Friday, September 27, 2002

Intellectual property: Patently problematic
The Economist, publication date: 12Sept 2002
Lasting Impression--downloading is illegal
by GARY SHAPIRO
ZDnet.com, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Music Labels Seek Piracy Payback
by JOSEPH MENN
LATimes.com, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Vivendi, EMI, other companies said to be considering a suit against Bertelsmann for its support of Napster
Composer speaks out on his cagey use of silence
by SCOTT TIMBERG
LATimes.com, publication date: 27Sept 2002
British copyright agency withheld some of Composer Batt's royalties pending action or determination on copyright suit threatened by John Cage Trust; Agency eventually found for Batt but he settled with Cage Trust anyway.
House Members Approve Language Easing Some Copyright Rules for Online Courses
by DAN CARNEVALE
Chronicle of Higher Education, publication date: 27Sept 2002
P2P foes defend hacking bill
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Lawmaker defends online piracy bill
by TED BRIDIS
Associated Press, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Digital piracy spat heads to high court
by RICHARD ADAMS
Guardian Unlimited (UK), publication date: 27Sept 2002
US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
Contains links to formal testimony submitted by Honorable Howard
Berman, Hilary Rosen, Gigi Sohn, Phil Galdston, and Randy Saaf offered before the Subcommittee on 26 Sept 2002 on "Piracy Of Intellectual Property On Peer-to-Peer Networks"
publication date: 26Sept 2002
Bill could spare Webcasters from silence
by EVAN HANSEN
CNet News.com, publication date: 26Sept 2002

Thursday, September 26, 2002

Sony plans TV recording function for PlayStation 2
by ERIKO AMAHA
Reuters (Excite), publication date: 26Sept 2002
LawMeme's thread on the CleanFlicks issue
LawMeme, publication date: Sept 2002
Should Software Companies Be Able, Through Contracts, To Prevent Competitors from "Reverse Engineering" Their Products?
by CHRIS SPRIGMAN
FindLaw, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Plugging the analog hole
By George Leopold, Rick Merritt and Junko Yoshida
EE Times, publication date: 20Sept 2002
Artists Fight Music File-Sharing warning: registration required
by LAURA M. HOLSON
New York Times, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Music Biz Lament: Stealing Hurts
by BRAD KING
Wired News, publication date: 26Sept 2002
Discord over music swapping
CNet News.com publication date: 26Sept 2002

Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Study Faults Media Focus on Copyright Piracy
by BOB TOURTELLOTTE
Reuters (Excite.com), publication date: 25Sept 2002
Hearings Set on Measure to Promote Digital TV warning: registration required
by AMY HARMON
New York Times, publication date: 25Sept 2002
Online Fans Start to Pay the Piper warning: registration required
by NEIL STRAUSS
New York Times, publication date: 25Sept 2002
Copyfight thread on Church of Scientology's move against the Internet Archive
Copyfight, publication date: 24Sept 2002
Vigilante Justice for Copyright Holders
Interview with Rep. Berman
Wired, publication date: October 2002
Kazaa Taunts Record Biz: Catch Us
by BRAD KING
Wired News, publication date: 25Sept 2002
Stelios protests at threat of music biz CD burning gag
by TIM RICHARDSON
The Register, publication date: 25Sept 2002
Internet Films Venture Draws Fire
by GARY GENTILE
AP wire, publication date: 25Sept 2002
Hollywood, IT Have Common Goals
by TONY KONTZER
Information Week, publication date: 23Sept 2002
Copyright in the digital age: Is self-regulation a legitimate approach to protecting copyright on the internet?
A Sp!ked-IT debate
spiked-online.com, publication date: Aug-Sept 2002

Monday, September 23, 2002

Copy Fights: Can Politicians or Entrepreneurs Best Protect Intellectual Property?
Cato Institute event archive (panel debate), publication date: 19Sept 2002
Agenda: Digital Hollywood 2002 Conference, Sept 23-25, 2002
DigitalHollywood.com, publication date: Setp 2002
Bon Jovi takes on music pirates
BBC News, publication date: 23Sept 2002
Copyright Hurdles Confront Selling of Music on the Internet warning: registration required
by AMY HARMON
New York Times, publication date: 23Sept 2002
New Kazaa likely to raise labels' ire
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 22Sept 2002
We Can Run, but We Can't Hide: How BayTSP is Enforcing the Digital Millennium
by ROBERT X. CRINGELY
I, Cringely | The Pulpit, PBS.org, publication date: 19Sept 2002

Friday, September 20, 2002

The Campaign to Have Copyright Interests Trump Technology and Consumer Rights
by GARY SHAPIRO (Consumer Electronics Association)
TechLaw Journal, publication date: 17Sept 2002
Webcasters Seek Delay In Deadline For Royalties
Technology Daily (National Journal.com), publication date: 20Sept 2002
New Bill: More Digital TV Limits
by BRAD KING
Wired News, publication date: 20Sept 2002
EFF Press Release: Tauzin Draft TV Mandate Bill Freezes Innovation
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), publication date: 19Sept 2002
Consumer groups state DRM case
by GRANT GROSS
The Register, publication date: 20Sept 2002
Lawmaker pushes for digital TV deadline
CNet News.com (Reuters), publication date: 19Sept 2002

