In the News

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Internet trade group wants changes in copyright bill.
By Grant Gross, Computer World, May 18, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3nwrnqw

"New legislation intended to shut down foreign websites that infringe
copyrights would cause major headaches because it would allow
copyright holders to target legitimate Web services with "thousands"
of court orders, an e-commerce trade group said."

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Google exec tees off on copyright bill.
By Jennifer Martinez, Politico, May 18, 2011.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55240.html

"Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Wednesday said the search
company would fight legislation aimed at shutting down access to
file-sharing websites that offer pirated content."

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Copyright Troll Company Given Taste Of Its Own Medicine.
By Joel Hruska, Hot Hardware, May 18, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5t5tce8

"In early 2010, a brand-new company named Righthaven began cutting
deals with newspapers by promising to safeguard their content online.
Said protection consists of suing anyone and everything for so-called
copyright infringement, even in situations where no sane judge would
rule infringement had taken place."

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UK: Copyright policy based largely on "lobbynomics," not data.
By Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica, May 18, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3nrn5z3

"A major new independent report to the UK Prime Minister on his
country's intellectual property laws is out. Digital Opportunity: A
Review of Intellectual Property and Growth could hardly make its
position clearer: the UK has lost its way when it comes to copyright
policy."

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University Of Michigan Library Kicks Off Project To Identify All The
Orphan Works In Its Collection.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, May 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6chhj5q

"For years, we've seen attempts to create "orphan works" legislation
to deal with a much bigger problem caused by the Copyright Act of
1976. Prior to that, when copyright required registration formalities,
it was relatively easy to determine if something was covered by
copyright and who likely controlled that copyright."

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Hargreaves Review: Who has won the copyright wars?
By Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News, May 17, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13422652

"It's the document that could, according to which lobby you believe,
either kick-start innovation in the UK or deal a fatal blow to our
creative industries.The Hargreaves Review of copyright is published on
Wednesday and I've now got a pretty good idea of what it will look
like."

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Limewire Settlement: RIAA, Record Labels Win $105M, But Artists May Not
Benefit.
The Huffington Post, May 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/65qffu5

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has won another
case in its efforts to litigate against music piracy."

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UK: E-books drive older women to digital piracy.
By Christopher Williams, The Guardian, May 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/69nr3ao

"Older women are taking to digital piracy as never before as a result
of e-reader and tablet ownership, according to new figures."

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Limewire Settlement: RIAA, Record Labels Win $105M, But Artists May Not
Benefit.
The Huffington Post, May 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/65qffu5

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has won another
case in its efforts to litigate against music piracy."

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UK: E-books drive older women to digital piracy.
By Christopher Williams, The Guardian, May 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/69nr3ao

"Older women are taking to digital piracy as never before as a result
of e-reader and tablet ownership, according to new figures."

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Senators Reintroduce Internet Censorship Bill Under New Name.
Music Industry News Network, May 16, 2011.
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=142072

"Senators Leahy, Hatch and Grassley are reintroducing legislation,
which will impose a mandate on additional industries to enforce
copyright laws. Instead of COICA, the new acronym appears to sound
less controversial  PROTECT IP."


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