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...community that it's not immediately obvious what the site is even about. Part of it is legacy: Imeem, which was co-founded by engineers from the original Napster music service, struggled early on and even got sued in May 2007 by Warner Music, which charged it with copyright infringement. (Imeem started out in late 2006 allowing its users to share music - without seeking legal permission...
...International textbooks are printed - frequently in India, although sometimes in other Asian nations - under copyright agreements with Western publishers that allow the books to be sold for a discounted price. "The reasoning is that people in other countries can't afford the higher prices," said Swarthout, "so this is a way to provide them with the same quality of education as we get in America." But just as the Internet has enabled illegal access to music and movies, so too has it opened the international book market - especially to the hands of college students. International textbooks are available on major...
...party for sellers - generally stores in foreign countries. One copy of Organic Chemistry found on its site was being sold by the William Bookstore in New Delhi. AbeBooks includes a disclaimer on its textbook page, warning that selling an international edition in the United States or Canada may violate copyright law. However, "no legal precedent has been set," says AbeBooks spokesman Richard Davies. "Until we know otherwise we will continue to allow our booksellers to sell the books...
...Protection of traditional knowledge and cultural copyright were the subjects of a three-day symposium held during the festival. "Any traditional knowledge should not be used, adapted or commercialized without the prior informed consent of the relevant traditional custodians," said Terri Janke, legal consultant to the World Intellectual Property Organisation...
...debate over the book is slowly growing in Germany, in part because Mein Kampf's copyright, held by the state of Bavaria, will expire in 2015. Then the book will enter the public domain, and anyone will be able to reprint the text. Academics and officials who fear that a flood of new editions may be abused by far-right extremists are now demanding that a carefully researched and critical edition of the 800-page tome be prepared as a way to demystify...