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory (CSSPAB) Meeting Agenda September 17-19, 2002warning: this is a direct link to a pdf document
NIST website, publication date: 17Sept 2002

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Music bossees mull piracy options
BBC i, publication date: 17Sept 2002
Richard Epstein: All Roads lead to Rome
by RICHARD EPSTEIN
FT.com (Financial Times), publication date: 18Sept 2002
Commentary on Copyright Term Extension Act
Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown
by STEVEN LEVY
Wired, publication date: Oct 2002
Who's Running the Digital Show?
by BRAD KING
Wired News, publication date: 18Sept 2002
Trade group: P2P not illegal or immoral
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 18Sept 2002
Commission report is food for thought on intellectual property
by SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI (WTO Director-General)
World Trade Organization, publication date: 17Sept 2002
Creative Commons announces new management team
Internet Wire, publication date: 18Sept 2002

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

In Amsterdam 9-11 thru 9-16. Readings will resume on 9-17
Want video on demand? Press pause
by BRAD KING
Wired News.com, publication date: 11Sept 2002
Dallas-based company seeks to protect its video-on-demand patent
US Dept. of Commerce talks DRM with consumer groups
by GRANT GROSS
The Register, publication date: 09Sept 2002
The sound of lawsuits
CNet News.com, publication date: 10Sept 2002

Monday, September 09, 2002

The fatal flaw inside MS's new Media Center PCs
by DAVID COURSEY
ZDNet.com, publication date: 09Sept 2002
Hollywood's war on innovation
by CLAIRE TRISTRAM
Salon.com, publication date: 09Sept 2002
Ownership tussle in ivory towers
FT.com (Financial Times), publication date: 08Sept 2002
MovieLink reels in IBM for on-demand
by STEFANIE OLSEN
CNet News.com, publication date: 09Sept 2002
ISPs gird for copyright fights
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 09Sept 2002
We'll Sell you Tools to Steal
by LARRY BLASKO
AP Online, publication date: 09Sept 2002

Friday, September 06, 2002

Digital Divide
by DREW CLARK and BARA VAIDA
National Journal, publication date: 06Sept 2002

Thursday, September 05, 2002

Consumers dance to a new tune: lower CD prices warning: registration required
by GEOFF BOUCHER
Chicago Tribune, publication date: 05Sept 2002
A Story of Privacy and Piracy
by JONATHAN KRIM
washingtonpost.com, publication date: 05Sept 2002
Valenti touts Movielink "experiment" warning: registration required to view full text; abstract available online
by LISA NESSELSON
Daily Variety, publication date: 04Sept 2002
also available from Lexis Nexis
Senator pulls support for copyright bill
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 05Sept 2002
Eldred v. Ashcroft: Reply Brief for the Petitioners
Eldred, et al (Lessig), publication date: 05Sept 2002
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2002
by MARYDEE OJALA
Information Today, publication date: Sept 2002
includes a brief summary of Jessica Litman's comments on copyright during her opening address
Rep. Berman replies to Politech, defends his anti-P2P piracy bill
Politechbot.com, publication date: 04Sept 2002
Ruling spells doom for Aimster
by BRAD KING
Wired News, publication date: 04Sept 2002
University to challenge copyright laws
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 05Sept 2002
anonymous $1million gift to Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain

Wednesday, September 04, 2002

The crazy fight against copyright crooks
by DOUG ISENBERG
ZDNet News, publication date: 04Sept 2002
Decisionmark Corp. and WRAL-FM to Pilot first "Air-To-Web Broadcast Replication" Technology That will Revolutionize the Broadcast Industry
press release from Internet Wire, publication date: 04Sept 2002
Decima Publishing releases comprehensive report on the contentious issue of Internet retransmission in Canada
press release from Canada NewsWire, publication date: 04Sept 2002
Napster buyout blocked; fire sale likely
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 03Sept 2002
Adobe sues Agfa over Acrobat fonts
by DAVID BECKER
CNet News.com, publication date: 04Sept 2002

Tuesday, September 03, 2002

What's the fall fashion in Washington?
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 03Sept 2002
Anti-Circumvention Misuse warning: this is a direct link to a pdf file
by DAN L. BURK, University of Minnesota Law School
Minnesota Public Law Research Paper No. 02-10, publication date: 31July 2002
available via Social Science Research Network Electronic Library
Watchdogs rap RIAA's file-trade assault
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
CNet News.com, publication date: 30Aug 2002
New 'entertainment' PCs restrict copying
by JOE WILCOX
CNet News.com, publication date: 03Sept 2002
Labels loosening up on CD copy locks
by JOHN BORLAND
CNet News.com, publication date: 03Sept 2002
Baseball cracks down on web sites
by LARRY MCSHANE
AP Wire, publication date: 03Sept 2002
Online music sites face tough sell
by SIMON AVERY
AP Wire, publication date: 02Sept 2002