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	<title>CMU: Complete Music Update &#187; Piracy</title>
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		<title>New copyright rules in Spain will target advertisers on piracy sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jose Ignacio Wert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps noting that, of late, the music community&#8217;s second favourite piracy gripe (behind the high scoring of piracy sites in Google) has been the presence of adverts for sizable companies on websites that host or link to unlicensed content, the Spanish government is proposing new laws that would include sanctions against advertisers who are providing<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/new-copyright-rules-in-spain-will-target-advertisers-on-piracy-sites/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cable pledges publicity campaign to tackle piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cable-pledges-publicity-campaign-to-tackle-piracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vince Cable]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vince Cable yesterday said that the UK government would run a consumer-facing publicity campaign in the spring to promote copyright and discourage consumers from consuming unlicensed content and counterfeit goods. The Business Minister was talking up intellectual property at an event in London. The campaign is being instigated in response to the much previously reported<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cable-pledges-publicity-campaign-to-tackle-piracy/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Norwegian piracy spotters lose monitoring licence</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-piracy-spotters-lose-monitoring-licence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-piracy-spotters-lose-monitoring-licence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norwegian Data Inspectorate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simonsen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not copyright owners monitoring file-sharing networks in a bid to track down online pirates contravenes net users&#8217; privacy rights has been discussed at various points in the last decade, though in most jurisdictions such monitoring has been allowed, partly because any online activity monitored can only be attributed to an IP address, and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-piracy-spotters-lose-monitoring-licence/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torrentfreak reveals content of IFPI internal piracy report</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/torrentfreak-reveals-content-of-ifpi-internal-piracy-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/torrentfreak-reveals-content-of-ifpi-internal-piracy-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Torrentfreak has got its hands on an internal report produced by the Chief Anti-Piracy Officer of the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry back in April which runs through the global trade body&#8217;s current thinking on all things to do with online piracy. There are few surprises in the 30 page report, which runs through<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/torrentfreak-reveals-content-of-ifpi-internal-piracy-report/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three-strikes cuts piracy in New Zealand, says local record industry</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/three-strikes-cuts-piracy-in-new-zealand-says-local-record-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/three-strikes-cuts-piracy-in-new-zealand-says-local-record-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piracy rates have halved in New Zealand since the introduction of a so called three-strikes system there, according to The Recording Industry Association Of New Zealand, though the labels group says more can still be done, and that the fee charged to rights owners each time they instigate a &#8216;stop blood file-sharing you bastard&#8217; letter<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/three-strikes-cuts-piracy-in-new-zealand-says-local-record-industry/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Danish government announces new anti-piracy strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-government-announces-new-anti-piracy-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denmark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Danish government has developed a three-pronged strategy for combating online piracy, according to Torrentfreak, and despite having previously considered introducing a so called three-strikes system similar to that operating in France and in-development here in the UK, the government in Denmark will instead focus on introducing a more efficient system for blocking access to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-government-announces-new-anti-piracy-strategy/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Japan introduces tough new file-sharing penalties</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/japan-introduces-tough-new-file-sharing-penalties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/japan-introduces-tough-new-file-sharing-penalties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s parliament, the Diet, has passed a new law that sets tough new penalties for anyone who downloads pirated content over the net, according to The Japan Times. A previous revision of the country&#8217;s copyright laws had confirmed that the downloading of such content, as well as uploading it, was illegal, but penalties for the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/japan-introduces-tough-new-file-sharing-penalties/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>OfCom anti-piracy code expected next month</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ofcom-anti-piracy-code-expected-next-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ofcom-anti-piracy-code-expected-next-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media regulator OfCom should publish its long awaited anti-piracy code next month, according to a statement from the Department For Culture, Media And Sport earlier this week. This is the long awaited guide to how the government will expect internet service providers to assist copyright owners in the fight against piracy, and will bring into<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ofcom-anti-piracy-code-expected-next-month/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Media instigates first British Pirate Bay block</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Media has become the first British internet service provider to block access to invariably controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. As previously