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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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More on Streaming Video.
By Peggy Hoon, Collectanea, February 4, 2010.
http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/

The time is ripe for a broader discussion about the use of 3rd party
copyrighted material within an online educational setting, such as electronic
reserves (including all types of works in addition to text) and streaming
entire videos within a course management system.
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Why You Can't See Live Streaming of Olympics  at Least not Legally.
By Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, February 9, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yc2sb6t

NBC owns the U.S. rights to the Vancouver Olympics, and, for this Olympics,
it has clamped down on online live streaming of events.
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30,000 Songwriters in the Making.
By Paul Williams, The Huffington Post, February 9, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/y9ga42f

People who create music have more tools, technology and options at their
disposal than ever before. Yet the question of how they can and will make a
living from their art has become a flash-point for attack, particularly
online. An "attack mentality" has taken root, springing up at any mention of
how creators should be compensated when their works are used in digital
channels. And speaking frankly, it's strangling the real dialogue that's
sorely needed.
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No Surprise People Ignore Copyright.
By Rebecca Giblin, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 9, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yztm42d

Hollywood's court loss to iiNet should offer hope to internet users.
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Tell USTR Balanced Copyright is Important.
By Rashmi Rangnath, Public Knowledge, February 8, 2010.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2891

A balanced copyright regime that respects the rights of creators and users is
vital for innovation and advancement of learning. Sadly, agreements such as
the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and several Free Trade Agreements show
that the U.S. has given short shrift to this balance in pursuit of copyright
policy abroad.
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J.D. Salingers Complaint.
By Roger Rapoport, San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ybbwejh

J.D. Salinger may be gone, but his ability to persuade a New York court to
ban Swedish author Fredrik Colting's novel "60 Years Later" makes his estate
the center of one of the biggest intellectual property battles in the land.
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Photog Sued for Shooting a Street that Contained Publicly Funded Art .
By Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing, February 5, 2010.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/05/photog-sued-for-shoo.html

A Seattle man is being sued for taking photographs of public art--after he
complied and destroyed his photos. The city commissioned the Dance Steps of
Broadway more than 30 years ago, and used public funds to cover some costs.
And the neighborhood quickly embraced it.
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Feds Still Troubled by Googles Digital Book Deal.
By Michael Liedtke, Business Week, February 5, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yealfqz

The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the
digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle
competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing
those concerns.
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Authors Guild: To RIAA or Not to RIAA
By David Kravets, Wired, February 5, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ykgg5s3

Theres equal reason to support or object to the proposed Google Books
settlement.
Creating a digital catalog of the worlds words might be the Holy Grail of
intellectual empowerment. Yet building that library in the clouds would be
allowed without the rights-holders consent  which the Justice Department and
others contend is a complete and fundamental alteration of copyright law.
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Will Comcast Move To 'Three Strikes' Regime After Buying NBC?
By Wendy Davis, Media Post, February 4, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ygsgchv

Today, at a hearing about the proposed Comcast-NBC merger, three-strikes
opponent Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) voiced that concern. "Will Comcast continue
to commit not to cut off their customers from the Internet without some sort
of due process procedure," Doyle asked Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
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Amy Mata
Graduate Assistant
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
amata@xxxxxxxx
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