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IP: DVD, ICrave, and cable TV...


From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:08:12 -0500




{Does a good job of tying all the threads together; into one
scary picture for free speech...}

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/03/biztech/articles/13digi.html

March 13, 2000
Case Illustrates Entertainment Industry's Copyright Power
By DENISE CARUSO

     L ast month, after 62 days in operation, the Canadian Internet
     company iCraveTV.com was shut down by a lawsuit filed by the Motion
     Picture Association of America. Its business, apparently legal in
     Canada, is to redistribute live broadcast television programming on
     its Web site.
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