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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

Alison Frankel: Fly ruling is not a free pass for aggregators.
By Alison Frankel, Reuters, June 21, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6a3gag4

On its face, Monday's ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit in Barclays v. Theflyonthewall.com seems like a win for the
folks who republish the news.

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Google Wants Billion-Dollar Figures in Oracle Copyright Suit Kept Under
Wraps
By Linda Dobel, TMCnet, June 21, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6hzvyl3

The legal saga continues between Oracle and Google over alleged
copyright infringement by Google resulting from it use of JavaScript in
its Android product.

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Google Plans to Digitise 250,000 Out-Of-Copyright Books of British
Library.
By Jonathan Browning, Bloomberg, June 20, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6324q3l

Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's biggest Internet search engine, plans to
scan 250,000 out-of-copyright books for the British Library as it
expands its digital book program with more libraries.

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Blog: Microsoft misusing copyright law in Xbox antitrust lawsuit, group
says.
By Nick Eaton, Seattle PI, June 20, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3wj4xjh

A consumer-protection group says Microsoft is misusing the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in its legal defense and countersuit
against Datel Design & Development, which alleged antitrust violations
after the software giant locked out unauthorized Xbox 360 accessories.

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Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article Is Fair Use.
By David Kravets, Wired News, June 20, 2011.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/fair-use-defense/

A federal judge ruled Monday that publishing an entire article without
the rights holder's authorization was a fair use of the work, in yet
another blow to newspaper copyright troll Righthaven.

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News aggregator not liable for 'hot news' misappropriation.
By Christine Beckett, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press,
June 20, 2011.
http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11933

Financial news aggregator Theflyonthewall.com Inc. cannot be held liable
for "hot news" misappropriation because the New York state law is
preempted by the federal Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New
York City (2nd Cir.) held Monday in Barclays Capital Inc. v.
Theflyonthewall.com, Inc.

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Student faces US copyright extradition.
By Liam Tung, iTnews, June 20, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6lcnl95

A 23-year old British university student is facing extradition to the US
for allegedly running website that pointed users to other sites that
hosted copyright infringing material.

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Streaming Movies Illegally May Soon Be a Felony.
By Seth Fiegerman, Main Street, June 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5wq2nqf

The federal government has taken the war against digital piracy to the
next level by cracking down on websites that stream copyrighted videos
without permission.


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