reported, on Monday the High Court in London passed injunctions, at the request of record label trade body the BPI, ordering five ISPs to instigate blocks against the Bay, so that when<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/virgin-media-instigates-first-british-pirate-bay-block/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Irish labels allowed to take three-strikes block to judicial review, as government moves on web blocking</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/irish-labels-allowed-to-take-three-strikes-block-to-judicial-review-as-government-moves-on-web-blocking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/irish-labels-allowed-to-take-three-strikes-block-to-judicial-review-as-government-moves-on-web-blocking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eircom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judge in Ireland has given the four majors permission to launch judicial review proceedings against the country&#8217;s Data Protection Commissioner over his decision late last year to tell internet service provider Eircom to stop operating its three-strike system. As much previously reported, Ireland&#8217;s biggest ISP, Eircom, voluntarily introduced a so called graduated response system<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/irish-labels-allowed-to-take-three-strikes-block-to-judicial-review-as-government-moves-on-web-blocking/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Convicted dodgy jukebox operators ordered to pay up</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/convicted-dodgy-jukebox-operators-ordered-to-pay-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/convicted-dodgy-jukebox-operators-ordered-to-pay-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access All Areas Jukeboxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Record label trade body BPI and recording rights collecting society PPL have both welcomed a recent court ruling that will see two men who ran a dodgy jukebox business in the North East pay over Â£131,000 in compensation. As previously reported, last July Malcolm Wylie, his son Peter Wylie (not the Mighty Wah frontman) and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/convicted-dodgy-jukebox-operators-ordered-to-pay-up/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Danish courts issue web-block injunction against Grooveshark</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-courts-issue-web-block-injunction-against-grooveshark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-courts-issue-web-block-injunction-against-grooveshark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grooveshark Timeline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danish anti-piracy group RettighedsAlliancen has seemingly secured an injunction through the country&#8217;s courts ordering local internet service provider Three to block access to its customers to Grooveshark, the often controversial streaming music service which claims its legit, but which is currently facing legal action from all four majors. As previously reported, the Danish rights body<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-courts-issue-web-block-injunction-against-grooveshark/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish Supreme Court to consider Sinde Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New anti-piracy laws in Spain have hit a setback after the country&#8217;s Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an appeal by the Association Of Web Users who claim the so called Sinde Law is unconstitutional. Spanish copyright laws have been criticised for over a decade after various courts there ruled that the file-sharing of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/spanish-supreme-court-to-consider-sinde-law/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Party supports day of protest over ACTA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK branch of the Pirate Party is hoping to rally British support for a day of protests around the world against the previously reported Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a global treaty which aims to harmonise certain aspects of intellectual property law in any country that signs up. ACTA has been a long time in development,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pirate-party-supports-day-of-protest-over-acta/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Digital continues to grow, though piracy remains a problem, says the IFPI</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/digital-continues-to-grow-though-piracy-remains-a-problem-says-the-ifpi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital music continued to grow in all quarters in 2011, according to the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry&#8217;s annual digital music report, published yesterday, which noted that the big digital music services &#8211; which include iTunes, Spotify and Deezer &#8211; are now operating in 58 countries around the world, compared to 23 in 2010.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/digital-continues-to-grow-though-piracy-remains-a-problem-says-the-ifpi/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA and PIPA votes postponed after week of protest</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sopa-and-pipa-votes-postponed-after-week-of-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sopa-and-pipa-votes-postponed-after-week-of-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Congress confirmed on Friday that votes on both SOPA and PIPA, the two sets of anti-piracy proposals that have been working their way through the American legislature for sometime, would be postponed indefinitely while the politicians behind the two bills have a rethink. The announcement was no surprise after a week in which opponents<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sopa-and-pipa-votes-postponed-after-week-of-protest/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US authorities take MegaUpload offline, and arrest key execs</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-authorities-take-megaupload-offline-and-arrest-key-execs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-authorities-take-megaupload-offline-and-arrest-key-execs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload Timeline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DMCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Swizz Beatz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of a week during which online piracy was front page news worldwide, and especially in America, as efforts by the big movie and music companies to secure tough new anti-piracy rules in the US hit a road block, a dramatic swoop by the American authorities took one of the content