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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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GateHouse Media Case against NYTimes goes to Trial.
By Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press, January 25, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/b6q6w7

"The two publishers will square off in federal court this week in a case
that is being closely watched by journalists, bloggers and Internet
users."
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Germany: Police Seize Educational Reprints of Nazi Newspapers.
DW-World, January 24, 2009.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3973109,00.html

"Historians had earlier praised the reprint series, published by
Albertas, a British company which offers facsimiles of old newspapers in
several European nations. But Bavaria fears the hate-filled propaganda
may re-ignite real Nazi fervor in Germany."
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The Truth About RIAA Lawsuits: A Look at the Joel Tenenbaum Case.
By Rich Fiscus, AfterDawn.com, January 24, 2009.
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16739.cfm

"In 2007 Joel Tenenbaum joined tens of thousands of defendants accused
by the RIAA of violating their members' copyrights by sharing files
using a P2P file sharing service. But unlike the vast majority of the
defendants in these cases he chose to fight rather than settle."
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CNN Uses P2P Plugin for its Live Stream.
By Ernesto, TorrentFreak, January 24, 3009.
http://torrentfreak.com/cnn-uses-p2p-plugin-for-its-live-stream-090124/

"Despite the fact that there are thousands of legitimate uses for
peer-to-peer technology, most businesses are not keen on using it
because of the negative associated with it."
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The Problem with Extending Copyright on Music.
By Ben Jones, TorrentFreak, January 24, 2009.
http://torrentfreak.com/org-to-host-copyright-extension-roundtable-09012
4/

"Several studies have shown that an extension of copyright on sound
recordings is a bad idea. It will lead to less competition and higher
prices while only the record labels benefit from it. Next Tuesday, the
Open Rights Group will be hosting a round-table event to discuss
performance copyright extension in the EU."
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YouTube to Allow Big Media to Bring on own Adds, Take on Hulu.
By David Chartier, Ars Technica, January 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/btfasr

"Google is expected to allow more big media partners to sell their own
ads against their content posted on YouTube. This could go a long way
towards mending rocky copyright relations, but it could go even farther
for helping YouTube to gain a reputation for premium content."
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Swedish Police Want Personal Info of P2P Users.
By Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, January 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/b86zsh

"Swedish law enforcement would like to be able to get personal
information on P2P users who are suspected of lesser copyright crimes,
and plan to send a report to the Ministry of Justice in support of a new
file sharing bill."
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New Zealand: Ignorance is No Excuse over New Copyright Law.
By Jenny Keown, Business Day, January 23, 2209.
http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/4826750

"Thousands of New Zealand businesses are unaware they could be in breach
of a copyright internet law to come into force next month, says Business
New Zealand."
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Google Calls for UK Copyright Reforms.
By Vicky Frost, The Guardian, January 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/c793xp

"Google today called for UK copyright reforms that allow individuals
limited use of copyrighted work in order to create new content."
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Federal Judge Postpones Webcast in Music Downloading Case.
By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston.com, January 21, 2009.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/01/federal_judge_p.h
tml

"The nation's first free live public webcast of a federal court hearing
-- one concerning a lawsuit by the US recording industry against a
Boston University graduate student accused of downloading music
illegally -- has been postponed for a month."
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New Zealand: Copyright Law Dust-up Turns into a War of Words.
By Pat Pilcher, The New Zealand Herald, January 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/8gt73p

"It's official, the recording industry has thrown its toys out of the
cot after critics have roundly condemned the controversial Section 92A
of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act."
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Australia: Australian Trade Opts to Keep Territorial Copyright.
By Catherine Neilan, The Bookseller.com, January 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/bg4auh

"The Australian book trade has rejected its government's proposal to end
territorial copyright restrictions, which would allow international
publishers to sell overseas editions into the country."
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Internet Piracy Regulations Planned for UK.
By Ben Fenton & Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times, January 16, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/97x7sl

"Ministers intend to pass regulations on internet piracy requiring
service providers to tell customers they suspect of illegally
downloading films and music that they are breaking the law, says the
draft report by Lord Carter."

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