Friday, April 30, 2004

Downloading shared files threatens security
by SGT. 1ST CLASS ERIC HORTIN
DC Military.com, publication date: 30 April 2004
Copyright code stalled by FTA
by KATE MACKENZIE
Australian IT, publication date: 28 April 2004

New Oriental language school set to appeal

China Daily, publication date: 28 April 2004
WOXY may be GONE
by JOHN ECKBERG
The Cincinnati Enquirer, publication date: 30 April 2004
RIAA Launches Another Wave of Lawsuits
by GENE J. KOPROWSKI
TechNewsWorld, publication date: 29 April 2004
Console mod-chips ruled legal in Spain
by ROB FAHEY
Games Industry.biz, publication date: 29 April 2004
Balancing battle between pirates and innovators
by LEON GETTER
The Age [Australia], publication date: 30 April 2004
Printers may face copyright levies in Germany
Out-law.com, publication date: 29 April 2004
iTunes on Campus
Apple informational web page
[Editor's note: Apple's now in the campus biz, but their package doesn't involve a centralized payment or subscription]

Thursday, April 29, 2004

The Register sees a method to the RIAA madness
by FRANK FIELD
FurdLog, publication date: 28 April 2004
Cflix teams with Musicnet to power music service for Yale university
Music Industry News Network, publication date: 28 April 2004

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Sherman Oaks man pleads guilty to copyright infringement
by PHILLIP W. BROWNE
Long Beach Press Telegram, publication date: 27 April 2004
World Book And Copyright Day Observed in Liberia
The Inquirer, All Africa.com, publication date: 27 April 2004
The crypto whiz
by MICHAEL KANELLOS and CHARLES COOPER
CNet News.com, publication date: 28 April 2004

Marillion: appetite for resurrection

by JON COLLINS
The Register, publication date: 28 April 2004
Crippled External Hard Drive for DVRs
by ERNEST MILLER
The Importance Of ... publication date: 27 April 2004
What is a Speedbump?
by ED FELTEN
Freedom To Tinker, publication date: 26 April 2004

Monday, April 26, 2004

PlayFair revival project
p2pnet news, updated: 25 April 2004
Laying down the copyright law -- to children
by KATHLEEN SHARP
The Boston Globe, publication date: 25 April 2004

Thursday, April 22, 2004

A Perfectly Compatible Form of Incompatibility
by ED FELTEN
Freedom To Tinker, publication date: 15 April 2004
Streamripping
by FRANK FIELD
FurdLog, publication date: 21 April 2004

Tuesday, April 20, 2004


Hollywood's new lesson for campus file swappers

by Stefanie Olsen
CNetAsia, publication date: 20 April 2004

Monday, April 19, 2004

iTunes Case Study
Digital Media Project
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School, publication date: 10 April 2004
[Swiss] Music industry calls time on illegal downloading
Swissinfo, publication date: 13 April 2004
Fake "Clean Slate" Gone -- How about a real one?
by DONNA WENTWORTH, EFF
EFF, publication date: 17 April 2004

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

A Grand Unified Theory of Filesharing
by ED FELTEN
Freedom to Tinker, publication date: 12 April 2004

Monday, April 12, 2004


Microsoft squares Intertrust DRM suit for $440m

by DREW CULLEN
The Register, publication date: 12 April 2004

Saturday, April 10, 2004

The state of copyright activism
by SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN
First Monday, publication date: April 2004

Thursday, April 08, 2004

The mouse who would be king warning: registration required for full text
by FARHAD MANJOO
Salon, publication date: 08 April 2004

Sunday, April 04, 2004

PM vows to protect music industry: Martin short on specifics during surprise visit to Edmonton
by LARRY JOHNSRUDE
Edmonton Journal, publication date: 03 April 2004
Download violators at UA can be ID'd
Associated Press
The Arizona Republic, publication date: 04 April 2004

Saturday, April 03, 2004

DVD copy company appeals ban
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 02 April 2004

Friday, April 02, 2004

Photocopying could bring publishers to their knees
by MONICA SEEBER
Business Report, publication date: 02 April 2004
[editor's note: I'm pretty sure this isn't a joke but I'm not positive]

