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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1333000/1333378.stm >The authorities in Hong Kong have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly >allowing people to download pirated pop songs free of charge on the Internet. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html >...librarians are finding themselves the subject of rhetoric usually >reserved for terrorists or revolutionaries. "They've got their radical >factions, like the Ruby Ridge or Waco types," who want to share all >content for free, said Judith Platt, a spokeswoman for the Association of >American Publishers. Andy Ringsmuth <andyring@inebraska.com> forwards this, and says: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6674297.html?tag=tp_pr >Declan, seems like ISPs are bowing to pressure from the MPAA and RIAA >pertaining to file sharing using services such as Napster, Aimster and >Gnutella. >Never mind that all these services can and are used for perfectly legit >file sharing activities. http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=205915 >WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- The FBI served multiple search warrants >nationwide Wednesday in an ongoing investigation of Internet-based >software piracy, the bureau's Washington Field Office said. The search >warrants targeted "file transfer protocol," or FTP, sites in at least nine >states. http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/07/26/story/0000095869 >INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Instead of setting up large production >facilities, makers of bootleg films are working out of small shops to >minimize losses in case of a bust ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------