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Andre Agassi sues Target over sandal with his name on it (findlaw.com)

Warez land man 30 months in prison (channelregister.co.uk)

Share news stories without permission, get fined? (CNET News.com)

French publishers of Harry Potter not seeking damages from 16-year-old translator (news.findlaw.com)

U.S. pushes WTO piracy case against China (CNET News.com)

U.S. athletic wear giant Nike accuses Italian shoemaker Geox of copying design (news.findlaw.com)

Sports leagues accused of deceptive warnings (CNET News.com)

Google, Others Contest Copyright Warnings (online.wsj.com)

JK Rowling rails against spoilers (news.bbc.co.uk)

Distributor mails final Potter book early (msnbc.msn.com)

Nike files lawsuit in China over alleged copying of Air Jordan logo (news.findlaw.com)

German parliament passes new Copyright Act (heise.de)

NBC Tells FCC To Fight Traffic In Stolen Digital Goods (broadcastingcable.com)

EU seeks comment on loosening copyright rules (CNET News.com)

Piracy in China is smart, hilarious, critics say (CNET News.com)

CD WOW! vows to take £35m High Court defeat to Europe (channelregister.co.uk)

Korea agrees to step up IP enforcment, target P2P services in pact with US (arstechnica.com)

Sony to Ship HD Radios in July (dailytech.com)

CD seller to pay damages of £40m in copyright case (ft.com)

Pirates release fully cracked Vista install (theinquirer.net)

Google Wins Appeal on Copyright of Nude Images (washingtonpost.com)

Symantec pursues $55m copyright damages (theregister.co.uk)

MPs cosy up with Sir Cliff on copyright term (theregister.co.uk)

Gonzales proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright infringement (CNET News.com)

US beefs up copyright piracy laws (mybroadband.co.za)

Court fines Russian teacher in Microsoft piracy case (CNET News.com)

Aussie software pirate extradited (smh.com.au)

Google Lists Belgian Newspapers Again as Copyright Row Cools (law.com)

Digg buried by users in piracy face-down (theregister.co.uk)

EU presses China for 'results' in WTO talks over copyright piracy (eubusiness.com)

US targeting China, Russia, 10 others for copyright piracy (boston.com)

European Parliament backs criminal laws for commercial copyright infringement (pcpro.co.uk)

Karaoke Business Convicted for Copyright (forbes.com)

Copyright laws tested on the web (australianit.news.com.au)

Google confident about copyright (cnn.com)

Malaysia uses sniffer dogs to fight piracy (CNET News.com)

BSA fires off writs against online resellers (channelregister.co.uk)

Two cheers for intellectual-property law (CNET News.com)

Microsoft hits out at Google over copyright (technology.guardian.co.uk)

Yahoo China sued for alleged copyright breach (CNET News.com)

Microsoft attacks Google on books (news.bbc.co.uk)

Microsoft to blast Google over copyrights (CNET News.com)

Aboriginal artists become victims of their success (canberra.yourguide.com.au)

Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image (CNET News.com)

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' category (CNET News.com)

Court Dismisses Winnie The Pooh Copyright Lawsuit (abclocal.go.com)

Malaysia targets illegal software sellers amid Windows Vista piracy fears (news.findlaw.com)

Piracy case collapses in Russia (news.bbc.co.uk)

Piracy case puts Russian village schoolteacher on trial, Microsoft in spotlight (news.findlaw.com)

Google suffers setback in copyright case (news.zdnet.com)

Belgian court rules against Google over copyright (CNET News.com)

Court rules Google violated copyright laws (iht.com)

New copyright police to increase raids and seizures in UK (theregister.co.uk)

China shuts 205 Web sites in piracy crackdown (CNET News.com)

Gorbachev wades into piracy row (news.bbc.co.uk)

Court awards Microsoft Canada $700,000 in piracy case (itworldcanada.com)

Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today (theregister.co.uk)

California man busted for software piracy (theregister.co.uk)

Tom Waits Wins Big In Car Ad Copyright Case (postchronicle.com)

US copyright appeal rejected (australianit.news.com.au)

Court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works' (CNET News.com)

Court: Promoter Can't Stop EBay Scalping (news.findlaw.com)

EU withdraws copyright levies plan (businessweek.com)

EU Commission delays copyright levy reform (washingtonpost.com)

Google's copyright fix (http://money.cnn.com)

WIPO Publishes Guide on Copyright and Related Rights for Business (ag-ip-news.com)

Microsoft aims at counterfeit holiday hucksters with copyright infringement suits (echannelline.com)

Trade agreement targets AllofMP3 (news.bbc.co.uk)

Google (partially) settles Belgian copyright case (theregister.co.uk)

Cell phone reuse among new rights issued (businessweek.com)

