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["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Stop Online Piracy Act would stop online innovation.
By James Temple, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/42d85cj

"San Francisco Chronicle A bipartisan bill introduced last week in the House
of Representatives would mark a fundamental change in Internet law, shifting
liability for copyright piracy from the infringer to the host website."
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MSAR must boost Internet copyright protection: scholar.
By Vmtor Quintc, Macau Daily Times, November 2, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3zfls46

"The revision of the copyright law, frozen at the Legislative Assembly since
February, is sorely needed to better protect intellectual property on the
Internet, a visiting scholar said yesterday."

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Copyright Fight the Subject of Juvenile Flamewars.
By Dan Mitchell, SF Weekly, November 1, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3c33pzv

"To the uninitiated, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce might sound like a larger
version of local chambers of commerce: something like the Elks or the Rotary
Club, where dull businesspeople get together ..."

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The UN, copyright extremism and you.
By Scott Bradner, Network World, November 01, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3kkkd7c
"In September representatives from India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) got
together to talk about the Internet. Their conclusion: The 'Net needed help
from the United Nations in the areas of developing policies, technical
standards, operation, dispute resolution and crises management."
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Copyright Office Makes Technology a Priority.
By Michael Roach, Technology News, October 31, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3gj2j9r
"In June, then-newly appointed Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante told LTN
staff reporter Evan Koblentz about her new role, "I would hope that my
appreciation of technology was a factor. I see the technology sector as an
important stakeholder in the copyright world, generally."
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Copyright Office Wants Protection for the Small Cats.
Politic 365. October 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3q3vlrg
"Worried over an increasing wave of global intellectual property piracy and
copyright infringement, the United States Copyright Office issued a
notice recently seeking comments on alternative ways to protect small
copyright holders."
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Copyright bill controversy grows as rhetoric sharpens.
By Declan McCullagh CNET News, October 31, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/4ypbrbg
"Controversy over a new copyright bill continues to grow in Washington, D.C.,
with both proponents and detractors signing up new allies and sharpening their
rhetoric. Even pop icon Justin Bieber has made an appearance."
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Movie Studios Win Lawsuit against Zediva.
By Barbara Ortutay, ABC News, October 31, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3plgvhe
"The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit
against video-streaming startup Zediva Inc."
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Taiwan Funeral Music Lawsuits Amplify Copyright Issues.
By Ralph Jennings, Voice of America, October 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/44d7j97
"Funeral homes in Taiwan have been hit with two lawsuits alleging they lack
permission to play recorded music at services.  But the industry says it has
the right to broadcast that music for the private use of surviving family
members."
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Movie, music studios in 'skynet' copyright talks.
By Tom Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz, October 31, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3erp69b
"United States movie and music studios have talked to internet providers about
establishing a centralized facility that would process copyright infringement
notices on behalf internet providers, industry executives have revealed."
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UK court ruling on ISP filtering: copyright victory or download defeat?
Mark Gregory, The Conversation, October 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/42efjnz
"Last week, the English High Court ordered British Telecom (BT) to block
access to a members-only website that offers links to pirated films."
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How Copyright Infringement Turned Vampires Into Big Business.
By Tim Cushing, Techdirt, October 30, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3u4ny4u

" If you've spent any time in the comment threads here at Techdirt, you've
probably run into someone decrying derivative works as uncreative and useless,
arguing that art should be created in a vacuum, preferably a vacuum composed
of extensive copyright protection. The impression is given that anyone who
builds off another's works is some sort of leech who could never create
anything of value."
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A Store of Images, From a Time When 'Cut and Paste' Meant Just That.
By Noam Cohen, The New York Times, October 30, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3auqzkk

"THE sign in blue lettering read "Copyright-Free Images," which may not rank
with "Zero Percent Financing" or "Everything Must Go" when it comes to sales
pitches. But it does have "free" in it, and it was enough to catch my eye
while visiting London."
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How Justin Bieber Became the Public Face of Copyright Reform (Analysis).
By Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, October 29, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3jwuer2
"Fight for the Future expresses concern about S. 978,  which would make
unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted work a felony, and says Bieber's
freedom is at stake."
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Creditor Moves to Dismantle Copyright Troll Righthaven.
By David Kravets, Wired, October 29, 2011. 
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/creditor-righthaven/
"The financial woes of Las Vegas-based copyright trolling firm Righthaven
worsened Saturday when one of the defendants it unsuccessfully sued for
infringement asked a judge to allow seizure of the firm's assets - with the
help of the U.S. Marshals, if necessary."
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Feds Shut Down Zediva, Streaming Service Agrees to Pay $1.8M Damages.
By Brent Lang, Reuters, October  28, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3w8pdc2
"U.S. District Judge John Walter effectively shut down the streaming service
for copyright violations on Friday, issuing a permanent injunction against the
company."
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Analysis: Anti-piracy Law, and the Whole Copyright vs. Freedom Thing.
By Scott M. Fulton, Read Write Enterprise, October 28, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/63nqsqf

"We do this dance at least twice a year now, and we're starting to get the
steps so well memorized that once we hear the familiar tune, we start stepping
to the beat without a moment's thought. It's the Anti-piracy Shuffle, and one
defining element of its choreography is that we always end up right where we
started."

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US Copyright Office Still Out Of Touch ...
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, October 28, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3gkhm7a

"The US Copyright Office, for years, has remained totally out of touch with
the mess that copyright has become, often acting as the entertainment
industry's voice within the government."
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Rep. Lofgren: Copyright bill is the 'end of the Internet'
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News, October 27, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3omoa84
"Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the California Democrat whose district includes the heart
of Silicon Valley, is preparing to lead congressional opposition to the new
Stop Online Piracy Act."
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House introduces Internet piracy bill.

By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post with Bloomberg Business, October 26, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/6xp948b

"House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would expand the ability
of federal law enforcement to shut down foreign Web sites and services that
that use counterfeited or pirated content created by U.S. firms."
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BT given two weeks to block Newzbin2.
By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, October 26, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/3unwfvp
"BT has 14 days to block access to file-sharing website Newzbin2, a High Court
judge has ordered in a copyright-infringement case brought by US film
studios."
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Blog: Tech and policy: Copyright fight, Google and governments.
By Levi Sumagaysay, Good Moring Silver Valley, October 26, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3vm67nj
"Internet regulations, copyright, censorship, government requests for user
information. Those were among the heavy but stimulating topics addressed at
the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference in San Francisco ..."
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Blog: U.S. House Reps Pushing More Stringent Version of PROTECT IP Act.
By Shane McGlaun, DailyTech, October 26, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3heldbg
"Most people that use the internet will agree that the amount of trademark
infringement on the web is massive and the amount of pirated software, games,
and other content continually grows."
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 Tamiru Degefe
Center for Intellectual Property