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University to challenge copyright laws

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University to challenge copyright laws

By Declan McCullagh

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

September 4, 2002, 4:33 PM PT

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Duke University's law school has received an anonymous $1 million gift to fund advocacy and research aimed at curtailing the recent expansion of copyright law.

The school, which plans to announce the gift at a conference in Washington on Thursday, is using the money to fund a center focused on finding "the correct balance" between intellectual property rights and material that should be in the public domain.

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