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Canadian Library Association (CLA) moves open access 137 Congressional panel favors access to publicly funded research 137 Google scan plan expands, gaining 12 Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) libraries 137 Balancing author and publisher rights 138 Microsoft adds copyrighted books to online library 138 Elsevier ditches arms trade 138 Bush administration pushes for stronger copyright protection, enforcement 139 Response of the presidents of Canada’s three granting agencies to the Government of Canada’s announcement on the new science and technology strategy 139

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  • Response of the presidents of Canada’s three granting agencies to the Government of Canada’s announcement on the new science and technology strategy

  • Google and the 12 universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) have announced that they have entered into an agreement to digitize up to 10 million bound volumes

  • In a flurry of activity, the Bush administration proposed unprecedented changes to copyright enforcement laws, key entertainment industry groups and companies partnered to fight for stronger intellectual property (IP) rights, and a bipartisan congressional panel named and shamed five countries, including Canada, for uncontrolled piracy

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Response of the presidents of Canada’s three granting agencies to the Government of Canada’s announcement on the new science and technology strategy. Microsoft adds copyrighted books to online library New open-access medical journal, offshoot of CMAJ firing fight, is launched

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