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["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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LG, P&G, Kraft, Cafe Hon, Motorola: Intellectual Property
By Victoria Slind-Flo, Bloomberg Business Week, November 09, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/c5d2byk
"Dyson Ltd., the maker of the Dyson bagless vacuum cleaner, sued LG
Electronics Inc. for patent infringement."
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Groupon, Apple, Amazon, Google: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Business Week, November 09, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/ctcscr8
"Groupon Inc., the company that provides daily deal coupons, was sued for
infringement by a California patent holder."
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British firms are wide of the mark.
By Dr Robert B Franks, The Star, November 9, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/bt77qoo
"UK companies are falling behind in the use of regional and international
intellectual property protection, in the form of patents, trademarks and
registered designs."
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Why Big Media Is Going Nuclear Against The DMCA.
By Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, TechCrunch, November 6, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/7vye6u7
"When Congress updated copyright laws and passed the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) in 1998, it ushered an era of investment, innovation and
job creation." 
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Online Piracy Act goes overboard.
Pilotonline.com, November 6, 2011.
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/online-piracy-act-goes-overboard
"Members of Congress are periodically up in arms over regulations to prevent
companies from messing with your Internet connection. Some lawmakers likened
an FCC push for net neutrality to a federal takeover of the Internet, the kind
of alarmist - and silly - rhetoric all too common in Washington."
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Panel Says Copyright Protection Is Necessary to Produce Quality Work.
By Hope Rurik, Kansas City infoZine, November 05, 2011.
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/49633/
"A panel representing the music and publishing industries spoke Thursday about
finding a balance in copyright legislation to allow for freedom of creativity
and the protection of creative works."
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Debate on New Copyright Enforcement Bill Heats up.
By Grant Gross, IDG News,  November 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/c5rr83e
"Supporters of a controversial copyright protection bill recently introduced
in the U.S. House of Representatives are firing back after several digital
rights groups have suggested the legislation could lead to law enforcement
officials targeting sites like YouTube and Twitter."
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The Internet Is Still Killing Copyright (A Delightful Rant).
By Mike Perlman, Techno Buffalo, November 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/bp4evpz
"I recently read a combative statement in a BBC article that was amplified by
one of my favorite guitar-smashing rock legends, Pete Townshend. He deemed
iTunes a "digital vampire" that bleeds artists dry without attempting to
nurture their creativity."
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Paramount Sues For Ownership of Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' (Exclusive).
By Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, November 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/co4k9j8
"Paramount Pictures is going to court to prove that it owns the copyright to
Federico Fellini's classic film, La Dolce Vita."
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Google mulls divorcing U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
By Jennifer Martinez, The Virginian-Pilot, November 4, 2011. 
http://tinyurl.com/cx58r84
"The bills would require search engines and online ad companies to clamp down
on websites that illegally peddle copyrighted movies, fake pharmaceuticals and
other counterfeit products if served with a court order by the Justice
Department."
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Copy this: looser copyright laws make better business sense.
By Karlin Lillington, Irish Times, November 4, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/64e6kve
"MOST PEOPLE with an interest in Irish copyright law agree on one thing: it
needs to be changed. The current Government has listened to this concern, with
Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Richard Bruton announcing early
on in his tenure that ..."
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Copyright -- a conceptual battle in a digital age.
PhysOrg.com, November 3, 2011.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-copyright-digital-age.html

"copyright does not take into account that a download does not result in the
owner losing his or her own copy. Neither is it possible to equate number of
downloads with lost income for the copyright holder, since it is likely that
people ..."
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Copyright Industries Massive Success Shows That They're Dying ...
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, November 3, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/blojug7
"One of the favorite misleading tricks of supporters of more draconian
copyright laws is to put out a report each year about the "size" of "the
copyright industries," by the "International Intellectual Property Alliance"
(a trade group made up of other trade groups, including the RIAA, MPAA, BSA,
ESA, NMPA and others) There are numerous problems with this report."
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Mega upload settles copyright suit with porn studio.
By Greg Sandoval,CNET, November 3, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/cb3mdap

"The Internet file-storage business accused of helping millions around the
world to store pirated videos, music, and software, has settled a copyright
suit filed against it in January by Perfect 10, a porn studio with a long
history of accusing tech ..."

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US copyright sector adds $930 bln to economy-study.
Reuters, November 2, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/cstb4xc
"U.S. movie, music, software and other industries heavily dependent on
copyright protections added nearly $932 billion to the U.S. economy in 2010,
or about 6.4 percent of total gross domestic product, according to new study
released on Wednesday."
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Piracy problems? US copyright industries show terrific health

By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, November 2, 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/d4323of
"Pity the poor people who work in the US "copyright industries." Battered by a
decade of digital piracy and facing even more of it thanks to cheap computers,
fast Internet, P2P file-sharing, and online file lockers, the US creative
industries teeter on the verge of collapse."
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Microsoft, Gigaset, Apple, McDonald's: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg, October 25, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/62datf4
"Microsoft Corp. signed a deal with Compal Electronics Inc. for tablets,
mobile phones, e-readers and other consumer devices running the Android or
Chrome platform."
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Tamiru Degefe
Center for Intellectual Property