Thursday, April 01, 2004

An Unenthusiastic Response to the Canadian Filesharing Decision
by ERNEST MILLER
The Importance Of, publication date: 31 March 2004
Feds Crank Up Heat on P2P
by XENI JARDIN
Wired News, publication date: 31 March 2004
Hollywood-bought copyright bill passes House subcommittee--and helps pave way for a future Watergate BY Democrats
by DAVID ROTHMAN
Teleread.org, publication date: 31 March 2004

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

House panel approves copyright bill
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 31 March 2004
Fight Against Illegal File Sharing Is Moving Overseas warning: registration required
by MARK LANDLER
The New York Times, publication date: 31 March 2004
Court rejects music copyright suit
by ANGELA PACIENZA
The Toronto Star, publication date, 31 March 2004
File sharers not guilty of copyright infringement - Canadian judge
by TONY SMITH
The Register, publication date: 31 March 2004
Thinking about Digital Rights Management requires Flash
by M. CLAIRE STEWART
New Media Consortium Spring 2004 Online conference presentation, publication date: 08 March 2004
French Hound Music Pirates
Reuters
Wired News, publication date: 30 March 2004
Many colleges fail to create antipiracy policies to curb file sharing, report says
by BROCK READ
Chronicle of Higher Education, publication date: 30 March 2004
via Siva Vaidhyanathan's blog
Software pirates chip away at gaming industry revenue
by HIAWATHA BRAY
Boston Globe, publication date: 31 March 2004
Bill G's tool for greedsters: expiring music files--and maybe clocked e-book files later?
by DAVID ROTHMAN
Teleread.org, publication date: 30 March 2004

Monday, March 29, 2004

Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 29 March 2004
How iTMS Works
by AARON SWARTZ
Aaron Swartz: The Weblog, publication date: 29 March 2004
Improving the PIRATE Act
by ED FELTEN
Freedom to Tinker, publication date: 29 March 2004

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Congress moving to criminalize P2P
by XENI JARDIN
Boing Boing, publication date: 24 March 2004
Some Like It Hot
by LAWRENCE LESSIG
Wired, publication date: March 2004

Friday, March 26, 2004

Kahle v. Ashcroft
Complaint, filed March 22, 2004, by Brewster Kahle, arguing that copyright restrictions on unavailable works are unconstitutional

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

'Piracy' extradition case rejected
by SIMON HAYES
Australian IT, publication date: 25 March 2004
Four Marquette computer users sued
by DERRICK NUNNALLY
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online, publication date: 24 March 2004
RIAA Keeps Pressure on P2P Users
by ROY MARK
Internet News, publication date: 23 March 2004

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Kodak Sues Sony Over Digicams
by STACY COWLEY
PC World, publication date: 10 March 2004

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

321Studio's Protect Fair Use week, March 1-5, 2004
321 Studios, publication date: 01 March 2004
Loudeye snags antipiracy start-up
by DINESH C. SHARMA
CNet News.com, publication date: 02 March 2004
And On Another Front
by FRANK FIELD
Furdlog, publication date: 02 March 2004

Monday, March 01, 2004

How I lost the big one
by LAWRENCE LESSIG
Legal Affairs, publication date: March-April 2004
Report Raises Questions About Fighting Online Piracywarning: registration required
by JOHN SCHWARTZ
The New York Times, publication date: 01 March 2004
Court doesn't extend database protection
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 26 September 2004

Sunday, February 29, 2004

An update on the current state of the file trading war for universities: legal uncertainty and educational opportunity
by SUSANNA FREDERICK FISCHER
The Catholic University of America, last updated: 16 February 2004
On campus, fears grow about file-sharing
by JUSTIN FENTON
The Baltimore Sun, publication date: 29 February 2004
Ruling against DVD program latest twist in copyright law
by MIKE HIMOWITZ
Baltimore Sun, publication date: 26 February 2004
Et Tu, Fair Use? The Triumph of Natural Law Copyright
by JOHN TEHRANIAN
Draft paper series, Social Science Research network, posting date: January 2004
Digital Preservation and Copyright by Peter B. Hirtle
by PETER B. HIRTLE
Copyright and fair use, Stanford University Libraries
No Derivatives -- Or Else
Creative Commons (citing New York Times article), publication date: 28 February 2004
Note: Control of the aftermarket through copyright in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. 253 F. Supp. 2D 943 (E.D. Ky. 2003)
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, publication date: Fall 2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004

