Friday, August 30, 2002

DRM Comments for Senate Judiciary Committee
from GrepLaw, publication date: 30 Aug 2002
Why this Grammy winner gives away her music
by DAVID COURSEY
ZDNet, publication date: 30Aug 2002
Meditations on baseball and file swapping
by CHARLES COOPER
CNet News.com, publication date: 30Aug 2002
JVC: You can't copy this CD-ROM
by MATTHEW BROERSMA
CNet News.com, publication date: 29Aug 2002
Video Store seeks OK to Censor
AP Wire, publication date: 30Aug 2002

Thursday, August 29, 2002

Verizon's copyright campaign
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 27Aug 2002
Apple: Burn DVD's -- and we'll burn you
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.Com, publication date: 28Aug 2002
Hackers Rub MP3s in RIAA's Face
by MICHELLE DELIO
Wired News, publication date: 28Aug 2002

Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Digital Rights Management and Piracy Debate Spotlighted At Seybold San Francisco 2002
Business Wire, publication date:28Aug 2002
Music downloading 101
by DAWN WOTAPKA
Raleigh News Observer, publication date: 28Aug 2002
Film moguls: Let Sex, Gore Stay
by XENI JARDIN
Wired News, publication date: 28Aug 2002

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Music industry blames Net for all evil
by THOMAS C. GREENE
The Register, publication date: 27Aug 2002
People Who Stream Each Week Buy Significantly More CDs Than Most Americans According To Latest Arbitron/Edison Media Research Study
Arbitron press release, publication date: 18Aug 2002
Netwatcher
profile of Rep. Boucher
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, publication date: 25Aug 2002
Recording industry says CD sales decline further
by SIMON AVERY
Salon.com (AP), publication date: 26Aug 2002

Monday, August 26, 2002

File sharing: Guilty as charged?
by DAMIEN CAVE
Salon.com, publication date: 23Aug 2002
Fees threaten college webcasts
By JASON WILLIAMS
Associated Press, publication date: 25Aug 2002

Friday, August 23, 2002

Ed Felten replies to AAP's Allan Adler over DMCA threats
Declan McCullagh's politechbot.com, publication date: 23Aug 2002
Hyperlink patent case fails to click
by MATT LONEY
CNet News.com, publication date: 23Aug 2002
Israeli firm unveils the 'copy-proof' CD
by JOHN LEYDEN
The Register, publication date: 23Aug 2002

Thursday, August 22, 2002

Critique of the Proposed UK Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive
by JULIAN T. J. MIDGLEY
Campaign for Digital Rights, publication date: 21Aug 2002
Cites & Insights: Crawford at large warning: this is a direct link to a pdf file
see Copyright Currents section, "Avast, Ye Maties!"
by WALT CRAWFORD
Volume 12, Number 12: September 2002
BBC to host Bill Thompson vs John Perry Barlow
by ANDREW ORLOWSKI
The Register, publication date: 22Aug 2002
Bracing for the Digital Crackdown
by BRAD KING
Wired news, publication date: 22Aug 2002
Britain is set to follow the US in draconian new digital laws. Be afraid
by DAVID ROWAN
Times Online, publication date: 21Aug 2002
Let Hollywood Hack
by JAMES D. MILLER
Tech Central Station, publication date: 22Aug 2002
New Salvo in Piracy, Privacy War
RIAA asks Verizon to turn over information on a subscriber supposedly offering up MP3's
by BRAD KING
Wired news, publication date: 21Aug 2002
The Flute Case that Fell Apart: Ruling on Sampling Has Composers Rattled
by TERESA WILTZ
washingtonpost.com, publication date: 21Aug 2002
U.S. giant takes swing at ACCC warning: subscription required
AOL Time Warner submitted a confidential brief to the Australian government urging changes in its competition law
Australian Financial Review, publication date: 21Aug 2002
also available via Lexis Nexis
Legal Files Gain Stronghold on Peer-To-Peer Networks With Over 5 Million Legitimate Downloads
Press release from trymedia.com
PR Newswire, publication date: 22Aug 2002
Big Media Axis of Evil on the march
by THOMAS C. GREENE
The Register, publication date: 22Aug 2002
Academic-Library Groups Still Oppose Modified Software-Licensing Act
by ANDREA L. FOSTER
Chronicle of Higher Education, publication date: 21Aug 2002

Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Music body presses anti-piracy case
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 21Aug 2002
Toward a "New Deal" for Copyright for an Information Age warning: this is a direct link to a PDF document
by PAMELA SAMUELSON
Forthcoming in 100 Michigan L. Rev. (2002)
Fight fire with fire warning: requires registration
by HOWARD BERMAN
The Deal.com, publication date: 20Aug 2002
also available via Lexis Nexis
A New Tactic in the Download War: Online 'Spoofing' Turns the Tables on Music Pirates
by DAVID SEGAL
washingtonpost.com, publication date: 21Aug 2002
Media giant decries Net's "moral-free zone"
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 21Aug 2002
Shouting about copyright
by BILL THOMPSON
BBC News, publication date: 16Aug 2002
DOJ to swappers: Law's not on your side
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 20Aug 2002
Copywrong
by P.J. CONNOLLY
InfoWorld, publication date: 16Aug 2002
Small ISP Fights Back Over Piracy
by ANICK JESDANUN
AP news, publication date: 20Aug 2002
Theaters to Warn on Movie Piracy
by CATHERINE TSAI
AP news, publication date: 20Aug 2002

Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Ohio schools drop webcasts because of DMCA
Slashdot, publication date: 20Aug 2002
Digital copying rules may change
by NOEL C. PAUL
Christian Science Monitor, publication date: 19Aug 2002
Russian Music Pirates Sail on Government Land
by SABRINA TAVERNISE
The New York Times, publication date: 20Aug 2002
Familiar themes sounded at Aspen tech summit
by LISA BAERTLEIN
Reuters from Excite.com publication date: 19Aug 2002
Why the Entertainment Industry's Copyright Fight is Futile
by PETER K. YU
GigaLaw.com, August 2002

Monday, August 19, 2002

Hollywood on the offensive
by HIAWATHA BRAY
The Boston Globe, publication date: 19Aug 2002
Copyright and time: a proposal
by JOSEPH P. LIU
101 Michigan Law Review (Nov. 2002) (forthcoming)
from Social Science Research Network Electronic Library
Copyright's New Sting warning: this is a direct link to a PDF document
by KENT WADA and RUTH SIMON
EDUCAUSE review, publication date: July/August 2002
What is Congress supposed to promote?
by MALLA POLLACK
Submission Draft, March 14, 2002
80 Neb. L. Rev. (forthcoming [Spring] 2002)
from Social Science Research Network Electronic Library
Exemptions exempted in Europe's DMCA
by ANDREW ORLOWSKI
The Register, publication date: 16Aug 2002
Debunking DMCA myths
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 19Aug 2002

Sunday, August 18, 2002

Labels move to block 'piracy' site
BBC News, publication date: 18Aug 2002
Group of record labels sues to block access to listen4ever.com , a site supposedly originating in China.

Friday, August 16, 2002

Judge Grants Consumer Voice in ReplayTV Lawsuit
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Media Release, publication date: 16Aug 2002
[AFFECT's open letter to the ABA]WARNING: this is a direct link to a PDF document
AFFECT urges the American Bar Association to reject NCCUSL's meager changes to UCITA
publication date: 06 August 2002
Freedom To Tinker: Keystone SpamKops
by EDWARD FELTEN
Felten explains how his site was shut down by an erroneous spamming report to SpamCop, publication date: 16Aug 2002
Digital Rights Management One-pagers
Congressional Internet Caucus' collection of one-page briefs submitted by members of its advisory board, publication Spring 2002
License to Hack
by BRUCE SCHNEIER
Comment on the legislation introduced by Howard Berman to allow media companies to hack P2P network users
Counterpane Crypto-Gram Newsletter, publication date: 15Aug2002
Who Should Own What? an interview with Lawrence Lessig
Darwin Mag, publication date: Aug2002
We must engage in copyright debate
by DAN GILLMOR
Mercury News (via siliconvalley.com)publication date: 12Aug2002
Statement of the Internet Society on Digital Rights Management
ISOC press release, publication date: 15Aug2002
Copyright in the networked world: new rules for images note: subscription to Library Hi Tech required to follow this link
by MICHAEL SEADLE
Library Hi Tech, publication info: Volume 20 Number 2 2002 pp. 241-244

