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News November 2002
News stories gathered constantly by the Brand Intelligence team.
4.11.02
File swapping blamed for music sales slump
A new survey shows that sales of CDs and cassettes online have fallen by 25% in the first nine months of 2002 and illegal song-swapping has been blamed for the drop. (from BBC)
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11.11.02
Sydney Opera House site spoofed
In a classic case of spoofing, the reputation of the famous opera house has been tainted, and this time, Yahoo! is being accused of facilitating the scam (from Sydney Morning Herald)
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20.11.02
Robbie Williams downloads - are they a decoy?
We all know that the new album was available online even before the release date, but is the music industry placing dummies?
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20.11.02
Court backs up Visa's 'brand dilution' claims over evisa.com
A Nevada district court found the evisa.com site run by Joe Orr of New York City could possibly dilute Visa's trademark (from Wired.com)
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20.11.02
Web gossip analysed
Guardian article looking at how rumour can spread online
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26.11.02
Nominet hits back at infringers
Nominet UK has issued proceedings in the Chancery Division of the High Court against Domain Registrar Services Limited, Scott Denny and UK Names Limited for trade mark infringement and passing off.
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26.11.02
The future of music download
The BBC looks at the rise in file swapping and music piracy
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26.11.02
Danish anti-piracy group gets tough with file swappers
In a unique move, the Danish Anti Pirat Gruppen (Anti Piracy Group) has issued invoices of over £9,000 each to 150 users of KaZaA and eDonkey file sharing sites (from The Register)
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6.12.02
Jurassic Park author wins cybersquatting case
Following a ruling by arbitrators the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Michael Crichton has won the rights to the internet domain name michaelcrichton.com (From the BBC)
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6.12.02
Jurassic Park author wins cybersquatting case
Following a ruling by arbitrators the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Michael Crichton has won the rights to the internet domain name michaelcrichton.com (From The BBC)
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