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Sign the petition to stop copyright extension in EU

http://www.soundcopyright.eu

After their successful counter to software patents, the EFF is organizing another movement to stop copyright extension in the EU.
The first step is to sign the petition

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Created by db0 14 years 13 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 13 weeks ago
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The Canadian DMCA: What You Can Do

http://www.michaelgeist.ca

With the Canadian version of the DMCA likely to be introduced within the next two weeks, there has a remarkable outpouring of interest from individual Canadians about what they can do to have their concerns heard.

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Created by waleed.saud 14 years 25 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 25 weeks ago
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Media companies in copyright pact, Google absent

http://www.reuters.com

Viacom Inc, Walt Disney Co, Microsoft Corp and other media companies have agreed to a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online but Google Inc, owner of the Web's biggest video site, was notably absent from the pact.

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Created by peacemaker 14 years 31 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 31 weeks ago
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Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"

http://arstechnica.com

Another file-sharing defendant who says she has never installed or used file-sharing software is fighting back against the RIAA, accusing the music industry of waging war in the US court system to "shore up the American recording industry's failing business model."

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Created by peacemaker 14 years 37 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 37 weeks ago
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Fair Use: Affirmative Defense or Right? Do I Have to Choose?

http://www.groklaw.net

After all I went through trying to figure out if I was allowed to link to some Pavarotti videos the other day, I decided I'd better study a bit more about fair use. I've also since gotten a fair amount of email about the Copyright Alliance's claim that fair use is not a consumer right, but merely an affirmative defense.

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Created by mark 14 years 37 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 37 weeks ago
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GOOD COPY BAD COPY

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net

a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture

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Created by Jimbob 14 years 43 weeks ago – Made popular 14 years 43 weeks ago
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