Court Overturns Ban on Posting DVD Descrambling Code, Finding a Free-Speech Violation
Electronic Frontier Foundation, publication date: 27 February 2004
Federal court rejects first amendment challenge to the DMCA
The Free Expression Policy Project, publication date: 25 February 2004

Friday, February 27, 2004

Paris Hilton and copyright law
by JAMES GRIMMELMANN
LawMeme, publication date: 26 February 2004
A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing
Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Barrier free access to the Information Society
by ERKKI LIIKANEN (member of the European Commission)
speech to the Conference on access to the Information Society for deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people, publication date: 25 February 2004
Bull Session With Professor IPod
by LEANDER KAHNEY
Wired News, publication date: 25 February 2004
Copyright Clearance Center adds world's largest scientific, technical and medical publisher [Elsevier] to growing digital repertory
press release
BusinessWire, publication date: 23 February 2004
321 Studios Forges Ahead
Associated Press
Wired News, publication date: 23 February 2004
"Grey Tuesday" Civil Disobedience Planned February 24th Against Copyright Cartel
by Downhill Battle
Infoshop, publication date: 23 February 2004

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

DVD X Copy Is Illegal
DVD-Recordable.org, publication date: 23 February 2004

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

U.S. Exports DMCA to Australia
by ED FELTEN
Freedom to Tinker, publication date: 16 February 2004
New Flurry of RIAA Lawsuits
by KATIE DEAN
Wired News, publication date: 17 February 2004

Monday, February 16, 2004

DVD copying software firm sued yet again
OUT-LAW.com, publication date: 16 February 2004

Saturday, February 14, 2004

Kill Bill, Vol. 3by DONNA WENTWORTH
Copyfight, publication date: 11 February 2004
Copyright raids fail to rattle net boss - National
by MATTHEW BENNS and JOHN KIDMAN
Sydney Morning Herald [Australia], publication date: 15 February 2004
Where copyright rules
P2PNet, publication date: 14 February 2004
Publishers unite to tackle copyright priorities in international trade
Authorlink, publication date: 13 February 2004
Copyright Enters a Gray Area
by NOAH SHACHTMAN
Wired News, publication date: 14 February 2004

Thursday, February 12, 2004

File Sharing’s New Face warning: registration required
by SETH SCHIESEL
The New York Times, publication date: 12 February 2004

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

U.S. Copyright office sets Webcaster royalty rates
by SUE ZEIDLER, Reuters
Forbes, publication date: 10 February 2004
9th Circuit reinstates writer's copyright suit against AOL
Associated Press
First Amendment Center, publication date: 11 February 2004
The public's domain
by EDWARD LEE
Lee blog, publication date: 09 February 2004
Please Don't Squeeze the Sharman
by PATRICK GRAY
Wired news, publication date: 10 February 2004
Legal blow to Kazaa raiders
by GILLIAN LAW and PAUL ROBERTS
Macworld, publication date: 11 February 2004
Angry with RIAA tactics, programmer creates mask for file-sharers
by BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Associated Press
Minneapolis Star Tribune, publication date: 11 February 2004

Friday, February 06, 2004

Another University Selects the Napster Brand
by FRANK FIELD
Furdlog, publication date: 06 February 2004
Yaaar!: The music priates' manifesto
by ANNALEE NEWITZ
San Francisco Bay Guardian, publication date: 04 February 2004
EU debate to take up P2P filesharing
by PAUL MILLER
Network World Fusion, publication date: 06 February 2004
81 Store UK Specialty Retailer Maplin Electronics To Destroy Entire Stock
Of DVD Copy Devices

RTO Online, publication date: 06 February 2004
Music Labels Raid Kazaa Offices
Associated Press
Wired News, publication date: 06 February 2004
Pay, don't sue, song-swappers, trade group urges
by ANDY SULLIVAN
Reuters, publication date: 05 February 2004

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Appeals court to hear arguments in landmark file-sharing case
Associated Press
Silicon Valley.com, publication date: 02 February 2004