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President Obama Backs RIAA In Online File-Sharing Case
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| President Obama’s US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a legal brief
| in support of damages sought by an affiliate of the Recording Industry
| Association of America (RIAA), prompting some observers to speculate on the
| Obama administration’s impartiality in the RIAA’s file-sharing litigation
| campaign.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/04/07/president-obama-backs-riaa-in-online-file-sharing-case/
Pop star union demands new kind of copyright extension
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| “The UK music sector has lived up to its commitments by reaching an
| agreement, as demanded by Ministers, that will deliver real benefits to
| musicians in an extended term. In continuing to hold out for further changes,
| the government has not heeded the repeated pleas of the very musicians it
| claims to support, who strongly encouraged it to vote for the proposal
| today," it said.
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http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=9922
Recent:
Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!?
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| When the Obama administration took over, there was a public stance that this
| administration was going to be more transparent -- especially with regards to
| things like Freedom of Information Act requests. The nonprofit group
| Knowledge Ecology International took that to heart and filed an FOIA request
| to get more info on ACTA. The US Trade Representative's Office responded
| denying the request, saying that the information was "classified in the
| interest of national security pursuant to Executive Order 12958." This is a
| treaty about changing copyright law, not sending missiles somewhere. To claim
| that it's a national security matter is just downright scary. As KEI points
| out, the text of the documents requested have been available to tons of
| people, including more than 30 governments around the world and lobbyists
| from the entertainment industry, pharma industry and publishing industry.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/1456154113.shtml
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