Thursday, August 15, 2002

MP3s not source of music industry woes: Study
by JACK KAPICA
The Globe and Mail, publication date 13Aug2002
Forrester Research report shows music industry slump not caused by downloading
Open with Caution
by ED FOSTER
InfoWorld, publication date: 08Aug2002
Shrinkwrap licenses for books?
Are Pop-up Advertisements on the Web Illegal?
by DOUGLAS M. ISENBERG
GigaLaw.com , publication date: Aug2002
Why the Archives Introduced Digitizing on Demand
by TED LING
RLG DigiNews, publication date: 15Aug2002
Can the Digital Hub Survive Hollywood?
by CORY DOCTOROW
TidBITS, publication date: 12Aug2002
A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy
by JEFFREY CHESTER & GARY O. LARSON
The Nation, publication date: 23July 2002

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

UK launches 'Euro-DMCA' debate
by MATT LONEY
ZDNet [UK] , publication date: 12Aug2002

Monday, August 12, 2002

Hollywood's private war for social control
The Register, publication date: 10Aug2002
Lawmakers sic Ashcroft on file swappers
News.com, publication date: 09Aug2002

Friday, August 09, 2002

EMI Music sues AOL Time Warner
Salon.com, publication date 08Aug2002
Rip, Mix, Burn: The Politics of Peer to Peer and Copyright Law
by KATHY BOWREY and MATTHEW RIMMER
First Monday, publication date Aug2002
EFF pimps X-Box cracker 'victory'
by THOMAS C GREENE
The Register, published 09Aug2002
Author criticizes Electronic Frontier Foundation for recycling news on Huang case, taking low road on Felten case
Damn the Constitution: Europe must take back the Web
by BILL THOMPSON
The Register, publication date:08Aug2002
Response to Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Congressman Berman's recent proposal to allow copyright holders to hack P2P networks
Eldred vs. Ashcroft issue, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
Draft versions of papers to be published in Fall 2002 issue

Thursday, August 08, 2002

Federated Digital Rights Management: A Proposed DRM Solution for Research and Education
MAIREAD MARTIN et al
D-Lib Magazine, publication date: July/Aug2002
FCC wades into digital TV, piracy debate
News.Com, publication date: 08Aug2002
Logging in with... Benjamin G. Edelman
Chronicle of Higher Education (free edition), publication date: 02Aug2002
Interview with the first year Harvard Law student who has brought a lawsuit, with the ACLU, challenging the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Mr. Edelman is suing the filtering company N2H2 Inc. to prevent N2H2 from suing him should he defeat their encryption in the course of conducting his research.
RIAA appeals Web Royalties Ruling
AP Tech News (Excite), publication date: 07Aug2002

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Bill lets music firms hack Napster-like systems
Reuters (Excite), publication date: 25July2002
Copyright in the balance: LJ talks with Lawrence Lessig
Library Journal, publication date: 15July2002
In Legal First, ACLU Sues Over New Copyright Law: Says Blocking Program Lists Should Be Revealed
ACLU press release, publication date 25July2002
Copyright Holders Want to Hack your PC
Electronic Frontier Foundation Action Alert, publication date: 07Aug2002
Lights, camera, legislation by JIM HU
News.com, publication date: 07Aug2002
Copyright as cudgel by SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN
Chronicle of Higher Education, publication date: 02Aug2002