist, p2pnet.net, 24th May 2007
http://p2pnet.net/story/12323

"The Associated Press has picked up on a story involving public access
to images in the Smithsonian Institution. Public.Resource.Org has posted
6,288 images currently sold by the Smithsonian on Flickr (a book of the
images can be downloaded for free from Lulu.com), arguing that the U.S.
institution is overreaching by claiming copyright or control over images
that are in the public domain."
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Blog: Congressional Science Panel to Weigh In on P2P
By Andrea L. Foster, Chronicle, May 24, 2007
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2096

"Peer-to-peer file sharing on college campuses is getting wider
attention in Congress. A panel of the House Committee on Science and
Technology plans to hold a hearing next month on possible technological
solutions to reduce digital piracy on college campuses."
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Another Cost for Students Accused of Internet Piracy: Fees to Reconnect
to Campus Networks
By BROCK READ, Chronicle.com, May 24, 2007
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/05/2007052405n.htm

"Like most institutions that have received copyright-infringement
notices from the entertainment industry, Stanford University has a
fairly straightforward process for dealing with the complaints."

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Blog: Perfect 10 v. Google
By Lolly Gasaway, (c) ollectanea Blog, May 23, 2007

"Last week the 9th Circuit held in the Perfect 10 v. Google case that
use of thumbnail images for a visual image search engine is fair use.
Does this sound like de ja vu? Well, in early 2006 a California federal
district court appeared to ignore the earlier holding by the 9th Circuit
in Kelly v. ArribaSoft which first dealt with the issue of use of
thumbnail images in a visual image search engine and found that use was
fair use."

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