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|  | File sharing to get its day in High Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month on whether the file-sharing site Grokster should be liable for the financial losses of copyright holders whose work is illegally distributed through the site. At issue, in part, is a 1984 Supreme Court decision protecting Sony from copyright infringement damages arising from the illegal use of its Betamax video recorder, on the grounds that the product had legitimate uses. The Washington Post (2/21)
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| | Qwest poised for second run at MCI
Qwest Communications this week is expected to submit a revised bid for MCI. Some MCI shareholders are said to be warming to Qwest, but there still are some concerns about Qwest's financial position. NYTimes.com (2/22), The Wall Street Journal (2/22)
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| | Washington, D.C., area loses status as telecom hotbed
After a prosperous run in the late '90s, many Washington, D.C.-area telcos are struggling just to stay afloat. A good number of the region's telcos were victims of government regulations that encouraged companies to invest heavily in fiber-optic networks, according to Scott C. Cleland, an analyst with the Precursor Group. The Washington Post (2/22)
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| | BT shifts focus to VoIP
BT executive Paul Reynolds outlined the company's plans to migrate from multiple voice and data networks to a single all-IP network. The biggest factors associated with the move are cost and competition, Reynolds said. Light Reading (2/21)
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| | Editorial: Mergers reflect shift in telecom market
The recent wave of big telecom deals signals the end of the "Al Gore-Reed Hundt 'managed competition' model for telecommunications," according to The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal (2/22)
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| | Sendo first out of gates with music-playing phone
British mobile phone company Sendo was the only company to showcase a music-playing handset at last week's 3GSM show in Cannes, France. Some of the industry's bigger names including Motorola and Nokia said they plan to unveil their models soon. Yahoo!/Reuters (2/21)
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| | Technology, competition put spotlight on USF
Major technological changes are placing new strains on the nation's Universal Service Fund. The debate over whether to revise the USF model is expected to heat up in coming months as lawmakers mull possible changes to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Wall Street Journal (2/22)
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