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Top Copyright Official Attacks Google Book Settlement

nytimes.com
Sep. 10, 2009
Marybeth Peters, the Register of Copyrights, made a blistering attack against a controversial legal settlement that would allow Google to create a massive online library and bookstore.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler