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[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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In Bow to Authors, Baidu Scrubs Document Sharing Site.
By Loretta Chao, The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4cvvu97

"Chinese search giant Baidu said it has successfully removed 2.8
million files from its document-sharing website, Baidu Wenku, after
getting slammed by Chinese authors who accused the company of
encouraging copyright infringement and demanded compensation."

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Copyright troll Righthaven's epic blunder: a lawsuit targeting Ars.
By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, March 30, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/48p2m9m

"Not content with just suing sources, small out-of-state nonprofits,
bloggers who get 20 hits per day, and other massive copyright pirates,
newspaper litigation firm Righthaven this week trained its guns on Ars
Technica. The company filed a federal lawsuit against one of our
freelance writers over a post (about Righthaven) that appeared on the
site back in Decemberonly to dismiss it this morning."

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Online books and copyright law.
The Washington Post, March 30, 2011.
http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/editorial/32221.html

"Google books is a dream project  a vast online database of millions
of books from libraries and publishers worldwide. It would be a
library and a bookstore, a compendium of everything written. But from
the start it has raised difficult questions about who should profit.
If every book ever written could be found online, readers and
researchers would benefit. But what about authors and publishers or,
as they are known these days, content creators? What part should
they play?"

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The Google Settlement Rejection: What Comes Next?
By Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly, March 28, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4a95v9o

"When it was introduced in 2008, the Google Book Settlement was hailed
by its creators as historic. Now, it is history. On March 22, after
more than two years of contentious debate, Judge Denny Chin rejected
the controversial proposal on copyright and antitrust grounds. A
status conference is set for April 25 in New York, and the parties are
free (and some say likely) to appeal the decision, though at press
time no appeal had been announced."

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Canada: Another election call, another failed bid for copyright reform.
By Barrie McKenna, The Globe and Mail, March 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/47wyyjs

"There they stood, dozens of Finance officials eager to explain to
reporters the intricacies of the 2011 federal budget."

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UCLA Video Streaming Case Updated: Amended Complaint Expands Claims.
Lutzker & Lutzker LLP, February 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4uhg57d

"In response to an initial motion to dismiss, Lutzker & Lutzker filed
an amended complaint with exhibits (Part 1, Part 2) for A.I.M.E. and
Ambrose Video Publishers, detailing more claims and facts against
UCLA."

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