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Accused 'Wolverine' Pirate Calls Charges 'Ridiculous.'
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, December 22, 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10420059-261.html

The FBI has accused the man who allegedly was first, or among the first, to
upload a pirated copy of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" that circulated online in
April. What authorities have apparently yet to do is identify the original
source of the leak.

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Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom Successful in Enforcing Copyright Law.
By Muhammad Humaidan, Arab News, December 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/yaedc7h

The Kingdom has been successful in implementing copyright laws, said an
official from the Ministry of Culture and Information on Monday.

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Warner Music, Hulu Pen Modest Content Deal.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, December 22, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ykz7vsy

Hulu's foray into music videos took another small step on Tuesday, when it
struck a deal to offer some video content from Warner Music Group, one of the
four largest recording companies.

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Bing! Microsoft Hit With Copyright Suit.
By Paul McDougall, Information Week, December 21, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ydpdh94

A St. Louis-based graphics firm has filed a copyright lawsuit against
Microsoft, claiming the software maker's Bing search engine steps on its trade
name.

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Holy See Declares Unique Copyright on Papal Figure.
The Catholic News Agency, December 19, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ykedwnb

The Vatican made a declaration on the protection of the figure of the Pope on
Saturday morning.  The statement seeks to establish and safeguard the name,
image and any symbols of the Pope as being expressly for official use of the
Holy See unless otherwise authorized.

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Story of the decade: The fans rule --- just ask Radiohead.
By Greg Kot, The Chicago Tribune, December 18, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/ydqcnxv

The combination of broadband Internet access and file-trading software such
as Napster seized power and control over music from a handful of corporations
and transferred it to the laptops and cellphones of consumers. Since 2000, the
industry has seen its business cut by one-third to less than $10 billion
annually, while compact-disc sales have been chopped in half, to fewer than
500 million annually.

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French Court Rules against Google in Books Case.
By Greg Keller, The Associated Press, December 18, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/y8uf8zq

A Paris court ruled Friday that Google Inc. is breaking French law with its
policy of digitizing books, handing the U.S. Internet giant a
euro10,000-($14,300)-a-day fine until it rids its search engine of the
literary extracts.

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Ex-Lawmaker Convicted of Rape: Name is Copyrighted.
Filed by the Associated Press, The New York Times, December 16, 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/y97xnxa

A former South Dakota lawmaker convicted of raping his two foster daughters
has sent news organizations what he claims is a copyright notice that seeks to
prevent the use of his name without his consent. A letter and an accompanying
document labeled ''Common Law Copyright Notice'' said former state Rep. Ted
Alvin Klaudt is reserving a common-law copyright of a trade name or trademark
for his name. It said no one can use his name without his consent, and anyone
who does would owe him $500,000.

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