New Australian copyright rules 'restrictive': Google (theage.com.au)

MS settles claims, prices Vista (australianit.news.com.au)

Microsoft targets auctioneers of pirated software (CNET News.com)

Microsoft dodges court in Belgian copyright battle (theregister.co.uk)

We're Google. So sue us. (CNET News.com)

Kuwait cut software piracy by an impressive 2 percent last year, global watchdog says (news.findlaw.com)

Google's copyright nightmare (news.bbc.co.uk)

Microsoft to step up anti-piracy stance with Windows Vista (news.findlaw.com)

Creatives slam British Council copyright report (theregister.co.uk)

Mobile ESPN to close, move to licensing (CNET News.com)

Microsoft sues over source code theft (news.zdnet.com)

British Library calls for digital copyright action (CNET News.com)

Google refuses to post text of Belgian court ruling on company Web sites (news.findlaw.com)

Students Rebel Against Database Designed to Thwart Plagiarists (washingtonpost.com)

Are Search Engine Spiders Infringing on Copyright? Belgium Speaks Out (isedb.com)

Google News to appeal Belgian copyright decision (theregister.co.uk)

Microsoft sues 20 dealers for software piracy (theinquirer.net)

Google loses in Belgian court (CNET News.com)

Google News faces 1m fine in Brussels (theregister.co.uk)

Belgian court cracks down on Google News links (reuters.co.uk)

Court rules that television's `Rock Star' band cannot use the name Supernova (news.findlaw.com)

U.S. urges countries to turn down heat on Apple (CNET News.com)

Nike scores own goal on Hackney Marshes (media.guardian.co.uk)

Nike pays local London council for using name, logo (news.findlaw.com)

China's efforts on copyright protection need understanding, WIPO official says (english.people.com.cn)

Man gets 7 years for software piracy (CNET News.com)

Major U.S. software pirate gets six years for conspiracy, copyright infringement (echannelline.com)

Google expands online news index to include older news articles (news.findlaw.com)

Feds Seize Thousands of Fake Nike Shoes (news.findlaw.com)

Russia Toughens Internet Piracy Law to Meet WTO Entry Terms (mosnews.com)

Google makes novels free to print (news.bbc.co.uk)

Six years for copyright conviction (news.zdnet.co.uk)

Apple axes Leopard-downloading workers (theregister.co.uk)

100 Web Sites Closed By Chinese Government For Copyright Violation (allheadlinenews.com)

A Nation Divided Over Piracy (wired.com)

Lawsuits accuse Net download services of scamming (CNET News.com)

An end run round copyright laws? (CNET News.com)

Apple's Leopard shows up on file sharing sites (zdnet.com.au)

Publishers Oppose Google Plan To Post Books Online (freeinternetpress.com)

Newspaper Prevails in Photographer's Copyright Suit (law.com)

Google in book digitizing contract with University of California (itwire.com.au)

Copyright suit challenges what's public vs. private (myrtlebeachonline.com)

Piracy pair ordered to pay back £600,000 (pcpro.co.uk)

Copyright Issues Present Ongoing Dilemma: To Link or Not To Link? (ojr.org)

Google royalty-free content: fair use, or foul play? (zdnet.com)

Google's copyright tussles (CNET News.com)

MTV channel buys online college newspaper firm (CNET News.com)

L'Oreal wins copyright claim from Dutch Supreme Court (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)

China considers karaoke club copyright fees (cbc.ca)

France's copyright overhaul under pressure (pcpro.co.uk)

DMCA excluded from storage tape repair case (theregister.co.uk)

DMCA dismissed from tape backup lawsuit (CNET News.com)

Microsoft sues resellers over software piracy (CNET News.com)

Pirates makers face lawsuit (movienews.virgin.net)

Gracenote, music publishers in lyrics deal (CNET News.com)

UK music bodies call for copyright reform (pcpro.co.uk)

Copy Instruments, Not Music (wired.com)

Companies Fight Back Against China Piracy (washingtonpost.com)

Publishers unite against Google (business.guardian.co.uk)

Software pirate pleads guilty in Autodesk, Adobe case (CNET News.com)

Industries lobby EU Commission to cut copyright fees (theregister.co.uk)

Anti-piracy tool confuses users (news.bbc.co.uk)

XP pirate checks dropped (australianit.news.com.au)

Software pirate pleads guilty in Autodesk, Adobe case (CNET News.com)

Yoga copyright raises questions of ownership (usatoday.com)

Spain adds levy to blank discs (theregister.co.uk)

Legal victory for Google in library project (business.guardian.co.uk)

Jury awards Nortel $47.4 million in copyright lawsuit (mercurynews.com)

US urges China to stop copyright piracy, widen market access (forbes.com)