industries&#8217; biggest<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-authorities-take-megaupload-offline-and-arrest-key-execs/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US politicians bail on anti-piracy proposals as American websites join the Wiki protest</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-politicians-bail-on-anti-piracy-proposals-as-american-websites-join-the-wiki-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-politicians-bail-on-anti-piracy-proposals-as-american-websites-join-the-wiki-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Wales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As numerous US websites joined with Wikipedia yesterday to stage a protest against two sets of anti-piracy proposals working their way through Congress, the already nervous political community in Washington spent much of the day distancing themselves from the proposed legislation. As previously reported, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would introduce measures making it<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-politicians-bail-on-anti-piracy-proposals-as-american-websites-join-the-wiki-protest/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>White House forces SOPA rethink, though campaign against web-block laws continues</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/white-house-forces-sopa-rethink-though-campaign-against-web-block-laws-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/white-house-forces-sopa-rethink-though-campaign-against-web-block-laws-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American music and movie industries&#8217; efforts to get some sort of web blocking measures introduced into US copyright law have hit something of a roadblock, though it may just be a temporary setback, so those who oppose such new rules plan to continue the fight, and a Wikipedia black out. As previously reported, the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/white-house-forces-sopa-rethink-though-campaign-against-web-block-laws-continues/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Record industry sues Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/record-industry-sues-ireland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eircom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irish Recorded Music Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following those previously reported comments made by the boss of EMI Ireland criticising his country&#8217;s government over their inaction on the file-sharing issue, it has emerged that all four majors have put their name to a lawsuit that aims to force Irish ministers to introduce new anti-piracy rules. As previously reported, the Irish record industry<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/record-industry-sues-ireland/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who will join the web block party? Ireland, Spain, USA?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/who-will-join-the-web-block-party-ireland-spain-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/who-will-join-the-web-block-party-ireland-spain-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eircom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Urie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sinde Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boss of EMI in Ireland has pre-empted expected proposals from the Irish government to help rights owners crack down on piracy, urging the country&#8217;s politicians to not drag their heals on the new anti-piracy measures, but also airing concerns that the proposed statutory instrument will not deal with the record industry&#8217;s concerns. The Irish<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/who-will-join-the-web-block-party-ireland-spain-usa/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch courts approve Pirate Bay blockade</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-courts-approve-pirate-bay-blockade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-courts-approve-pirate-bay-blockade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BREIN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has successfully appealed a previously reported ruling regards whether or not the country&#8217;s ISPs can be forced to block access to The Pirate Bay. As previously reported, while one Dutch court ruled that The Pirate Bay&#8217;s owners are liable for copyright infringement and that the site should be shut down, when<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dutch-courts-approve-pirate-bay-blockade/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sky blocks Newzbin</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sky-blocks-newzbin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sky&#8217;s internet division has blocked its customers form accessing file-sharing website Newzbin after receiving a court order demanding such a block. The court order was requested by the Motion Picture Association which earlier this year won a similar injunction against BT having convinced the UK courts that such web blocks were the only way to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sky-blocks-newzbin/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IFPI rates Google on anti-piracy efforts: &#8220;Incomplete&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-rates-google-on-anti-piracy-efforts-incomplete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-rates-google-on-anti-piracy-efforts-incomplete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry and Recording Industry Association Of America have published an overview of Google&#8217;s efforts to stop its various platforms &#8211; including the search engine, YouTube, Android app store and Google advertising network &#8211; from assisting music pirates, either by providing exposure or direct revenue. The overview relates to pledges<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-rates-google-on-anti-piracy-efforts-incomplete/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-piracy delays: SOPA, Sinde Law and DEA</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anti-piracy-delays-sopa-sinde-law-and-dea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anti-piracy-delays-sopa-sinde-law-and-dea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sinde Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop Online Piracy Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite tough talking on both sides of the debate outside Congress, discussions in the House Of Representatives last week on America&#8217;s Stop Online Piracy Act were typically tedious. As previously reported, SOPA has got a lot of coverage in the US. The act has parallels with legislation elsewhere in the world, providing a high speed<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anti-piracy-delays-sopa-sinde-law-and-dea/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paysafecard