eLawNetw rk.com v4.1 by Sundeep Chauhan

sample of Copyright eReport

1. Special Update Number 1

A new music download service, launched on Tuesday in Madrid, tests a legal loophole in Spanish copyright law that appears to give Web sites permission to sell songs online without the consent of the record companies.

Spanish site offers music-file fiesta (CNET News.com)

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1007920.html

Spanish site to offer all-you-can-eat music downloads (zdnet.co.uk)

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134918,00.html

Puretunes Launch Tests Music Downloading Legality (reuters.com)

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2777975

2. Special Update Number 2

Software maker Roxio, best known for its CD-burning software, announced that it has acquired the online music service Pressplay which was jointly owned by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Roxio - which owns the Napster brand - is expected to relaunch Pressplay under that name.

Napster rises from the ashes (australianit.news.com.au)

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6464597%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Roxio Buys Pressplay, Napster Lives (wired.com)

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58895,00.html

Roxio Buys Sony-Universal Online Venture (washingtonpost.com)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12225-2003May19.html

Roxio Buys Pressplay, to Relaunch Napster (reuters.com)

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2772125

3. Today's Copyright News

EU heeds labels' complaints on piracy law (CNET News.com)

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1003578.html

Committee finds flaws in EU copyright proposal (europemedia.net)