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Chinese Copyright Authorities Move to Stop Pirated Textbooks. By Lynn
Andriani, Publishers Weekly, June  25, 2008.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6573380.html

The Zhejiang Provincial Copyright Bureau is cracking down on the
reproduction and sale of pirated books in the eastern Chinese city of
Hangzhou, an encouraging sign for Western publishers who have long
complained about Chinese book piracy.

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Record labels sue in Denver over alleged copyright infringement. By Mark
Harden, Denver Business Journal,  June 25, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5mjfvw

Several major music companies filed suit in federal court in Denver on
Wednesday against four unnamed Colorado defendants, alleging that they
illegally downloaded hundreds of songs and distributed them via online
file-sharing networks.

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Blog: If We Don't Have A Copyright Czar, People Will Die? By Mike
Masnick, TechDirt, June 25, 2008.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080624/1413081499.shtml

We've already questioned why the White House should play the role of
copyright cop. Hell, even the White House has said that it doesn't want
to appoint a copyright czar, but that hasn't stopped various legislative
efforts to force a copyright czar on the White House -- and it appears
that more efforts are on the way.

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Copyright Act unveiled. By Rebecca Vasluianu, Cord Weekly, June 25,
2008.
http://tinyurl.com/3rwogm

With the introduction of Bill C-61, - which outlines various amendments
to the Copyright Act - in the House of Commons two weeks ago many campus
bookstores across Canada worry about the continued overpricing of course
materials, as well as the decrease in their accessibility.

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EC plans to end copyright monopoly. By Julian Clover, Broadband TV News,
June 24, 2008.
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=5351

Draft proposals that would end the national monopolies held by music
royalty collection societies have been leaked from the European
Commission. Under the proposals around two-dozen collecting societies in
Europe would be given 90 days to terminate their agreements.

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Blog: ISPs should take copyright control. By Marc Chacksfield, Tech
Radar, June 24, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/42vbdv

In a meeting with the Council of Ministers in November, the EU is
looking to push a legislation through that will force ISP providers to
police their networks.

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Imagine a world without copyright. By Graeme Philipson, Sydney Morning
Herald, June 24, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/3f9a3k

Anyone can copy anything, anywhere with the latest technology.  Two
weeks ago in these pages, I wrote about the draconian proposals for a
new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement being considered at the G8
meeting in Tokyo next month.

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MPA Backs Record Labels In Ongoing Piracy Case. By Wendy Davis, Online
Media Daily, June 23, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/4jl2pl

The film industry is asking a judge to leave intact a verdict ordering
Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas to pay record labels $220,000 for
allegedly sharing 24 music tracks on Kazaa.

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Blog: US: Associated Press vs. Drudge Retort "matter closed." By Alisa
Zykova, Editors Weblog, June 20, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/65yg4c

The Associated Press (AP) has announced that the incident regarding the
Drudge Retort (DR) receiving take-down notices is "matter closed",
European Journalism Centre reports.

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Blog: Ebooks, Copyright, Piracy.  By Tim Berry, Huffington Post, June
20, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/4epjuw

Okay, world, what do we do about copyright? What, if anything, do we do
about those big bad companies that sue Internet Robin Hoods and cute
college students for giving somebody else's stuff away? Hooray, we say,
screw copyright, stick it to the man. But then since when are writers,
musicians, or artists "the man"?

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France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under
three-strikes rule. By Charles Bremner, Times Online, June 19, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5dd238

Anyone who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be
barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes
France a pioneer in combating internet piracy. "There is no reason that
the internet should be a lawless zone," President Sarkozy told his
Cabinet yesterday as it endorsed the "three-strikes-and-you're-out"
scheme that from next January will hit illegal downloaders where it
hurts.

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Blog: AP Takes on Drudge Retort Over Copyright Use. By David Ardia,
MediaShift Idea Lab, June 16, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/52nb3x

Last week, the Associated Press ("AP") sent a takedown request under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Rogers Cadenhead, the founder of
Drudge Retort, a liberal alternative to (and parody of) the well-known
Drudge Report, demanding that he remove six user-submitted blog entries
and one user comment on the site that contained quotations from AP
articles.

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