<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Copyright</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/techpolicy/copyright?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><description>Copyright</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Music Industry Targets College File Sharers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48300-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48300-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The RIAA would not say how it infiltrated Internet2, a separate network used by universities and colleges for sharing research and other academic works, but said it was alerted to its existence as a song-sharing hub by articles in college newspapers.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIAA Targets Piracy Over Internet2 Network]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46612-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46612-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The entertainment industry's effort to sue music pirates into submission is reaching into the next generation of the Internet with the filing of several hundred lawsuits tomorrow against college students using a faster version of the Web called Internet2.]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Battle Between Tinseltown and Techville]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39168-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39168-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Creativity and innovation aren't qualities you'd ordinarily expect to be at war with one another. Both involve a type of inventiveness, a vision of something new, a stepping outside of mental boundaries. Yet in America's courts, the companies that rely most on creativity and innovation are at each other's throats.]]></description><author> Drew Clark</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Weighs File Sharing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8684-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8684-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The entertainment industry Tuesday took its campaign to stop illegal music and video sharing to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the justices that popular online services such as Grokster and Kazaa should be held responsible for the unlawful acts of their users.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatch to Head Senate Panel on Copyright]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44361-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44361-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hatch, one of the entertainment industry's most powerful congressional allies, will remain at the forefront of the national debate over copyright and illegal downloading after being named to head a new subcommittee on intellectual property. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Artists Embrace Internet File Sharing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35297-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35297-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What began as an offbeat legal experiment is now prompting people to reconsider the notion of copyright. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musicians Break With Industry on File Sharing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61254-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61254-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who illegally trade songs, movies and software.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Downloading: The Next Generation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59632-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59632-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Licensed digital music services still have to clear some major hurdles if they are going to evolve into the vibrant alternative to online piracy that the record labels need them to be. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology Sparks New Legal Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42401-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42401-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is taking on the issue of liability for services that help people copy, customize and increase the portability of digital works.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[File-Sharing Opponents Lobby Supreme Court]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36685-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36685-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The entertainment industry Tuesday unleashed its latest assault on Internet services that let people swap music and videos, enlisting an array of artists, state officials, academics and others to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to crack down on companies that provide file-sharing tools. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entertainment Industry Reaffirms Anti-P2P Stance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35796-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35796-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recording and motion picture industries filed legal arguments with the Supreme Court late Monday urging the justices to declare Internet file-sharing services illegal under existing copyright law. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Asks High Court to Curb File Swapping]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34041-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid 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Supreme Court Monday to continue to shield businesses and innovators from legal responsibility if their products or services are used by consumers for illegal acts.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen Web Editor Drives Apple to Court Action]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7937-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7937-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The computer maker is filing a lawsuit accusing a 19-year-old Harvard freshman of illegally misappropriating trade secrets on an Internet Web site. <br> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patents Pressed Against File-Sharing Networks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5343-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5343-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A software company and its parent are claiming they hold patent rights to widely used Internet song-swapping technology, and they are demanding that several file-sharing networks obtain licenses in order to continue operating.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David McGuire</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter Applies Peer-to-Peer Pressure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3396-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3396-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A pair of software companies linked with the Kazaa network are claiming that they hold patent rights to technology behind much of the world's Internet song-swapping and are demanding that several smaller networks obtain licenses. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISP's Liability for  File Sharers at Issue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51966-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid 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music giants he once savaged. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B><br>- washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertain Landscape For Copyright Protection]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4003-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4003-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An otherwise routine power shift on the Senate Judiciary Committee could have far-reaching implications for high-tech firms, movie studios, record companies and the future of downloading. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studios Step Up Fight Against Online Piracy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63900-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63900-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/copyright</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The major Hollywood studios today said they are escalating their fight against online piracy by pursuing civil and criminal legal actions against the operators of computer servers that help transmit illegally copied movie files across the Internet. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item></channel></rss>