In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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ACTA to bypass unfinished EU copyright row.
EurActiv, November 16, 2010.
http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/acta-bypass-unfinished-eu-copyright-row-news-499765

"European negotiators of an international anti-piracy treaty are
rewriting EU laws on copyright infringement, bypassing an unfinished
row in the EU over Internet providers' role in piracy cases, according
to industry lobbyists in Brussels."

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Briefing.com Admits It Broke Copyright Laws, Pays Dow Jones.
PaidContent.org, November 16, 2010.
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-briefing.com-admits-it-broke-copyright-laws-pays-dow-jones-to-end-lawsu/

"Briefing.com has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Dow Jones
(NSDQ: NWS) & Company, paying an undisclosed sum of money for
publishing Dow Jones stories without its consent."

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"Girl Talk" provokes copyright owners with free download of new album,
'All Day.'
By Chris Richardson, Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/39hxk84

"Musical artist and mashup DJ "Girl Talk" has posted his entire 'All
Day' album online as a free download - provoking copyright owners for
the fifth time."

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Report: Most sites comply with copyright.
News & Tech, November 15, 2010.
http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/article_e80df10a-f0e6-11df-860a-001cc4c03286.html

"A study by a Redwood City, Calif., vendor that tracks how content is
distributed across the Web said it found that three-quarters of
websites posting copy generated by other sources were either willing
to properly license it or to remove it without the rights holders
having to resort to content takedown notices."

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Canada, Copyright bill: Go ahead, with changes.
The Toronto Star, November 14, 2010.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/890170--copyright-bill-go-ahead-with-changes

"Long overdue copyright legislation was quietly given approval in
principle and sent to committee by the House of Commons earlier this
month. When the Commons resumes sitting this week, it should give
priority to passing Bill C-32, but not before significant changes are
made."

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An Obvious Distinction.
By Lawrence Lessig, Huffington Post, November 12, 2010.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/an-obvious-distinction_b_783068.html?ir=Books

"David Wallace-Wells has a very long review of the great Lewis Hyde's
new book, Common as Air, at The Nation. The point of his 6,000 words
is to convince you that Hyde, like other "free culture warriors," is
engaged in a project to "exhort[ others] to piracy and the plundering
of culture." As a "free culture warrior" myself, I was a bit surprised
to learn that I was in the business of "exhort[ing others] to piracy."

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