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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Scope of New Zealand copyright law changes limited to P2P file sharing.
Mauricio Freitas, Internet New Zealand Inc., 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3ctcpbt.

"InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has obtained clarification from
the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) that the intention of the
Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 is to cover
copyright infringement by online file sharing using peer-to-peer
protocols only."

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Music Industry Zeros in Again on LimeWire.
Greg Sandoval, CNET News, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3s8782y.

"LimeWire is far from finished with compensating the music industry for
years of inducing copyright infringement, according to legal claims made
last week by a group of independent record companies."

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Fraudulent DMCA Notices Claim Yet Another YouTube Video.
Eric Limer, Geekosystem.com, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3zhvn8l.

"Universal Music has recently been accused of using a fraudulent DMCA
notice in order to corner an artist for the purpose of licensing his
song."

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Copyright Act 2011 Enacted - President Koroma Assures Musicians.
All Africa Global Media, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4xq5949.

"The Sierra Leone parliament has finally heeded to the call of artists
and entertainment fans across the country by passing into law the
Copyright Act 2011, being an Act to provide for the protection of
copyrights in Sierra Leone and for other related matters."

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Judge Makes Ultimatum for Google Books Deal.
Sara Yin, PCMAG, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3gsuryg.

"A judge is giving Google two more months to come up with a proposal to
create the world's largest digital library, known as Google Books, that
doesn't violate copyright law."

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Copyright Protection Bill Foe Charged in Data Theft.
Jennifer Martinez, POLITICO, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3d3tez9.

"The 24-year-old founder of a political advocacy group fighting the
Senate's online copyright protection bill was arrested Tuesday and
charged with breaking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's
computer network and stealing more than 4 million articles from an
online archive."

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Church of God Sues Sony, IFC Films for Copyright Infringement.
Sean O'Connell, CinemaBlend.com, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3cwv9ke.

"Here's a change of pace. A filmmaker has angered a large religious
group and is facing legal repercussions and it isn't Kevin Smith!
Instead, the Church of God reportedly is going after Sony Pictures, IFC
Films and Comcast for copyright infringement because an image that looks
identical to the church's trademarked cross logo is being used in George
Ratliff's recently released comedy Salvation Boulevard."

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Could the Cindy Sherman of Monkeys Accidentally Revolutionize Copyright
Law for Artists?
Ben Davis, Huffington Post, 7/21/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3s2k3sl.

"While working in an Indonesian national park, British nature
photographer David Slater had his camera purloined by a clever macaque
monkey who took several self-portraits, apparently fascinated by her own
reflection in the lens. The exceptionally charming images that resulted
caught the eye of Britain's Daily Mail and won the cheeky monkey fans
around the world, as well as "calling into question notions of personae,
monkeyhood, affect, and the history of photography itself," as we put
it."

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