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\pard\plain\ltrpar\qc\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch The Destruction of our Digital Rights}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch \tab As the general populous embraces the developing world of technology and the Internet at large, our own national government and Big Business struggle to find ways to control and profit from the very entity created to be a universally free medium of information exchange.}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
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\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch I. The RIAA and the MPAA's attack on digital rights}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
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\pard\plain\ltrpar\qc\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Works Cited}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Charney, Ben. "Feds back wiretap rules for Internet." }{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}.com News}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 4 Aug \tab 2004. 22 Dec 2004 <http://news.com.com/Feds+back+ \tab wiretap+rules+for+Internet/2100-7352_3-5296417.html>}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Electronic Frontier Foundation.}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 21 Dec. 2004. 22 Dec. 2004 \tab <http://www.eff.org/>}{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Gleick, James. "Patently Absurd." }{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}New York Times}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 12 March 2000: E2.}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Guha, Amita. "Fingered by the movie cops." }{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}Salon.com}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 32 Aug. 2001. 22 \tab Dec.2004\tab <http://dir.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/23/pirate/index\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab    \tab .html>}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Internet Free Alliance Association.}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 25 May 2001. 22 Dec 2004 \tab <http://www.ifea.net/>}{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch Mathewson, James. "Software Patents Only Hurt End Users." }{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}Computer }{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\tab }{\s28\f0\fs24\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}User}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0} Aug. 2000: 63.}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
\pard\plain\ltrpar\ql\s28\sl480\slmult1\itap0{\s28\f0\fs22\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\abinodiroverride\ltrch United States. House and Senate. }{\s28\f0\fs22\ul\lang1033{\*\listtag0}Digital Millennium Copyright Act.}{\s28\f0\fs22\lang1033{\*\listtag0} 14 May \tab 1998. \tab 22 Dec. 2004. <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgibin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.EN}{\s28\f0\fs24\lang1033{\*\listtag0}R:>}{\s28\f0\fs22\lang1033{\*\listtag0}\par}
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