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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Congress Escalates Battle over Radio Royalties.
By David Lieberman, USA Today, October 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yhefdq2

"Members of Congress, already bruised by the struggles over the health care
overhaul, had better get ready for another bitter fight, this time over the
future of the music business."
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AP Says Artist Made Up Story about Obama Poster.
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press, October 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yklax8s

"In court papers filed by The Associated Press, the news organization said
Shepard Fairey concocted the story that he was mistaken about which photo he
used to create the famous Obama HOPE poster and disputed his contention that
he has not personally profited from the iconic red, white and blue image."
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Google Books Settlement: The Chinese Chapter.
By Juliet Ye, The Wall Street Journal, October, 20, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yhqkwox

"Google's troubles in China seem to have taken a new turn as a result of the
company's plan to create a vast digital library of books. The China Written
Works Copyright Society (CWWCS) has called on Chinese writers to stand up for
their legal rights in the face of Web search giant Google's proposed book
settlement, according to a post published on the official Web site of Chinese
Writers' Association (CWA)."
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Pirate Bay Appeal Pushed Back to 2010.
By Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yhou385

"The appeals in the Pirate Bay copyright trial have been pushed back from
November to next summer amid controversy surrounding some of the judges
involved in the case."
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Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom.
By Matt Asay, CNET News, October 20, 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10379280-16.html

"The freedom to fork is the essential right of open-source software. Until
Oracle's attempted acquisition of Sun/MySQL, however, few realized just how
important it would be to retain the right to fork one's own code."
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Webcast: Cory Doctorow Interviewed about Copyright and Libraries at Internet
Librarian International.
Resourceshelf.com, October 20, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yj2qx62

"Internet Librarian International took place last week in London and one of
the keynote speakers was writer, blogger, "copyright activist," and editor of
Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow."
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Publishers Enjoy Roaring Trade at German Book Festival.
By Mu Qian, China Daily, October 19, 2009.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-10/19/content_8808122.htm

"There may have been fewer exhibitors and visitors than previous years, but
that did not stop China from making a massive impact as guest of honor at the
world-famous Frankfurt Book Fair, which closed yesterday."
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Judge Allows EMI to Personally Sue Robertson.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, October 19, 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10377908-261.html

"The copyright lawsuit filed by major recording company EMI against Michael
Robertson, founder of MP3tunes.com, took an unexpected turn on Friday."
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Software Pirates Hijack Windows 7 China Debut.
By Kelvin Soh, Reuters, October 16, 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59F1B520091016

"At shops in Shanghai's bustling Xinyang market, fake Apple iPhones and Bose
speakers sit neatly alongside bootleg copies of Microsoft's new Windows 7
operating system, a week before its official launch."
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Pardon My Bootleg: Navigating China's pirated waters.
By Melanie Lee, Reuters, October 16, 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59F1DW20091016

"I confess my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft's
Windows franchise, was just that: a copy."
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UK: ISP in File-sharing Wi-Fi Theft.
By Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News, October 16, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305379.stm

"UK ISP TalkTalk has staged a wireless stunt, aimed at illustrating why it
thinks Lord Mandelson's plans to disconnect filesharers is "naove."
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U.S. Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition.
By Joane Allen, Reuters, October 15, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yhpx9xk

"Open access policies have helped other leading industrialized nations develop
more competitive broadband markets by lowering entry barriers, according to a
study commissioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission."
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Amy Mata
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University of Maryland University College
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