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["Amy Mata" <AMata@xxxxxxxx>]

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Harry Potter's US Publisher Faces Breach in Copyright Charges.
Southern Courier, July 14, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/3yh3bal

"The Trustee of the Estate of the late English author Adrian Jacobs held
a news conference today with attorney Thomas Kline to announce the
filing of a lawsuit in New York against Harry Potter's US publishers,
Scholastic Inc for breach of copyright in the series by J.K.Rowling."
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Blog: Copyright Infringement for Substantially Similar Works.
By Carolyn E. Wright, Photo Attorney, July 13, 2010.
http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=1468

"Photographers' images usually are infringed by others copying the
image, either in whole or in part.  But photographs also may be
infringed when others copy the expression of the photograph."
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A Copyright Ruling No One Can Like.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, July 13, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20010428-261.html

"Legal experts sympathetic to copyright owners as well as those known
for supporting technology companies are criticizing a federal judge's
decision to lower a jury award in a high-profile lawsuit about file
sharing."
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Apple Responds to Psystar Appeal in Mac Clone Battle.
By Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer, July 13, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/32v4nhz

"News about Psystar's appeal battle against Apple over Mac clones has
been thin thanks to the PC maker's move to keep its Opening Brief
sealed. Apple's Answering Brief, however, wasn't sealed and offers some
insight into Psystar's tactics."
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High-Tech Tools Are Making Copyright Laws Easier Than Ever to Respect.
News Wise, July 12, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/343lemv

"In 2003, a Baltimore jury forced financial services firm Legg Mason to
pay $20 million in a copyright lawsuit brought by Lowry's Reports. The
offense? Legg Mason had bought a single copy of a Lowry market report
and distributed it to as many as 1,300 stockbrokers and clients."
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RIAA: Lime Wire Hid Cash to Avoid Paying Damages.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, July 12, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20010248-261.html

"Lime Wire founder Mark Gorton during the past decade made millions of
dollars helping people share billions of pirated songs. Now, the big
record labels claim in legal filings that Gorton has maneuvered to
prevent the court from seizing his gains."
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Can You Sell Your Imported Gadgets? Court guts "First Sale."
By Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica, July 12, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/32wethy

"Let's say a relative gave you an imported Omega watch over the
holidays. It's a nice piece, but it's not exactly your style, so after
agonizing over the issue for the appropriate number of months, you
decide to sell it over eBay. Not so fast. Thanks to a decision by the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that might not be so easy."
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China Copyright Disputes Threaten E-Book Industry.
By Mike Clendenin, Information Week, July 12, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2edfos2

"A copyright lawsuit for China's largest e-book reader manufacturer is
highlighting problems that are holding back development of the country's
e-book market."
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Looking More Closely at Judge Gertner's Constitutional Analysis of
Copyright Awards in Tenenbaum Case.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, July 12, 2010.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/03481710175.shtml

"Last Friday, we quickly covered the news that Judge Nancy Gertner had
declared the original jury award of $675,000 against Joel Tenenbaum for
downloading and sharing some songs unconstitutionally excessive. Over
the weekend, however, I had some more time to read the full ruling
(posted by Eric Goldman) and get a sense of what Gertner's full argument
meant."
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Copyright Policy and the Internet.
VOA News, July 11, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/policy/editorials/Copyright---98263549.html

"America's creative industries shape how we see ourselves, and how the
world sees us as well," said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. "Our
copyrighted works continue to be one of the best global marketing tools
for the possibilities that exist in America."
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Amy Mata
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Center For Intellectual Property
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