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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005
   Students at Cornell Debate File Sharing with Industry
   Researchers Work to Extend Technology to Visually Impaired
   British Courts Order File Sharers to Be Identified


STUDENTS AT CORNELL DEBATE FILE SHARING WITH INDUSTRY
A recent colloquium at Cornell University pitted representatives of the
entertainment industry against critics who say the copyright system is
too restrictive and stifles innovation. Cary Sherman, president of the
Recording Industry Association of America, and Fritz Attaway, executive
vice president and general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of
America, debated with Fred von Lohmann, lawyer with the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, and Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of
communications at New York University, in front of a lively audience of
about 200 students. Tracy Mitrano, policy adviser to Cornell's Office
of Information Technologies, commented that the presence and
participation of so many students indicated their earnest concern over
legal and ethical issues surrounding file sharing. Though not the
direct subject of the debate, Cornell is currently running a pilot
program of the legal music-download service Napster, and participants
on both sides offered their perspectives. A representative of Napster
called the program a success, pointing to the large percentage of
students who use the service regularly. On the other hand, von Lohmann
said that the service is not a good deal for universities. "It feels
free," he said, "but one way or another, you're paying for it."

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Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/04/2005042001t.htm



RESEARCHERS WORK TO EXTEND TECHNOLOGY TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, are beginning
work on a three-year project to extend the benefits of technology to
users who are blind or visually impaired. Funded by a 3.8 million euro
grant from the European Union, the project will include 13 other
universities and organizations from around Europe. Alan Marshall,
professor at Queen's University, noted that people with disabilities
are unable to benefit from many of the advantages of technology because
of the design of the technology itself. The disparity between those who
can use technology to its fullest and those who cannot will widen if
steps are not taken to address it, according to Marshall. The project
will address such topics as tactile displays and audio aids, and
researchers will also look into using technology to help people with
visual impairments participate in a variety of activities. For example,
Marshall described a system of devices in shopping centers that would
automatically identify themselves to wireless devices. Those with such
devices could walk through a shopping center and know what stores they
were near and could locate others.
BBC, 19 April 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4457793.stm

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BRITISH COURTS ORDER FILE SHARERS TO BE IDENTIFIED
A British judge has ordered five ISPs to disclose the identities of 33
individuals accused by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) of
sharing more than 72,000 music files over the Web. The ruling is the
latest win for the BPI in its efforts to combat illegal file sharing.
ISPs have previously been forced to reveal the identities of another 57
individuals, all of whom were targeted for copyright violations. A
recent study by research group TNS estimated that illegal file sharing
cost the music industry more than 650 million pounds over the past two
years. TNS also found that nearly 20 percent of people in the United
Kingdom between the ages of 12 and 74 download music on the Internet,
though the study did not distinguish between legal and illegal
downloads. Representatives of the BPI contend that their efforts are
working, noting that nearly 85 percent of those who do not currently
download music said they would not do so illegally and that 15 percent
of those who download illegally said they will begin to pay for music
online.
The Register, 20 April 2005
http://www.theregister.com/2005/04/19/bpi_p2p_lawsuits/


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INTERNET II
said it will file federal copyright lawsuits Wednesday against
... or support illegal file-sharing," said Internet2's chief executive,
Doug ... a lot of file-sharing going on on the
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eager to allow sharing without anyone making any money
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  About Gnutella, GNU, Waste
the source of a file. Unlike users of Napster,
Gnutella users can ... will be difficult:
File-sharing tools are good cloaks for
  ... peer to peer file sharing program based on the Gnutella
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