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Companies Reach General Agreement on Network Neutrality.
By Gauthem Nagesh & Sara Jones, Benton Foundation Headlines, August 31, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/37bry8t

Apparently, companies negotiating a network neutrality compromise at
the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) have reached a
general agreement.
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Obamas Commerce Secretary Talks Tough on Music Piracy.
By David Kravets, Wired News, August 31, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/3a6ndyu

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued a blistering diatribe against
music piracy Monday, declaring it a growing threat that should be
dealt with accordingly.
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Academic Journals Seeing Benefits in More Open Peer Review.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, August 31, 2010.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100830/04224810821.shtml

We recently discussed the idea of much more open, online-based peer
review processes. In the ensuing discussion some claimed that such
things might work for subject areas like math, where concepts could be
reviewed and tested by others, but might not work as well in other
areas.
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Second Newspaper Joins Copyright Trolling Operations.
By David Kravets, Wired News, August 30, 2010.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/?intcid=gnav

A Las Vegas company established to sue bloggers who clip news content
is expanding its operations to a second newspaper chain.
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Verizons Copyright Campaign.
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News, August 27, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/2008-1082-955417.html

The copyright wars on Capitol Hill have begun to drift into the
political equivalent of trench warfare, with Hollywood and the music
industry pitted against hardware makers, electronics manufacturers,
and ragtag activists at nonprofit groups.
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EFF: Well help defendants in Righthaven copyright suits.
By Wendy Davis, Media Post, August 26, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/37vyrhw

The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation said this
week that it's seeking to help bloggers and other defendants who are
being sued by the copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven.
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