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[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Copyright System Must Adapt Or Perish, WIPO Director Says.
By William New, Intellectual Property Watch, March 15, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4dayex2

"The traditional copyright systems balance for encouraging yet
controlling access to copyrighted works in order to extract value for
them has met with a destructive force in the internet that it cannot
overcome without changing itself, the head of the World Intellectual
Property Organization said in a recent landmark speech. And he
proposed several elements for the way forward."

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Administration's New IP Enforcement Recommendations Will Only Serve To
Make IP Less Respected.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, March 15, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6ekfkcl

"Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IP Czar) Victoria
Espinel has come out with the White House's recommendations on
intellectual property enforcement and, as you might imagine, they
involve the same strategy as always: ratchet up the punishment. "

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United Fabrics v. Macys and the Presumption of Copyright Ownership.
By James Kachmar, IP Law Blog, March 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/47y8cgs

"United Fabrics International, Inc. (United Fabrics) manufactures a
collection of fabric designs titled Ethnic Collection X to which it
holds a copyright. As part of that collection, United Fabrics
purchased a fabric design from an Italian design house and then
modified the purchase design. It then sued Macys (and several others)
for infringing on its copyright by selling infringing fabric and
garments. "

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Lebanon: Copyright violations stunt growth, group says.
The Daily Star, March 15, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4q5gpez

"The International Intellectual Property Alliance, an organization
representing more than 1,900 companies that produce and distribute
copyright-protected materials throughout the world, has asked the
United States Trade Representative to keep Lebanon on the Watch List
for serious infringements of intellectual property rights and severe
copyright problems."

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Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books.
By Julie Bosman, New York Times, March 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4t2yhmy

"Imagine the perfect library book. Its pages dont tear. Its spine is
unbreakable. It can be checked out from home. And it can never get
lost."

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Internet piracy victims urge Congress to stop copyright thefts.
By Tom Ramstack, All Headline News, March 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4pfaouw

"Congress heard witnesses make suggestions Tuesday on how to stop
illicit Web sites that sell pirated movies, music, software and other
copyrighted material."

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