joins IFPI&#8217;s anti-piracy programme</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paysafecard-joins-ifpis-anti-piracy-programme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paysafecard-joins-ifpis-anti-piracy-programme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre-pay debit card company Paysafecard, which allows consumers to shop online by paying in advance at a PayPoint shop, and then spending that money online with a card, is the latest online payment firm to sign up to the programme run by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry and the City Of London Police,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paysafecard-joins-ifpis-anti-piracy-programme/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Audiolock signs up Defected</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/audiolock-signs-up-defected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/audiolock-signs-up-defected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AudioLock.NET]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dance label Defected Records is the latest music company to announce a deal with AudioLock.NET, the previously reported company which provides anti-piracy solutions for music firms, including watermarking for pre-release promos of tracks and an adaptable scanning system that alerts content owners when their tracks appear on unlicensed platforms online. Confirming the deal, Defected&#8217;s Promotions<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/audiolock-signs-up-defected/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss government report critical of other countries&#8217; anti-file-sharing moves</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/swiss-government-report-critical-of-other-countries-anti-file-sharing-moves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/swiss-government-report-critical-of-other-countries-anti-file-sharing-moves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As different governments around the world consider how to help copyright owners protect their rights online, the Swiss government has thrown a novel approach into the pot for consideration &#8211; let&#8217;s do nothing. Or at least that&#8217;s what a government report published last week proposed. As previously reported, legislators in various countries are considering, or<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/swiss-government-report-critical-of-other-countries-anti-file-sharing-moves/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IFPI sues TPB admins through Finnish courts</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-sues-tpb-admins-through-finnish-courts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has launched litigation in the Finnish courts against the current administrators of The Pirate Bay, calling on said unknown people to &#8220;stop facilitating the unauthorised distribution of music&#8221;, and to pay compensation to the IFPI&#8217;s members, and rights owners affiliated with Finland&#8217;s Copyright Information And Anti-Piracy Center, which<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-sues-tpb-admins-through-finnish-courts/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six arrested in counterfeit CD raid</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/six-arrested-in-counterfeit-cd-raid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six market traders believed to have been producing and selling large quantities of counterfeit CDs and DVDs have been arrested as part of a raid organised by Greater Manchester Police. Record label trade body BPI, the Intellectual Property Office and anti-piracy body FACT were also involved in the investigation into the operation, which was selling<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/six-arrested-in-counterfeit-cd-raid/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major counterfeit CD operation discovered</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/major-counterfeit-cd-operation-discovered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/major-counterfeit-cd-operation-discovered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two men have been arrested after a rather large CD and DVD counterfeiting operation was discovered in a flat above a shop in Bognor. 150,000 CDs and DVDs and 100 full computer hard drives containing 25,000 music, movie and software files were seized as part of the raid. The arrests followed a long investigation which<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/major-counterfeit-cd-operation-discovered/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Content industries demand BT blocks The Pirate Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/content-industries-demand-bt-blocks-the-pirate-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/content-industries-demand-bt-blocks-the-pirate-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Economy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newzbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So this was predictable. A coalition of content industry trade bodies, led by record industry&#8217;s BPI, has formally requested that BT block access to The Pirate Bay, threatening to apply for a court injunction ordering the site be blocked if it fails to comply voluntarily. This, of course, follows the landmark ruling in the so<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/content-industries-demand-bt-blocks-the-pirate-bay/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand three-strikes gets underway</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/new-zealand-three-strikes-gets-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/new-zealand-three-strikes-gets-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Economy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recording Industry Of New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three-Strikes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strike one has begun in New Zealand&#8217;s efforts to crack down on internet piracy. As previously, there were a few false starts when the New Zealand government tried to launch a graduated response system for combating illegal file-sharing, with initial legislation rather lacking on how accused file-sharers could appeal claims made against them of copyright<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/new-zealand-three-strikes-gets-underway/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bedroom CD bootlegger given suspended sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bedroom-cd-bootlegger-given-suspended-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bedroom-cd-bootlegger-given-suspended-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Finney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some