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Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing
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| So now what's happening? Well, universities and colleges are wasting a ton of
| time, money and effort to try to comply (found via Michael Scott, who
| notes, "what a waste of resources."). The article talks about how
| universities feel punished for something that isn't even a problem:
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| "We have not received one complaint about one student. Yet now we have to
| go out and incur the cost to solve a problem that we didn't really
| have.... Tying actually capital and operating dollars to it in this
| economy to solve a roblem we don't really have at our scale has been an
| issue."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0337155278.shtml
Confused French Indie Labels Sue Google
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| It appears that the collection society for indie record labels in France,
| SPPF, is a bit confused about how the internet works. It's sued Google over
| videos on YouTube, claiming that while Google had removed a bunch of videos
| that were using songs covered by SPPF, many of those songs had returned! Of
| course, that's probably because other people uploaded them. But rather than
| put the blame where it's due (on the uploaders), SPPF has just decided to sue
| Google.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090619/0137115286.shtml
Recent:
Swedish pirate party tipped for EU win
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| THE SWEDISH Pirate Party has been favoured to win at least one seat in the
| European parliament this week.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1184453/swedish-pirate-party-tipped-eu-win
Lars Gustafsson: “Why my vote goes to the Pirate Party” (English translation of
today’s text)
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| Lars Gustafsson is probably Sweden’s most profilic living writer. Since the
| late 1950’s he has produced a steady flow of poetry, novels and literary
| criticism. At the same time, he has until recently been active as professor
| of philosophy at the University of Texas. Now he’s back in Sweden and just
| started publishing himself on a blog. He has also received a long list of
| literary awards, most recently – only two days ago – the Selma Lagerlöf
| award.
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http://copyriot.se/2009/05/27/lars-gustafsson-why-my-vote-goes-to-the-pirate-party-english-translation-of-todays-text/
German Pirate Party Sets Course For European Parliament
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| The European elections are only two weeks away, and Pirate Party candidates
| vie for seats in different countries. We speak with some of them, starting
| with Andreas Popp, lead candidate for the German Piraten Partei.
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http://torrentfreak.com/german-pirate-party-sets-course-for-european-parliament-090522/
Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
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| A new poll shows a Swedish party that calls for legalizing Internet
| file-sharing could win a seat in the European Parliament in June.
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| The poll published Thursday in the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter shows
| the Pirate Party's backing has surged after a court verdict against The
| Pirate Bay file-sharing site. Four men behind The Pirate Bay were convicted
| this month of copyright violations and sentenced to a year in prison.
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http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/poll-swedish-pro-filesharing-party-gains-support-20090430-ap1q.html
http://tinyurl.com/cu2azv
Swedish Pirate Party Heading for EU Parliament
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| A poll carried out by a major Swedish newspaper predicts that the Pirate
| Party will grab around 5.1% of the votes in the upcoming European Union
| elections. This means that the movement, which has gathered huge momentum due
| to the Pirate Bay ‘guilty’ verdict, will get a seat in the EU Parliament.
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http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-pirate-party-heading-for-eu-parliament-090430/
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