China enacts Internet copyright regulation (infoworld.nl)

Chinese gov't passes new regulation on Internet copyright (tmcnet.com)

Study: Software piracy costs $34 billion (news.zdnet.com)

BSA urges government to fight software pirates (theregister.co.uk)

Call to target UK software piracy (news.bbc.co.uk)

Industry group says software piracy down in China and Russia (news.findlaw.com)

Only in America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software Model (technewsworld.com)

China's booming blogs call for copyright protection (news.xinhuanet.com)

Poll: 55% break copyright law (theregister.co.uk)

Legalise personal music copying, says BPI (telegraph.co.uk)

CEA's Shapiro Defends Consumer Recording Rights During CATO Institute Copyright Debate; Urges Immediate Passage of H.R. 1201 (tmcnet.com)

EU seeks minimum sentence for goods forgery (news.ft.com)

Skype strikes deals with music publishers (news.zdnet.co.uk)

Europe's plan to hunt down pirates (theregister.co.uk)

U.S. could complain to WTO over China piracy (CNET News.com)

Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill (CNET News.com)

U.S. calls for more antipiracy action from China (CNET News.com)

China to tackle software piracy (news.bbc.co.uk)

U.S. Prepares WTO Lawsuit on China's Copyright Laws (Update1) (bloomberg.com)

China targets PC makers in anti-piracy drive (washingtonpost.com)

China, Russia worst pirates (australianit.news.com.au)

Lawmakers: Pirates find haven in Russia, China (CNET News.com)

Judge says Seigles own Superboy. Will is affect "Smallville"? (comicbookresources.com)

Piracy crackdown urged in Russia (news.bbc.co.uk)

AG tells kids to respect copyright laws when surfing the Net (mercurynews.com)

WTO demand to combat fakes, copyright abuse is fair - Duma Speaker (en.rian.ru)

Hollywood lobbyist off to Russia for piracy talks (reuters.com)

High court upholds appeal on copyright fees (stuff.co.nz)

Blizzard sued by WOW guide author (gamespot.com)

China is biggest loser from copyright piracy -U.S (reuters.com)

China says piracy can't be eliminated overnight (washingtonpost.com)

Software developer boxes pirate senseless (theregister.co.uk)

Business, anti-piracy groups criticize Russian copyright bill (siliconvalley.com)

Newman backs US image rights bill (news.bbc.co.uk)

Is Google Redefining Digital Copyright Law? Final Outcome Still Unknown (localtechwire.com)

Piracy Remains Threat in Southeast Asia (news.findlaw.com)

Creative Commons licence upheld by court (news.zdnet.co.uk)

Judge closes Web site over copyright issues (kansascity.com)

Google scores copyright victory (news.zdnet.co.uk)

US judge dismisses Google copyright case (theage.com.au)

Google wins Usenet copyright case (theregister.co.uk)

Online hawkers sued (australianit.news.com.au)

Microsoft Files Piracy Charges Against Eight (informationweek.com)

Microsoft sues alleged software bootleggers selling over eBay (forbes.com)

Singapore files landmark copyright case (telecomasia.net)

Blanket digital licence fails in France (theregister.co.uk)

Most ISPs to limit P2P traffic (itnews.com.au)

Will France, birthplace of copyright, go soft on piracy? (iht.com)

Copyright levy not intended to punish anybody (gov.bw)

Singapore company charged with using pirated software (news.findlaw.com)

Lawyer insists Microsoft infringed antipiracy patent (CNET News.com)

American Airlines subpoenas Google, YouTube (CNET News.com)

Pair indicted for alleged copyright theft (nashvillecitypaper.com)

Techies get set for Austin's South by Southwest (CNET News.com)

China to draft new copyright laws this year (computerpartner.nl)

Google subpoenaed by airline (siliconvalley.com/)

China has new plan to protect intellectual property rights (siliconvalley.com)

French MPs fail to legalise file sharing (pcpro.co.uk)

French MPs debate file-share law (news.bbc.co.uk)

France moves on 'download fee' (australianit.news.com.au)

New debate for French piracy law (news.bbc.co.uk)

France may adopt download licence (theregister.co.uk)

France pushing for anti-piracy crackdown (businessweek.com)

Anti-piracy groups warn Russian draft intellectual property law will harm WTO bid (findlaw.com)

Copyright makes web a turn-off (australianit.news.com.au)

Aussie rumble over copyright fees for educational web use (arstechnica.com)

Google joins National Archives for video (washingtonpost.com)

Google Ready To Appeal Photo Copyright Ruling (informationweek.com)

Gutierrez says China must stop buying pirated computer software (usatoday.com)

No Googling Perfect 10's Nudes (wired.com)

