Word: copyrighted
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...poet Neil Young finally was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today, along with Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa. Young's most recent album was last year's "Sleeps With Angels."Copyright 1995 Time Inc. All rights reserved...
Facing the threat of tough U.S. sanctions, the Chinese government is urging its citizens to stop buying pirated intellectual products, the sale of which robs American producers of more than $1 billion a year. The move by the government came after copyright talks between the two countries broke down last week. U.S Trade Representative Mickey Kantor had warned that $2.8 billion of Chinese exports to the United States could be hit with punitive tariffs if Beijing does not halt piracy of U.S. software, movies and music. Chinese officials said today that in addition to the new public information campaign...
...uncertainties of copyright law as it pertains to the Internet have created opportunities for sneaky entrepreneurs. Many companies, it seems, haven't laid claim in cyberspace to their most important assets: their names. Thus a few savvy Net surfers have adopted already famous trademarks for their own use. For instance, the address (http://mcdonalds.com) is owned by a writer from Long Island; (http://coke.com) is registered to a fellow in California. Presumably they wouldn't be too upset if McDonald's and Coca-Cola were willing to pay for the privilege of using their own names...
According to Witt, smaller publishers, many of whom are strapped for cash, are now beginning to collect copyright fees...
Michelman added that increasing copyright fees is often used as a tactic to offset decreased demand for regular books and textbooks...