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• Blog: Interesting development in Georgia State case. Scholarly Communications @ Duke. July 1, 2009.
• Automated Copyright Settlement Letters Apparently a Lucrative Business. Techdirt, June 29, 2009.
• Yet Another Plan to Change Copyright Law to Protect Newspapers. Techdirt, June 29, 2009.
• Pirate Bay Starts Video Streaming. BBC, June 29, 2009.
• Brazilian President Shows Warmth to Pirate Bay Spokesman. Torrentfreak, June 27, 2009.
• BPI Exec - Industry Shouldn't Have Fought Napster. Zeropaid.com, June 27, 2009.
• iPhone Jailbreak Out Amid Apple-EFF Tussle. internetnews.com, June 26, 2009.
• Sirius XM Must Raise Prices to Pay Music Royalties. CNET News, June 25, 2009.
• RapidShare Fined $33 million for Violating German Copyright Laws. Zeropaid.com, June 25, 2009.
• Pirate Party Finds France Fertile Territory. PC World, June 25, 2009.
• Pirate Bay Retrial Denied; Judge Declared "Unbiased." Ars Technica, June 25, 2009.
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