US seeks accused Aussie internet pirate (theage.com.au)

Apple Intel hacker launches new site (macworld.co.uk)

Copyright office head denounces "big mistake" of extending copyright (boingboing.net)

Digital Books Start A New Chapter (businessweek.com)

Google Perfect 10 thumbnails 'breach copyright' (theregister.co.uk)

Nude photo site wins injunction against Google (CNET News.com)

Microsoft reveals piracy battle plan for the UK (theregister.co.uk)

Apple uses DMCA to close down hacker sites (CNET News.com)

OSx86 reopens forum after removing links (macnn.com)

Call for reform as unlicensed software use rises (theregister.co.uk)

China pledges piracy fight (australianit.news.com.au)

China shuts 76 Web sites in crackdown on piracy (today.reuters.com)

US groups want piracy retaliation (australianit.news.com.au)

Russian Pirates Cost U.S. Companies $1.8B (chron.com)

Copyright Piracy in Asia - An Update (hdtvmagazine.com)

Photocopying for college student 'coursepacks' draws copyright suit (usatoday.com)

Authors, publishers to get $500,000 payback under copyright licensing (channelnewsasia.com)

China reports closure of 76 Web sites in online piracy crackdown (findlaw.com)



Cases



Blake v. Google NO. CV-S-04-0413-RCJ-LRL (eff.org)


EMI Records (Ireland) Ltd & Ors v. Eircom Ltd & Anor [2005] IEHC 233 (bailii.org)


Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd (includes summary) [2005] FCA 1242 (5 September 2005)


METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS v. GROKSTER, LTD., ET AL. (SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES) - Majority Opinion


METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS v. GROKSTER, LTD., ET AL. (SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES) - Justice Ginsburg Concurrence


METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS v. GROKSTER, LTD., ET AL. (SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES) - Justice Breyer Concurrence


Capitol Records, Inc., v. Naxos of America, Inc., USCOA, 2 No.30 (findlaw.com)


METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC., ET AL.,v. GROKSTER, LTD., ET AL., : Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the (eff.org)


Robertson v. Thompson Corporation (COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO)


BRIDGEPORT MUSIC INC v. DIMENSION FILMS 2004 FED App. 0297P (6th Cir.)


The Chamberlain Group Inc. v. Skylink Technologies Inc. No. 041118 - 08/31/2004


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd. 03-55894 (uscourts.gov) (pdf)


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd. (eff.org) (pdf) - Order granting defendants' motions for summary judgement


Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Also Trading As Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd and Sony Computer Entertainment Uk Ltd -v- Ball, Edmunds, Baikov, Sorokovich, Tiporov, Shashkov and Gvozdeff [2004] EWHC 1738 (Ch)


Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment v Stevens [2003] FCAFC 157 (30 July 2003)


Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment v Stevens [2002] FCA 906 (26 July 2002) (Federal Court of Australia)


Carrickdale Hotel Ltd. v. Controller of Industrial and Commercial Property & Anor [2004] IEHC 86 (12 May 2004)


CoStar Group v. Loopnet (caselaw.lp.findlaw.com)


Luck's Music Library, Inc. v. John Ashcroft Civil Action No. 01-2220 (dcd.uscourts.gov)


Paramount Pictures Corp. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. Technology One a/ka/ Technology 1 (findlaw.com)


Arista Records, Inc. v. Sakfield Holding Company Civil Action No. 03-1474 (pdf)


Nxivm Corporation v. The Ross Institute (U.S. Court Of Appeals, Second Circuit)


BMG v. John Doe 2004 FC 488 (canfli.org) (pdf)


Kahle v. Ashcroft (cyberlaw.stanford.edu) (pdf)


Mastercard International Incorporated v. Ralph Nader (lawgeek.typepad.com) (pdf)


Network Ten Pty Limited v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited [2004] HCA 14


American Library Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America (eff.org) (pdf)


Paramount Pictures Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. 321 Studios, March 3, 2004 (findlaw.com)


DVD Copy Control Association Inc. v. Andrew Bunner (Court of Appeal California) (pdf)


DVD Copy Control Association vs. Andrew Bunner (Supreme Court of California) (pdf)


Eminem's Suit Over Apple iPod Ad - Court Documents (findlaw.com) (pdf)


321 Studios. v. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc. et al., (321studios.com) (pdf)


Ellison v. America Online Inc. (caselaw.lp.findlaw.com) (pdf)


Private Copying 2003-2004 (Copyright Board, Canada) (pdf)


Diebold E-Voting Case Page (cyberlaw.stanford.edu)


Chamerlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc. (eff.org) - Memorandum Opinion and Order (pdf)


Bonneville Intl Corp v. Peters No. 01-3720P - 10/17/2003 (pdf)


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