more conventional music piracy now, albeit aided by the internet. A 60 year old man from South Yorkshire has been given a suspended sentence for selling pirated CDs online. David Finney from Barnsley downloaded music from the internet, burned it to CDs, and then sold them via the web. After the BPI discovered the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bedroom-cd-bootlegger-given-suspended-sentence/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Net firms given chance to appeal judicial review of DEA</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/net-firms-given-chance-to-appeal-judicial-review-of-dea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/net-firms-given-chance-to-appeal-judicial-review-of-dea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Economy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TalkTalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three-Strikes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BT and TalkTalk will, as it happens, be allowed to appeal in their failed legal challenge to the copyright section of the Digital Economy Act, a move that could further delay the start of the three-strikes system for combating online piracy in the UK. As much previously reported, the two net firms want judges to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/net-firms-given-chance-to-appeal-judicial-review-of-dea/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ERA chief calls for faster DEA implementation, Hunt also talks piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/era-chief-calls-for-faster-dea-implementation-hunt-also-talks-piracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/era-chief-calls-for-faster-dea-implementation-hunt-also-talks-piracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Economy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Quirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association yesterday called on government to speed up the implementation of the often controversial copyright provisions in the Digital Economy Act, arguing that ongoing delays in launching the sort-of-three-strikes system contained with that bit of legislation were costing the British music and DVD industries millions. Paul Quirk added that<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/era-chief-calls-for-faster-dea-implementation-hunt-also-talks-piracy/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paypal joins IFPI&#8217;s campaign to cut off illegal download stores</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paypal-joins-ifpis-campaign-to-cut-off-illegal-download-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paypal-joins-ifpis-campaign-to-cut-off-illegal-download-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paypal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PayPal has agreed to support efforts by global record industry trade body IFPI and the City Of London Police to target websites that sell downloads illegally. The online payment service follows the previously reported lead of Visa and Mastercard, who pledged their support to the anti-piracy initiative back in March. The project aims to target<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/paypal-joins-ifpis-campaign-to-cut-off-illegal-download-stores/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trois-strikes reaches strike three</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-reaches-strike-three/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-reaches-strike-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three-Strikes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The French three-strikes system is about to reach, well, strike three, which I think is where those who continue to file-share despite receiving two stern warning letters, in French and everything, get their hands chopped off. Yeah, try file-sharing without hands you devilish digi-thieves. Oh, no, hang on, not even under the French anti-piracy system<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-reaches-strike-three/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese say IP crackdown a huge success</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chinese-say-ip-crackdown-a-huge-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China says its recent crackdown on piracy has been a big fat success, though as Reuters point out, that&#8217;s a claim &#8220;borne out by government statistics but not necessarily by a trip to one of Beijing&#8217;s many shops where pirated software, movies and clothes are readily available&#8221;. As previously reported, China &#8211; a country where<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chinese-say-ip-crackdown-a-huge-success/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>U2 manager welcomes US ISP agreement, calls for more ISP action</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/u2-manager-welcomes-us-isp-agreement-calls-for-more-isp-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/u2-manager-welcomes-us-isp-agreement-calls-for-more-isp-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul McGuinness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U2 manager Paul McGuinness, one of the first music industry figures to publicly criticise the internet service providers for failing to combat online piracy in a Midem keynote in 2008, has welcomed last week&#8217;s news that various net providers in the US have entered into a voluntary agreement with the entertainment industry to start sending<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/u2-manager-welcomes-us-isp-agreement-calls-for-more-isp-action/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US industry strikes deal with ISPs over piracy action, European industry responds</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-industry-strikes-deal-with-isps-over-piracy-action-european-industry-responds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the American internet service provider industry yesterday signed up to a voluntary agreement with trade bodies representing the music and movie sectors in which they basically committed to introduce a three-strikes style system to combat illegal file-sharing, though there could be six strikes before &#8216;technical measures&#8217; are introduced. They are calling it &#8216;copyright<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-industry-strikes-deal-with-isps-over-piracy-action-european-industry-responds/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese online music body launches</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chinese-online-music-body-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baidu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Music Industry Development Consortium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An association of