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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blog: Cameron urged to accept copyright reform proposals.
By David Meyer, ZD Net UK, July 5, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3gf79q5

Organisations representing UK tech start-ups have urged the government
to fast-track some of the recommendations in Ian Hargreaves's report on
intellectual property reform.

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Blog: Piracy Lawsuit Against CNET Dismissed - For Now.
Torrent Freak, July 5, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3m9hz48

In May, FilmOn founder Alki David and a group of artists sued CNET's
Download.com and parent company CBS. The copyright holders accused the
CBS-owned websites of several copyright-related offenses for their role
in distributing LimeWire and other P2P software. This week the artists
dropped their case, threatening to replace it with an even bigger case
in the near future.

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Copyright Act 1987 To Be Amended In October - Ismail.
Malaysian National News Agency, Bernama.com, July 5, 2011.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=599289

The Copyright Act 1987 will be amended by parliament in October to
include payment of royalties to protect the welfare of local artistes.

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Copyright law confusion hinders firms, event told.
By Laura Slattery, Irish Times, July 5, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4xa8npb

SOCIAL MEDIA multinationals such as Google and Facebook are restricted
from moving core search and aggregation functions to Ireland because of
confusion about copyright legislation, it was claimed yesterday.

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Unlicensed: Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player illegal?
By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 5, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6kpmdfc

Amazon.com made waves in March when it announced Cloud Player, a new
"cloud music" service that allows users to upload their music
collections for personal use. It did so without a license agreement, and
the major music labels were not amused. Sony Music said it was keeping
its "legal options open" as it pressured Amazon to pay up.

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Ten Strikes Bill S. 978 has YouTube users scared and outraged.
Thomas Peracchio, Internet Examiner, July 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3e9ngtj

Just a few weeks ago S. 978, commonly called the Ten Strikes Bill, was
introduced in the Senate. A recent sampling of blogs across the internet
shows that what appears to be a simple bill to change existing copyright
laws to adapt to new technology has created quite a buzz.

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The Copyright Amendment Bill 2010: on the death of books and the digital
environment.
By Aparna Viswanathan, The Hindu, July 4, 2011.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2156475.ece

The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2010, approved by the Union Cabinet on
December 24, 2009, and introduced in the Rajya Sabha on April 19, 2010,
sparked great controversy for a number of reasons.

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Harvard professor opposes 'three strikes' law.
By Tom Pullar-Strecker, Stuff.co.nz, July 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6322vra

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, whose claims to fame include
helping found the Creative Commons licensing system and a portrayal in
the hit TV series West Wing, has criticised the Government's "three
strikes" copyright law. Professor Lessig spoke at InternetNZ's Nethui on
Friday, held under the shadow of a September law change that will force
internet providers to help movie studios and the recording industry
track down and fine people accused of internet piracy.

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UFC takes on online pirates in tough fight.
By Chris Sieroty, Las Vegas Review Journal, July 3, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4x8ehrb

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has a well-earned reputation as the
baddest sport on the planet. But away from the octagon, its parent
company, Zuffa LLC of Las Vegas, is becoming just as widely known for
savage beat-downs.

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WhoSay Returns Social Media Copyright Back to Celebrities.
By Sarah Maloy, Billboard, July 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3ghrby6

When Rihanna, Keith Urban, Demi Lovato or "Glee" star Darren Criss
tweets a photo, the link will likely point to a site called WhoSay,
rather than to more widely-used photo sharing sites like TwitPic, Yfrog
and Plixi. Where the photo is being shared makes little difference to
the musicians' fans, but it makes a big difference to the stars
themselves.

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Blog: First Ever Scottish 'Anti-Camcorder' Piracy Conviction.
Torrent Freak, July 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3echh2g

A man from Scotland has become the first in the country to be convicted
of an offense related to the unauthorized recording of movies in a
cinema. The 25-year-old recorded several films with a mobile phone
secured within a Heath Robinson-style cloth enclosure and, crucially,
got caught uploading them to the Internet for profit.

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Threat of web blocking moves a step closer.
By Dinah Greek, Computer Active, July 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3beykjd

The prospect of internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK being forced
to block websites is creeping closer to reality under the guise of
copyright protection.

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