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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Join us for the CIP 2010 Symposium, Hybrid (c): Sustaining Copyright in
Culture!
Featuring guest speakers Peter Jaszi and William Patry.
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/symposium/2010.html

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Introducing guest blogger Peggy Hoon on Collectanea!
See her latest blog On Being Relevant: Copyright Law and Higher
Education http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/

"I have come to the conclusion that the greatest challenge for campus
copyright educators (as well as those trying to reach the general
population) lies in helping individuals appreciate copyright's intimate
relationship to many of their daily activities, both at work and at
play. If copyright is not understood and accepted as even being relevant
to core campus activities - if it is viewed instead as optional or a
"luxury", educational efforts will not succeed."
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Verizon Ends Service of Alleged Illegal Downloaders.
By David Carnoy, CNET News, January 20, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10437176-93.html

"Months after Verizon Communications began issuing warnings to accused
file sharers, the company has acknowledged that multiple offenses could
result in a service interruption."
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Judge Lowers Jammie Thomas' Piracy Penalty.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, January 22, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yzt68r8

"A U.S. district court has dramatically slashed the amount of money a
Minnesota woman must pay in damages for illegally sharing music online."
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HP to Launch Music Service in Europe.
By Tarmo Virki, Reuters, Jaunary 24, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/y8qoses

"Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest maker of PCs, will launch a
digital music service across key European markets on Monday, hoping to
benefit from consumers' rising appetite for new types of music download
services"
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Tech Group to Launch Digital Music File Successor.
By Kate Holton, Reuters, January 22, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ycgbpkc

"A leading technology company is set to launch a new digital music file
format which will embed additional content for fans including lyrics,
news updates and images in what could be a successor to the ubiquitous
MP3 file."
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UPDATE 1-Recorded 2009 Music Sales Fell around 10 pct -IFPI.
By Kate Holton & Matt Cowan, Reuters, January 21, 2010.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60K1ZM20100121

"Global recorded music sales fell around 10 percent in 2009 and are down
30 percent since 2004 as rampant illegal downloading eats into
legitimate digital and physical sales, the industry's trade body said on
Thursday."
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Give a Man a Fish... and Make It Illegal to Teach Fishing.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, January 22, 2010.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100118/0300547791.shtml

"We've talked in the past about how intellectual property rules seem to
directly conflict with the purpose of educational institutions -- and
yet, many of those institutions are now starting to try to enforce those
rules."
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Amazon Gives Publishers Easier Control over DRM in Kindle ebooks.
By Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, January 21, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yjfjdo3

"Without a formal announcement, Amazon.com has made it easier for
authors to publish their ebooks for the Kindle with or without digital
rights management (DRM), the technology that limits how consumers can
use the ebooks they've bought."
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Australia Joins Copyright Theft Talks.
By Ari Sharp, The Age, January 26, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ydoblk7

"Australia is among more than a dozen countries meeting this week in
Mexico for the next round of negotiations for a trade agreement to crack
down on copyright theft, but discussions remain shrouded in secrecy."
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Copyright is an Exception to the Public Domain.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, January 25, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ybr9ulu

"A bunch of folks have been sending in this wonderful Public Domain
Manifesto, put together by Communia. It's a wonderful read, highlighting
the importance and value of the public domain, and putting forth a
series of general principles which appear to make a lot of sense. It
also discusses other aspects of related issues, such as the importance
of individuals choosing to not use copyright, as well as the value of
fair use and fair dealing. The point is both to highlight how important
the public domain is to a vital thriving culture, and also to point out
how the public domain has been steadily eroded over the last few
decades."
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Le Guin Joins Opposition to Google Book Search Settlement.
By John C. Abell, Wired, January 25, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yeywom3

"Celebrated sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin has come out in strong
opposition to the Google Book Search settlement, and has asked the
federal court that will likely approve it next month to take the
unlikely step of exempting the entire United States from the
settlement."
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Internet rights and you: What's at stake?
By Dylan Martin, The Free Press, January 25, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yfjdg3u

"Government and trade officials are currently working on agreements that
may affect your future Internet use. Some of the outcome may be good,
some of it bad. Here's a peek into some of these issues."
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Verizon Denies 'three strikes' Policy for DSL, Fios Users.
By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post, January 25, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yeyuqqv

"Can binging on BitTorrent get you booted from Verizon's Internet
service?"
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