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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Independent writer's admission highlights news copyright issues.
David Banks, The Guardian, June 28, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/63btau8

An admission by the Independent's columnist and interviewer Johann Hari
that he has lifted material for his interviews may be honest, but it
also highlights the issue of just what is protected by copyright in the
news industry.

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Copyright Holder Fighting Fraudulent DMCA Notices on YouTube.
Drew Wilson, Zeropaid, June 28, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6cwdqcs

YouTube has built a reputation for quickly pulling copyrighted material
from its servers. Many have argued for years that YouTube pulls content
a little too quickly and some have expressed frustration over
re-instating content that was wrongfully yanked.

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Is Copyright Needed To Stop Plagiarism?
Techdirt, June 28, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6h67pgk

Whenever I speak about Free Culture at schools, I'm asked "what about
plagiarism?" Copying and plagiarism are two quite different things, and
you don't need copyright to deal with plagiarism.

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Podcast: Legally Easy Episode 30 - Piracy and Tattoos: The Ever-Changing
Landscape of Copyright Law.
Justin Tenudo, RocketLawyer Podcast, June 28, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5wdjyrx

This week on the Legally Easy Podcast, we're taking a closer look at
copyright through two very different lenses. One is the Protect IP Act,
a behemoth of a law which could force search engines to censor their
results. The other, of course, is Mike Tyson's face. Both stories have
the potential to affect copyright law for decades to come and we take
care in examining the reasons why.

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Copyright War Pits Silicon Valley Against Hollywood.
James Hirsen, Newsmax.com, June 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5s9ozdw

There is a war going on between Northern California and Southern
California over copyright law. Hollywood companies want to step up
government action in putting the brakes on Internet piracy and
protecting intellectual property. Silicon valley firms, on the other
hand, seek to protect innovation and new forms of technological
creativity.

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Prince compares Web piracy to 'carjacking'
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News, June 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3uwlxya

Prince, one of the most versatile and influential music acts of the past
30 years, refuses to release any more music until the Internet cleans up
its act.

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Two groups ask high court to shut down Righthaven in South Carolina.
Steve Green, Vegas Inc., June 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3jpr7jt

Two groups today asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to shut down Las
Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC in that state.

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US piracy deal right for Australia: AFACT Josh Taylor, ZDNet.com.au,
June 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3j2utdy

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has welcomed
reports that US internet service providers (ISPs) and film studios are
close to an agreement on how to deal with piracy; however, the Internet
Industry Association is adopting a wait-and-see approach.

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Google Boots Transdroid Torrent Manager From Android Market.
TorrentFreak, June 26, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6g8c55d

Google has pulled one of the most popular torrent download managers from
the Android Market because of policy violations. Before Google booted
the application, Transdroid had been available for two years and amassed
400,000 users during that time. Thus far Google hasn't specified what
the exact nature of Transdoid's violations are, but it's not unlikely
that they relate to copyright infringement.

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Marvel Superheroes and the Fathers of Invention.
Brent Staples, New York Times, June 26, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/44vzujn

The comic book industry began life in the early 20th century as the
province of con men who stripped artists of their creations, then moved
on to the next mark. The artists who were paid virtually nothing for
work on characters that are now worth billions at the movies are nearly
all dead. But their heirs are beginning to speak for them through a
federal copyright law that practically invites descendants to sue for
ownership interests in characters whose current value could never have
been imagined at the moment of creation.

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Ezekude canvasses review of copyright law, formation of CMO for
Nollywood.
Daily Independent, June 25, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3plbjtl

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is spearheading ongoing national
efforts at effecting appropriate amendment of Nigerian Copyright Act to
reckon with recent developments and challenges that impact on copyright
administration and enforcement especially in the digital domain.


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Jack Boeve
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Center for Intellectual Property @ UMUC
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