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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blog: Piracy fireworks just a damp squib.
By Darren Greenwood, ZDNet.com.au, September 20, 2011.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/piracy-fireworks-just-a-damp-squib-339322689.htm


"After all of the fireworks, the controversial "three strikes"
anti-piracy legislation, which became effective at the start of this
month, has proved to be a damp squib."

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EU Musicians to Enjoy Copyrights for Longer.
By Joe Celentino, Courthouse News Service, September 19, 2011.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/09/19/39885.htm

"European music artists applauded a continent-wide directive that
extends copyrights on their recordings from 50 to 70 years."

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Europe needs to modernise copyright for nonlinear viewing.
By Philip Hunter, BroadcastEngineering, September 19, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/63hylgr

"While arguments rage over European political union during the current
economic crisis across the continent, there is at least growing
consensus over the merits of digital union."

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Opinion: Copyright law a step too far: Is illicit file sharing a problem
no government can solve?
By Liam Hehir, Manawatu Standard, September 19, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5wvyncj

"For the past few weeks, we have been living in the era of Skynet not
the world conquest of machines envisaged by the Terminator, but the
controversial new law aimed at deterring and punishing those who
infringe copyright via file sharing over the internet."

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Joel Tenenbaum owes the RIAA $675,000-again.
By Nate Anderson, Wired, September 18, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/64equte

"Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston University student whose file-sharing
proclivities got him sued by the major music labels, owes them $675,000.
Again."

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Optus takes on Telstra over sports rights with its TV Now device.
By John Durie, The Australian, September 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/67f7lmd

"OPTUS delights in frustrating Telstra but its latest ploy -- using
mobile recording devices to circumvent sports rights deals -- has the
potential for much wider damage."

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US Rep: Copyright has actually been an "impediment" to rightsholders.
By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, September 17, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6f9khyn

"Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has a rejoinder to those who argue copyright
laws must be further strengthened: "I think if we were to do nothing on
copyright law, we would be getting it just about right."

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MPAA spent $470K in 2Q lobbying government.
The Associated Press, September 16, 2011.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9PPR7NG0.htm

"The Motion Picture Association of America spent $470,000 in the second
quarter lobbying the federal government about protecting intellectual
property and an exemption from a requirement to examine the pets of
extras on film sets, according to a disclosure report."

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Cornell Library Sued for Copyright Infringement.
By Rachel Rabinowitz, The Cornell Daily Sun, September 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6hk6fde

"Individual authors and authors' groups around the world are suing
Cornell and four other universities, alleging that the universities'
library digitization projects are an illegal infringement of copyright
law."

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Lib Dems get a chance to vote on copyright reform.
By Cory Doctorow, guardian.co.uk, September 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6dze2rb

"The Liberal Democrats seem keen to criminalise those who download a
movie without paying for it - but why?"

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Song Download Damages Improperly Reduced, Appeals Court Says.
By Don Jeffrey, Bloomberg, September 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6e7r2t6

"A judge improperly cut the damages assessed against a teenager who
downloaded and redistributed thousands of songs from the Web without
paying, a federal appeals court said"

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Harlan Ellison Claims Copyright Infringement Over New Regency's 'In
Time.'
By Elisabeth Rappe, Latinoreview.com, September 16, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5rsws9q

"Hollywood shouldn't mess with Harlan Ellison.  The legendary writer and
curmudgeon has moved to block New Regency's upcoming sci-fi thriller "In
Time," claiming that it rips off his short story "Repent, Harlequin!
Said the Ticktockman."

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'IP in the Cloud' Gets Top Billing At Annual IPO Meeting in Los Angeles.
BNA, September 14, 2011.
http://www.bna.com/ip-cloud-gets-n12884903459/

"Cloud computing will require courts to deal with new issues and with
old issues in a new context in all areas of intellectual property,
according to panelists at the Sept. 12 opening session of the 2011
annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association."


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