RE: articles on "criminalizing" file "sharing"

["Rick Anderson" <rickand@unr.edu>]

It seems to me that these aren't really articles about the
"criminalization" of "sharing" -- they seem to be articles about the
enforcement of existing copyright law.

Remember: we can call illegal copying "sharing" if we want, but dewy-eyed
rhetoric doesn't make it legal.

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Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
Univ. of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(775) 784-6500 x273
rickand@unr.edu

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Subject: articles on criminalizing file sharing

>From digital-copyright Digest 20 Jan 2005 16:00:00 -0000 Issue 469

2 Plead Guilty in Piracy Case
By Jon Healey, LATimes.com, January 19, 2005

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-piracy19jan19,1,3041155.story?ct
rack=3D1&cset=3Dtrue

The Justice Department said Tuesday that two men had pleaded guilty to
violating copyrights on peer-to- peer networks, marking the first
federal criminal convictions for file sharing.
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State bill could cripple P2P
By John Borland , CNET News.com January 18, 20
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5540937.html

A bill introduced in California's Legislature last week has raised the
possibility of jail time for developers of file-swapping software who
don't stop trades of copyrighted movies and songs online.
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On My Mind: Music Like Water
By avid Kusek,Forbes.com, 01.31.05
http://www.forbes.com/columnists/free_forbes/2005/0131/042.html

People should pay for their music the way they pay for gas or
electricity. More people are consuming music today than ever before, yet
very few of them are paying for it. The music recording industry blames
file sharing for a downturn in CD sales and, with the publishing
companies, has tried its best to litigate this behavior out of
existence, rather than try to monetize the conduct of music fans.
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Peer-to-peer 'seeders' could be targeted By Will Knight,
NewScientist.com,14 January 2005
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=3Ddn6882

File traders who seed peer-to-peer networks with copyrighted material
can be identified and traced, according to a US company.
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Press Release:
New Music Group Claims Cultural Revolution Through Copyright Reform
Contact By Tryad, Andrew Vavrek
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_release.php?rID=3D2815

Using "copyleft" licensing, the new musical group Tryad collaborate,
produce and release music over the internet. /24-7PressRelease.com/ -
January 15, 2005 - SEATTLE, Washington A new musical group, Tryad, today
announced that its four members formed a virtual band across the ocean
through the copyright reform organization Creative Commons.

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825