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PC World August 2003 Frank Thorsberg	Consumer Alert: Copy Controls Crackdown Multimedia lovers find themselves caught in a digital vise these days, as Hollywood tightens its copyright controls on movies, games, and music on DVDs and CDs -- most recently squeezing customers accused of copyright infringement in court. Technology is starting to offer some relief, though.
Information Today July 14, 2003 Paula J. Hane	Baker & Taylor Sold to Another Investment Firm The venerable Baker & Taylor company, long known as one of the leading book distributors to libraries, has been sold. Willis Stein & Partners, a private equity firm, purchased the company from The Carlyle Group for $255 million.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Grover & Green	Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Heather Green	Hollywood's Most Wanted St. Louis-based 321's software allows people to protect their $19.95 investment in prerecorded DVDs by making copies before they're lost or damaged. To Hollywood, the software is no less than a tool for piracy. That has sparked controversy over just what's permissible under the law.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Ronald Grover	Tinseltown's Aim: To Catch a Thief Hollywood is in full crackdown mode for crooks who pilfer films by recording them at premieres and press screenings.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003	Protecting Content, Pleasing Consumers Richard Parsons, Bill Gates, Mel Karmazin, and Brian Roberts talk about digital technology's twin aims -- and challenges
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Heather Green	"Artists Have to Get Paid" Geoffrey Moore, tech consultant and VC, says that's the key point in any scheme to digitally distribute content
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Tom Lowry	"People Are Willing to Pay" Viacom CFO Richard Bressler talks about developing new business models for media in the Digital Age while protecting content.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Dexter Roberts	Extra! China's Press Opens Up! As censorship eases, papers and magazines may go public
Fast Company July 2003 Ryan Underwood	Speedometer Special Summer-Movie Edition. What does -- and doesn't -- sell in Hollywood these days. Plus, the management wisdom of Marilyn Monroe. And while you're reading, please supersize the popcorn.
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