In the News

["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Library Associations Oppose Repealing Public Access Bill, Urge Action.
Information Today Inc., February 23, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/czrkzt

"The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, H.R. 801
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.801:), recently
introduced by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., would repeal the NIH Public
Access Policy and prevent other federal agencies from enacting similar
open access policies."
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Pirate Bay Joy at Charge Change.
BBC News, February 17, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7895026.stm

"Half of the charges levelled at the founders of the Pirate Bay
file-sharing site have been dropped."
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Agreement Reached on Internet Music Royalty Rates.
By Rachel Metz, AP, Washington Post, February 17, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/cldobr

"A group that collects royalties for music artists and recording
companies has agreed to reduce rates for thousands of commercial radio
stations that also play songs over the Internet."
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Intel, Nvidia Trade Barbs over License Agreement.
By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch, February 18, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/dzde4u

"A legal showdown is brewing between Intel Corp. and Nvidia Corp. over
whether a 2004 license agreement should cover a new generation of
microprocessors."
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Mozilla Backs Move to Decriminalize iPhone Jailbreaking.
By Gregg Keizer, PC World, February 17, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/aoayyu

"Firefox unwelcome on the iPhone, says CEO, who says 'choice shouldn't
be criminalized.'"
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Dell Tries to Cancel Psion "Netbook" Copyright.
Gearlog, February 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/c38xhk

"There's a case to be made for the genericization of the word "netbook."
The term has come to refer to lightweight, low-power PCs."
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Fairy Use.
By Chloe Johnson, The Wire, February 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/cbn8jj

"Hope poster fuels copyright debate."
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Obama Administration Mulls Constitutionality of Copyright Act.
By David Kravets, Wired Blog Network, February 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/aox7pa

"In a few weeks, we'll likely know the Obama administration's position
on whether it supports hefty monetary awards in file sharing litigation
brought by the Recording Industry Association of America."
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Universal Wins $11.2 Million Copyright Judgment.
Home Furnishings Business, February 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ccu34v

"Universal Furniture International, High Point, announced Wednesday that
the U.S. District Court recently entered a judgment of $11.2 million
against Collezione Europa USA."
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New Zealand Copyright Protest Blockades Parliament.
By Juha Saarinen, ZDNet.com.au, February 19, 2009.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-270800.html

"The fight over the controversial amendments to New Zealand's copyright
law is heating up."
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Webcasters: Still (!) No Deal on Streaming Royalties.
By John Timmer, Ars Technica, February 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/dkjx7h

"The Webcaster Settlement Act gave those running Internet audio streams
until this week to come to an agreement regarding royalties for the
music used. Although public and traditional radio stations have cut
licensing deals with SoundExchange, Internet-only stations remain unable
to come to terms."
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Delta Sued for Inflight Wifi Service.
By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 18,
2009.
http://tinyurl.com/bku47k

"Ashland, Mass.-based Ambit Corp., a technology development firm, claims
in its suit that Atlanta-based Delta and Wi-Fi provider Aircell LLC
infringe on its patent for a "system for enabling communication from
personal computer communication devices located within a passenger
vehicle to a distant communication system located outside of said
passenger vehicle," using antennae on the devices."
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New Zealand: Government Delays Copyright Laws.
TVNZ, February 23, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/b3g32p

"The government has announced it is delaying the controversial section
92a that critics say will force internet providers to cut people's
connections without proving first they have breached copyright."
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