-"For an excellent summary, see the report prepared by GartnerG2 and the "
-"Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, "
-"<quote>Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster World,</quote> 27 June "
-"2003, available at <ulink url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #33</"
-"ulink>. Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.) "
-"have introduced a bill that would treat unauthorized on-line copying as a "
-"felony offense with punishments ranging as high as five years imprisonment; "
-"see Jon Healey, <quote>House Bill Aims to Up Stakes on Piracy,</quote> "
-"<citetitle>Los Angeles Times</citetitle>, 17 July 2003, available at <ulink "
-"url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #34</ulink>. Civil penalties are "
-"currently set at $150,000 per copied song. For a recent (and unsuccessful) "
-"legal challenge to the RIAA's demand that an ISP reveal the identity of a "
-"user accused of sharing more than 600 songs through a family computer, see "
-"<citetitle>RIAA</citetitle> v. <citetitle>Verizon Internet Services (In re. "
-"Verizon Internet Services)</citetitle>, 240 F. Supp. 2d 24 (D.D.C. 2003). "
-"Such a user could face liability ranging as high as $90 million. Such "
-"astronomical figures furnish the RIAA with a powerful arsenal in its "
-"prosecution of file sharers. Settlements ranging from $12,000 to $17,500 for "
-"four students accused of heavy file sharing on university networks must have "
-"seemed a mere pittance next to the $98 billion the RIAA could seek should "
-"the matter proceed to court. See Elizabeth Young, <quote>Downloading Could "
-"Lead to Fines,</quote> redandblack.com, August 2003, available at <ulink url="
-"\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #35</ulink>. For an example of the "
-"RIAA's targeting of student file sharing, and of the subpoenas issued to "
-"universities to reveal student file-sharer identities, see James Collins, "
-"<quote>RIAA Steps Up Bid to Force BC, MIT to Name Students,</quote> "
-"<citetitle>Boston Globe</citetitle>, 8 August 2003, D3, available at <ulink "
-"url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #36</ulink>. <placeholder type="
-"\"indexterm\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"indexterm\" id=\"1\"/>"
+"<placeholder type=\"indexterm\" id=\"0\"/> For an excellent summary, see the "
+"report prepared by GartnerG2 and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society "
+"at Harvard Law School, <quote>Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster "
+"World,</quote> 27 June 2003, available at <ulink url=\"http://free-culture."
+"cc/notes/\">link #33</ulink>. Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard L. "
+"Berman (D-Calif.) have introduced a bill that would treat unauthorized on-"
+"line copying as a felony offense with punishments ranging as high as five "
+"years imprisonment; see Jon Healey, <quote>House Bill Aims to Up Stakes on "
+"Piracy,</quote> <citetitle>Los Angeles Times</citetitle>, 17 July 2003, "
+"available at <ulink url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #34</ulink>. "
+"Civil penalties are currently set at $150,000 per copied song. For a recent "
+"(and unsuccessful) legal challenge to the RIAA's demand that an ISP reveal "
+"the identity of a user accused of sharing more than 600 songs through a "
+"family computer, see <citetitle>RIAA</citetitle> v. <citetitle>Verizon "
+"Internet Services (In re. Verizon Internet Services)</citetitle>, 240 F. "
+"Supp. 2d 24 (D.D.C. 2003). Such a user could face liability ranging as high "
+"as $90 million. Such astronomical figures furnish the RIAA with a powerful "
+"arsenal in its prosecution of file sharers. Settlements ranging from $12,000 "
+"to $17,500 for four students accused of heavy file sharing on university "
+"networks must have seemed a mere pittance next to the $98 billion the RIAA "
+"could seek should the matter proceed to court. See Elizabeth Young, "
+"<quote>Downloading Could Lead to Fines,</quote> redandblack.com, August "
+"2003, available at <ulink url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #35</"
+"ulink>. For an example of the RIAA's targeting of student file sharing, and "
+"of the subpoenas issued to universities to reveal student file-sharer "
+"identities, see James Collins, <quote>RIAA Steps Up Bid to Force BC, MIT to "
+"Name Students,</quote> <citetitle>Boston Globe</citetitle>, 8 August 2003, "
+"D3, available at <ulink url=\"http://free-culture.cc/notes/\">link #36</"
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