internet music operators and providers has been launched in China, the country&#8217;s government announced yesterday. About 20 companies have joined the Internet Music Industry Development Consortium, all of whom have signed up to a protocol that encourages &#8220;the lawful production of music content and an increase of indigenous music products&#8221;. It is<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chinese-online-music-body-launches/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>WPP blacklists copyright infringing websites in US</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/wpp-blacklists-copyright-infringing-websites-in-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/wpp-blacklists-copyright-infringing-websites-in-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertising giant WPP has published a list of 2000 websites in the US that it reckons carry illegal or pirated content. The list will be used by all the media buying agencies that sit under WPP&#8217;s GroupM business in the US, with execs in those companies told not to buy any advertising on those sites.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/wpp-blacklists-copyright-infringing-websites-in-us/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UN report says three-strikes breaches human rights</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/un-report-says-three-strikes-breaches-human-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank La Rue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three-Strikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A report presented to the United Nations&#8217; Human Rights Council on Friday says that any anti-piracy laws that could result in people losing their internet connections are &#8220;disproportionate&#8221; and breach human rights. The report, written by Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue, goes on to urge those countries which have already adopted such a system, including<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/un-report-says-three-strikes-breaches-human-rights/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Germany announce copyright reform plans</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/germany-announce-copyright-reform-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/germany-announce-copyright-reform-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talking of which, the German government has outlined its plans for reforming copyright law &#8211; Germany being someway behind other Western European countries in introducing new anti-piracy measures. Bernd Neumann, Germany&#8217;s Minister Of Culture &#38; Media, has resisted calls from the country&#8217;s Green Party to put user rights at the heart of copyright reform, and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/germany-announce-copyright-reform-plans/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish industry asks courts to block Pirate Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/finnish-industry-asks-courts-to-block-pirate-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/finnish-industry-asks-courts-to-block-pirate-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 11:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Finnish record industry has applied for a court order to force internet service providers there to block access to The Pirate Bay, the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has confirmed. Finland&#8217;s Copyright Information &#38; Anti-Piracy Centre filed the court papers on behalf of the IFPI, who told reporters: &#8220;The development of a legal<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/finnish-industry-asks-courts-to-block-pirate-bay/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Norway government publishes anti-file-sharing proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norway-government-publishes-anti-file-sharing-proposals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 09:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norway is the latest country to propose amendments to its copyright law to make it easier for content owners to tackle online piracy, though the Norwegian government has shied away from any sort of three-strikes system, instead making it legally easier for rights owners to identify individual file-sharers, and to get injunctions to order ISPs<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norway-government-publishes-anti-file-sharing-proposals/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trois-strikes put on hold after data leak</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-put-on-hold-after-data-leak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 09:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hadopi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three-strikes system administered by the Hadopi agency in France was put on hold earlier this week after one of those increasingly fashionable data spills. As previously reported, the French anti-piracy agency has been sending out thousands of letters a day to suspected file-sharers since last year, threatening said file-sharers with internet disconnection if they<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-put-on-hold-after-data-leak/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>French government claims Hadopi is working</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/french-government-claims-hadopi-is-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/french-government-claims-hadopi-is-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 11:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report by the French government claims that the three-strikes anti-piracy system that went live there last year is starting to have an impact, with half of 1500 people surveyed saying the new copyright protection initiative had encouraged them to use legal content services, and 72% of those who knew someone who had received a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/french-government-claims-hadopi-is-working/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US VP talks tough on piracy, but says industry needs to better educate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pop Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Vice President Joe Biden has very much come out in favour of the entertainment and media industries in a conversation about piracy with Variety magazine, possibly indicating that the Obama regime is planning on toughening up American anti-piracy rules. Then again, he did later say that the creative industries should be doing a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-vp-talks-tough-on-piracy-but-says-industry-needs-to-better-educate/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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