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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Is Creative Commons Good for Copyright?
By Copysense Editorial, Copysense, August 31, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/18r

"Empirical question: how much is it worth in publicity, goodwill for
creator to use Creative Commons license vs. copyright registration?
Empirical question: How many creators involved in the arts actually take
the time to learn copyright basics? How do they do it? Empirical
question: If creators don't understand basic copyright, how can they
reasonably distinguish between copyright & Creative Commons? Would
energy behind CC be applied better to calibrating U.S. Copyright Act of
1976 to be more neutral to citizen creators? (See Canada)"
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In Piracy Case, China Fights Hero.
By Loretta Chao, The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125174411034873381.html

"Hong Lei and his partners were among the biggest pirates of Microsoft
Corp. software in China, but since his arrest last year, the 30-year-old
creator of a popular Chinese clone of Windows called Tomato Garden
Windows XP has become something of an Internet hero."
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Amazon Opposes Google's Plan for World's Biggest Online Library.
By Bobbie Johnson, The Guardian, September 3, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/l7t27p

"The movement opposing Google's $125m deal for the rights to digitise
millions of books has gained even more momentum, after Amazon called the
agreement "dangerous."
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Britain: YouTube and PRS make Peace as Musicians Protest about Plans to
Punish File Sharers.
By Alexandra Topping, The Guardian, September 3, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/n7tjb2

"Thousands of music videos pulled from YouTube in a royalties dispute
will go back online after peace broke out today between the website and
the music industry."
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Google Makes Concessions to European Publishers.
By Leslie Katz, CNET News, Sept. 7, 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10346253-93.html

"In a move to assuage European publishers' concerns over book
digitization, Google on Monday said European books still listed as
commercially available will not be included in its online registry of
orphaned and out-of-print works--unless rights holders give their
express authorization."
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Amy Mata
Graduate Assistant
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College

amata@xxxxxxxx
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