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...motion picture and recording industries are more effective in protecting their copyright in the second model, and in another the media itself is protected through technological advances that prevent copying...
Fortunately, the publishers may soon have to change their pricing schedules. The Supreme Court decided in the 1998 ruling of Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L’Anza Research Int’l, Inc. that re-importation of American textbooks no longer violates federal copyright law. Since then, entrepreneurial students have garnered major savings by ordering their books from the European branches of major online distributors—www.amazon.co.uk is a prime example—and from other foreign distributors who are able to obtain the books at significantly lower prices. Many have also made profits by selling these...
...together, but they haven't yet been able to take it on the road. Apple's iTunes Music Store has rung up 14 million sales in the U.S. since its April launch. Napster, the music industry's original villain, reopens in the U.S. this week as a paid, copyright-friendly service. But users in Europe won't be listening in to either any time soon. Apple is unlikely to offer iTunes in Europe before mid-2004, with Napster waiting even longer to make the crossing. Lengthy negotiations to secure licenses from the major record labels don't help. "Deals will...
Harvard University has received a legal notice from Titan Media, Inc., alleging that copyrighted material was transmitted from your computer through the Harvard network. This is a serious allegation; the transmission may be a violation of federal copyright law and Harvard policy. Please see: www.dmca.harvard.edu/copyright_policy.php...
...believe that your transmission was not a copyright violation, was the result of a security compromise on your computer, or that you are otherwise not responsible, please respond promptly with an explanation. We will assume that you transmitted the copyrighted material identified above in violation of the copyright laws if we do not hear from you within five business days. If you have been using your network access to download, copy or distribute copyrighted material in violation of the copyright laws, as is possible using peer-to-peer file sharing programs, you must cease and desist immediately...