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Subject: Digital Copyright-In the News 12/11/04 10:34 am
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Digital Copyright - In The News
11 Oct 2004 10:34
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Movement Seeks Copyright Alternatives
By Associated Press, Forbes.com, 10.10.2004
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2004/10/10/ap1584258.html
"Getting rights OK'd can be frustrating for artists, be they authors
seeking to quote an essay or documentary filmmakers who've got snippets
of pop songs playing in the background of key scenes. Artists and
scholars who believe the current copyright system unduly stifles
creativity are pushing a less restrictive alternative that they call the
Creative Commons."
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Entertainment Giants Push Supreme Court to Rewrite Copyright Law
by: ByteEnable, LinuxElectrons, October 09 2004
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/2004100914452354
"A group of 25 entertainment companies filed a petition for certiorari
with the Supreme Court today, asking the Court to rewrite copyright law
principles that establish when high-tech companies can be held liable
for the copyright infringements of their customers."
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Copyright Shenanigans Not Over in Congress - Piracy Education Act
Dangerous
Posted by Ernest Miller, Cotrante.com, October 08, 2004
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/026477.php
"Public Knowledge reports on a bill that includes a number of different
copyright provisions thrown together, HR 4077 the "Piracy Deterrence in
Education" bill. It combine several different significant changes to
copyright law that haven't gotten nearly the attention they should,
thanks to the INDUCE Act. Could it be that INDUCE was merely meant to be
a distraction? [Stop being conspiratorial - Ed.]. Oh, yeah, and it
designates the Oak as the national tree:"
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Piracy Bill's Language Protects DVD Movie Filters
By Mike Musgrove, Washington Post , October 9, 2004; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18697-2004Oct8.html?sub=AR
"It's acceptable for consumers to use software that edits out nudity or
bad language from a DVD movie -- but they had better leave the
commercials and promotional announcements in, according to legislation
adopted by the House of Representatives this week. "
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Controversial copyright bill dies in Senate: Induce' measure gone, but
related bills still advancing
By Associated Press, MSNBC.com, Oct. 8, 2004
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6208947/
"WASHINGTON - A bill that would make it easier to sue online
file-trading networks like Kazaa appeared Friday to have died a quiet
death, but other copyright bills sought by the entertainment industry
continued to advance.
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First Look: RemoteTV Offers Slick Media Streaming: Belkin's latest
product lets you effortlessly share digital content within the house,
but is it lawful?
By Tom Spring, PC World, October 08, 2004
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118118,00.asp
"Wirelessly piping high-quality video and audio throughout your home can
be a convoluted technical feat that often leads to fuzzy results.
Belkin's $500 PureAV RemoteTV changes that by offering high-quality
multimedia streaming that's a breeze to set up. The catch: Belkin's
technology just may be breaking some copyright laws."
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Commentary: Are The Copyright Wars Chilling Innovation?
By Heather Green, BusinessWeek , OCTOBER 11, 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18697-2004Oct8.html?sub=AR
"Scientists like to probe the unknown and pioneer useful technologies.
But in the spring of 2001, Edward W. Felten discovered that such efforts
aren't always welcome. A computer scientist at Princeton University,
Felten took part in a contest sponsored by the Recording Industry
Association of America to test technology for guarding music against
piracy."
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Copyright and the Mouse: How Disney's Mickey Mouse Changed the World
By Jack Kapica, DigitalJournal.com , October 6, 2004
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/?articleID=4031
"It all started with the Mouse.
A few years ago, the Walt Disney Company noticed that its star, Mickey
Mouse, was aging. At the turn of the century, he would be almost 75 -
venerable for a mouse, and more so for one in the entertainment field.
And that meant the little black rodent would end up in corporate hell."
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Globe and Mail loses copyright case
By CBC Arts News, 07 Oct 2004
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/10/07/Arts/globe041007.html
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
"TORONTO - The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the Globe and Mail
violated copyright law when it republished articles by a freelancer in
its electronic databases. "
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Intellectual property rights could harm progress: Developing countries
feel brunt of the law
Companies that have no legal protection will refrain from opening
branches here
By Leila Hatoum, , The Daily Star, October 08, 2004
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=9089
"BEIRUT: Intellectual property laws in Lebanon must keep pace with a
rapidly growing global technology market, Lebanese and American experts
said Thursday at a seminar on the Information, Communication and
Technology sector at the American University for Science and Technology
(AUST)."
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Marlene E. Gordon
Visual Resources and Music Collections
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-593-5463
313-593-1902 (fax)
mgor...@umich.edu
VRA-IPR Committee, Chair
www.vraweb.org
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