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Episodes tagged Public Knowledge

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    An international treaty being hammered out behind closed doors could impose strict copyright regulations pushed by the entertainment industry. AT&T stops offering its unlimited cell phone data plan. And a Virginia-based law firm is suing P2P file sharers in record numbers.

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    Law professor Susan Crawford discusses Google's plan to build high-speed fiber networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. And Public Knowledge has introduced a new Copyright Reform Act -- model legislation that will look at updating copyright law for the digital age.

  • A bill moving through Congress would allow the Department of Justice to bring civil suits against alleged copyright infringers at the expense of the taxpayers. And Jon Bartholomew discusses the Common Cause "Media Reform Plan."

  • The courts have ruled on some important issues involving copyrights of recorded music and TV programs. And Internet radio businesses are in danger of shutting down because of high royalty fees.

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