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Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments
News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/1640249
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The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain
"Antitrust lawyer Chris Sprigman has written a thoughtful column in Findlaw's Writ on the issues behind the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act and the legal challenge (Eldred v. Ashcroft) to that law." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/07/0029229
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Slashdot: NSync Copy Protected CD
"NSync's new CD will be released in a least 3 different versions (with different copy protection techniques)." News and reader comments.
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/10/02/163256.shtml
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Slashdot: BMG's New Copy-Protected Audio CDs
"BMG-Entertainment started selling audio-CDs using the Cactus Data Shield, a copy-protection system developed by Midbar and Sonopress which makes it impossible to grab the music from the CD and to listen to it using 'an old CD-Player' or a CD-ROM-dr
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/25/116237.shtml
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BMG Backs Down Over Copy-Protected CD
Virgin Megastores has responded to a complaint from one of their customers and said that BMG has set up a helpline to allow people who bought the corrupt version, to exchange it for a real one. Virgin and HMV will also be bringing in new stock of uncorru
http://slashdot.org/yro/01/11/18/0457230.shtml
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Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers
"Celine Dion's latest CD will not play in computer drives. In fact: 'Should the consumer try to play Dion's CD on a PC or Macintosh, the computer likely will crash.'" News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/03/226233
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Post-it Notes vs. Copy-Inhibited CDs
News about Celine Dion CDs killing iMacs and black markers or sticky notes defeating some "copy-protection" schemes. Reader discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/14/0040215
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BMG Stops Producing CDs
"The Register has a new story about claims by Bertelsmann that they'll stop manufacturing uncrippled audio CDs." News and reader comments. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/1312259
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