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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Case of the Purloined Term Paper; When Work is Resold.
By Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today, November 23, 2009.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-11-19-termpapers19_ST_N.htm

"Melinda Rieboldt's kids were Googling her name for fun when they found
it: A college paper she had helped write as part of a group project
while pursuing an MBA. It was available on at least five websites that
sell research papers to students."
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NZ: Copyright Treaty Not the Cause of S92A Delay.
By Tom Pullar-Streckler, Stuff.com, November 23, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ycbggw4

"The Government has denied that negotiations over a new international
copyright treaty are delaying a decision over how hard it should come
down on internet pirates."
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Microsoft Invokes DMCA & Shuts Cryptome Downloads of COFEE.
By Yobie Benjamin, The San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yfla8bq

"Microsoft has shut down the last publicly and openly available download
of their Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE). Microsoft
invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.S. sub section
512, and their own Acceptable Use Policy to threaten a complete shut
down of Cryptome.org, a site famous for privacy activism and exposing
various hacking, intelligence and secrecy related information."
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Uganda: Copyright Policy Has Made it Harder to Produce our Films.
By Alec van Gelder, The Sunday Monitor, November 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ygfszzc

"Africa's creative industries could be great success stories but they
are held back by weak copyright protection. While the wealthiest Western
creators often shout loudest, it is the poorest African entrepreneurs
who suffer most. In some important ways, copyright piracy makes it more
expensive to make a typical African film than a Hollywood blockbuster."
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Google Pledges Only Booklist in Copyright Row.
By Xie Yu, China Daily, November 21, 2009.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-11/21/content_9016372.htm

"Google on Friday agreed to provide a list of Chinese books it had
scanned to put up in its digital library, but it still refused to admit
having "infringed" upon copyright laws."
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Movies online: Free 'n' easy, but is it theft?
By Kara Spak, Chicago Sun-Times, November 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yely3w4

"This weekend, you could pay $10 to see the cinematic vampire love story
"New Moon," stand in line for overpriced snacks with your new tween
buddies and then jostle for a seat in a crowded theater. Or you could
pop some microwave popcorn, open your laptop and log on to a Web site
with the supremely blatant name watchnew moononline.org, which was
active 12 hours after the movie premiered in Chicago theaters."
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Obama's China Visit Enboldens Google to to Resist Copyright Theft
Charge.
By Saibal Dasgupta, The Times of India, November 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ybqyjqo

"Possibly emboldened by the recent visit of US president Barack Obama,
Internet giant Google has managed to hold out in the battle with an
organization of Chinese writers accusing it of copyright violations."
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UK: Digital Divide over Filesharing Plans.
By Richard Wray, The Guardian, November 20, 2009.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/20/filesharing-crackdown

"The government's planned crackdown on unlawful online filesharing has
been attacked by privacy campaigners and internet service providers but
welcomed by executives and artists in the music business."
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Will Secret Copyright Treaty Restrict Digital Rights?
By Jeff Porten, Computer World, November 20, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yde9t73

"Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period
of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel
proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be
an exception to this rule, and if it is signed, many United States laws
concerning the Internet and ownership of data may become substantively
different."
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UK: Mandelson Looks to Alter the Copyright Law for Enforcing Copyright.
By Desire Athow, IT ProPortal, November 20, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yfy4yqs

"The First Secretary of State, Peter Mandelson, is making preparations
to induce a change in the Digital Economy Bill which will endow him and
future politicians with new powers to enforce copyright laws."
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Judge Sets February Hearing for New Google Books Deal.
By Tom Krazit, CNET News, November 19, 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10402125-265.html

"The judge overseeing the Google Books case has laid out the schedule
for the second round of the final approval process, at the same time
granting preliminary approval of the revised deal."
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Copyright Czar Vote Heads to Full Senate.
By David Kravets, Wired Blog Network, November 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yzrerky

"The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Victoria Espinel's
nomination Thursday, paving the way for a full Senate vote to confirm
the nation's first copyright czar."
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Amy Mata
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University of Maryland University College
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