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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Big Content: Using "moral panics" to change copyright law.
By Nate Andersen, Ars Technica, November 3, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yjbb9u3

"One of the top copyright lawyers in the US takes Big Content to the
woodshed in his new book, saying that "the Copyright Wars are a fight
against our own children and it is a fight that says everything about
the adults and very little about the children."
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5 Million Star Trek Pirates vs. 1 FCC Broadband Plan.
By Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica, November 2, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yet3mvx

"Paramount Pictures says the widespread availability of a bootleg
version of Star Trek means it needs to get tough on Internet users and
websites, maybe even Google, Yahoo, and Bing. But what does this have to
do with the FCC's national broadband plan? Everything, says Paramount."
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Apple Blocks Atom 'Hackintosh' Netbooks: Reports.
By Andy Patrizio, Internetnews.com, November 2, 2009.
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3846591

"Apple may be continuing its efforts to block unauthorized hardware from
being able to take advantage of its software, if reports are accurate
from early testers of an upcoming OS X update."
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Congress Locks Radio Stations, Record Labels into Boardroom.
By Nate Andersen, Ars Technica, November 2, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yb7po8o

"Radio doesn't want to pay more to play music; music labels don't want
radio to keep free-riding. How to settle this blood feud? Congress has
ordered both sides into a Capitol Hill conference room for two weeks,
and it will vote on whatever emerges."
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Google Seeks to Turn a Profit from YouTube Copyright Clashes.
By Katie Allen, The Gaurdian, November 1, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yavwdpk

"Google is seeking to drag YouTube into profit by convincing music and
film footage rights owners to make advertising revenue from their
content rather than remove it from the video-sharing site for breach of
copyright."
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Editorial: The Shepard Fairey-AP case: A clearer picture.
The Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ydnmpd3

"Shepard Fairey, a Los Angeles-based "street artist," has made a career
out of recycling other people's images. His admirers say he uses
familiar visual icons as a vehicle for political and cultural
commentary, often in an arresting and subversive way. His critics cast
his efforts in a more negative light, accusing him of blatantly
plagiarizing images created by other artists, giving them neither credit
nor royalties from the sales of his posters and other merchandise."
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A Rare Rift in George and Ira Gershwin's Harmony.
By Mike Boehm, The Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yh6ez84

"The songwriting brothers were famously compatible. Their heirs,
however, are disputing the split of foreign royalties. Suits are filed."
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Rapper Wayne Sued over Copyright.
BBC News, October 31, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8335706.stm

"US rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman are being sued for copyright
infringement by a man claiming his voice was used without permission on
album tracks."
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The Latest File-Sharing Piracy: Academic Journals.
By Ben Terris, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 30, 2009.
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/The-Latest-File-Sharing/8662/

"Illicit file sharing isn't just for kids these days. Once mainly used
for downloading pirated music, sites have sprung up on the Internet that
allow free swapping of academic journals (think Napster's younger dweeby
brother)."
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In China, Objections to Google's Book Scans.
By Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times, October 30, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ylkss8q

"A long-running dispute over Google's efforts to digitize books has
spread this month to China, where authors have banded together to demand
that their works be protected from what they call unauthorized copying."
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BlueBeat Streaming and Selling Beatles Albums Digitally.
Musically.com, October 30, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yk3b6k7

"We have to admit, we're baffled by this one. BlueBeat is a US-based
site offering high-quality streams of full albums, as well as downloads
for $0.25 a track. Its Facebook page promises to "stop the insanity of
overpriced online music", but it appears licensing deals aren't on its
agenda."
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Germany Looks at Ways to Protect Online Journalism.
By Eric Pfanner, The New York Times, October 28, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/business/global/29copy.html?_r=1

"As Angela Merkel begins her second term as chancellor of Germany, her
government is promoting a novel way to help embattled newspaper and
magazine publishers manage the transition to a digital future."
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Amy Mata
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