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UA Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies

Parvin Dhaliwal (18), a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to possession of counterfeit marks, or unauthorized copies of intellectual property, and was sentenced to a three-month deferred jail sentence, three years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a $5,400 fine. Dhaliwal must also take a copyright class at UA and stop using file-sharing applications. What makes this conviction notable is that copyright protection is normally a federal matter.

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Todd Cochrane
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Ink Cartridge Manufacturers Get Legal Go Ahead

The U.S. Copyright Office ruled this week that a manufacturer of low-cost, third-party printer ink cartridges can continue to make and sell cartridges for Lexmark printers. This ruling will have broad impact on the printer consumable market as alternative brands of ink cartridges may now move from the black market to retail store shelves.

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Todd Cochrane
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Must Everything Be Free on the Internet?

Must everything eventually be available for free on the Internet? Steve Lohr argues that all public digital data will eventually be free on the Internet, because it's too difficult to protect the intellectual property (IP) rights of the authors. However, making all creative work freely available disregards our resonsiblity to raise a well-intentioned and civil next generation.

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Todd Cochrane