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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Library Copyright Alliance Calls Authors Guild Suit 'Deplorable.'
By Jason Boog, Galleycat, September 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3v99gz5

"Today the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) attacked the Authors Guild's
lawsuit against HathiTrust. The Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des
Icrivaines et des Icrivains Quibicois (UNEQ) and eight authors have also
joined the lawsuit about the fate of seven million scanned books."

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Lawyers Say Deadline Faces Uphill Fight To Make THR Lawsuit Stick.
Media Alley, September 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3djmc42

"Nikki Finke may be known as having chutzpah to spare, but Deadline's lawsuit
against The Hollywood Reporter goes where few newsrooms have gone before,
demanding $5 million for "stealing" its scoops."

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Jeremy Hunt urges web firms to join anti-piracy drive.
News Technology, September 14, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14916484

"UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has delivered a hard-hitting speech, calling
on net firms, advertisers and credit card companies to cut ties with websites
that link to unlawful content."

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U.S. colleges hit with copyright infringement complaint from Canadian
writers.
By Carmen Chai, Postmedia News, September 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3pqly69

"Canadian authors should be concerned about their works popping up online
without permission, the country's copyright experts and writers' organizations
warned Tuesday, a day after a Quebec writers union joined its international
counterparts in suing five U.S. universities in what they say is "one of the
largest copyright infringements in history."

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Hotfile Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Fraud and Abuse.
By Earnesto, TorrentFreak, September 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6j23d3t

"The Florida-based file-hosting service Hotfile has sued Warner Bros. for
fraud and abuse. Hotfile accuses the movie studio of systematically abusing
its anti-piracy tool by taking down hundreds of titles they don't hold the
copyrights to, including open source software."

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CBC demands removal of Mac radio app made by Vancouver developer.
By Stephen Hui, straight.com, September 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3knsfp9

"A Vancouver developer is upset that a CBC copyright complaint means he will
have to remove his software from the Mac App Store."

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Righthaven Defendant Asks Judge Not To Let Company 'Slither Away.'
By Jeff Roberts, paidContent.org, September 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3u7l2n5

"The Righthaven saga continues. Recall that the controversial copyright
enforcer last week begged a federal court to lift a $30,000 fee award, saying
the payment could force it into bankruptcy."

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Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection.
By Julie Bosman, The New York Times, September 12, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3sevczh

"Three major authors' groups and eight individual authors filed suit against a
partnership of research libraries and five universities on Monday, arguing
that their initiative to digitize millions of books constituted copyright
infringement."

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Copyright Troll Evan Stone Sanctioned For More Than $10k For Sending Subpoenas
When Court Said To Wait.
By Ryan Carnell, On-Call Pros, LLC, September 12, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3j8zkf8

"You may recall that the somewhat brash copyright trolling lawyer, Evan Stone,
got into a bit of legal hot water earlier this year, in a case for porn
producer Mick Haig."

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Copyright Tribunal Begins Hearing News Links Complaint.
By Robert Andrews, paidContentUK, September 11, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6gls7vu

"The dispute over how much companies should pay for receiving links to web
news articles through commercial media monitors was due to move to the
Copyright Tribunal in central London on Monday"

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EU regulators vote to extend music copyright for another 20 years.
By Mark Brown, Wired.co.uk, September 08, 2011.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-09/08/eu-copyright-extension

"EU regulators in Brussels have voted to approve a controversial directive
that would see musicians retain copyright over their sound recordings for a
further 20 years -- a move that appeases ageing rock legends, but has plenty
of opposition elsewhere."

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