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China's Cultural Censorship System and Its Influence on Copyright Protection at 7 Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 74 (April 2017). Tianxiang He, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, has published Control or Promote? Here is the abstract MORE
This billboard in Donguan, China encourages people not to sell pirated goods. On January 26, the USTR announced an “important victory&# in the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution panel regarding China’s compliance with the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Counterfeiting and piracy are obviously huge concerns in China. case against China in respect to these issues, it was a bit of an uphill battle. MORE
China Pressured on Dissidents to Currency as Global Role Mounts - Bloomberg China was subjected to an onslaught of international criticism on policies ranging from human rights to currency reform as it was pressed this week to live up to its burgeoning superpower status and show greater social and financial responsibility. trade official with responsibility for China. MORE
Supporters Back Strike at Newspaper in China - NYTimes.com MORE
From the New York Times: a discussion of the way in which Hollywood accommodates the censorship requirements of China's government in order to get US movies before that country's viewers MORE
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news MORE
Local box office smash "Lost in Thailand" also drew a record-breaking copyright lawsuit -- the lack of clear IP laws and experienced attorneys could pose new issues for growth. read more. Home International Movies THR, Esq. Asia Business MORE
" BERLIN — Many people around the world may just now be learning that around a million Uighur Muslims and other minorities have been locked up in extrajudicial internment camps in the region of Xinjiang, in western China. The Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has a joint venture with China Unicom that appears to use big data for tracking people. But China’s desire for investment gives foreign companies with ties in the region — and European governments — real power. MORE
Entertainment law news this morning: Google's top lawyer David Drummond says the company may shut down its service in China if the country doesn't allow it to run an unfiltered search engine. Drummond describes a significant intellectual property theft where. MORE
This society may seem dystopian, but it isn’t farfetched: It may be China in a few years. Harnessing advances in artificial intelligence and data mining and storage to construct detailed profiles on all citizens, China’s communist party-state is developing a “citizen score” to incentivize “good” behavior. According to Freedom House, China’s level of internet freedom is already the worst on the planet. Moreover, what emerges in China will not stay in China. MORE
Jyh-An Lee, National Chengchi University, and Ching-Yi Lee have published Forbidden City Enclosed by the Great Firewall: The Law and Power of Internet Filtering in China in volume 13 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2012). MORE
Google Penetrated China's Firewall for 102 Minutes "After parting ways with The People's Republic Of China a few years back, Google saw their services replaced by local elements such as Baidu and WeChat, even as their market share grew globally, for the most part. This means that any IP address in mainland China cannot access Google's services without going through a virtual private network. MORE
A pseudonymous reporter for the New York Times gives us a glimpse of a debate over press restrictions in China MORE
which is the biggest foreign lobbyist according to Open Secrets: And to the People’s Republic of China U.S. As Susan Crawford tells us : I was brought up and trained in the Internet Age by people who really believed that nation states were on the verge of crumbling…and we could geek around it. We could avoid it. These people were irrelevant. It’s rather stark when you see it. MORE
at 208 China Quarterly 833 (2011). Benjamin L. Liebman, Columbia University Law School, has published The Media and the Courts: Towards Competitive Supervision? Here is the abstract. Scholarship on Chinese governance has examined a range of factors that help to MORE
"WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University ’s physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed like a damning piece of evidence: schematics of sophisticated laboratory equipment sent by the professor, Xi Xiaoxing, to scientists in China MORE
48 There’s an easy answer to why TikTok has been banned in so many places and may well yet get banned in the US: China’s “ National Intelligence Law. ” China’s National Intelligence Law was enacted on June 27, 2017 and came into effect in July 2017. The statute is an actual legal requirement for all Chinese companies and citizens to cooperate with China’s massive intelligence agencies. MORE
A preference for sons in China, India and South Korea combined with easy access to sex-selective abortions has led to a significant imbalance between the number of males and females born in these countries. In 2005 in China, "it was estimated that 1.1 In China, 94% of unmarried people aged 28 to 49 are male, 97% of whom have not completed high school, and there are worries the inability to marry will result in psychological issues and possibly increased violence and crime. MORE
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said. MORE
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said. MORE
Google is trying to hide behind a human rights spin--according to Google, China broke into Google's data centers to collect information about human rights activitists. But wait--the Chinese intelligence service needs to ask a US company for information to bust enemies of the state--for a bust in China. China was trying to spy on us all! MORE
Anne Sy Cheung, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, has published Exercising Freedom of Speech Behind the Great Firewall: A Study of Judges' and Lawyers' Blogs in China at 52 Harvard International Law Journal Online (np) 2011). Here is MORE
Types of Payments that May Constitute a Bribe Articles 385, 386, 388, 389 and 390 of China's Criminal Law prohibit payments of "money or property" to public officials for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits, or public officials from accepting such payments. China's Supreme Court And Supreme Procuratorate Issue Interpretation On Bribery Laws - Criminal Law - China MORE
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news MORE
Das Films claims Bliss Media breached their deal and lied about abandoning the film to cover it up. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Asia International MORE
Japan PM calls for release of Chinese Nobel laureate - The China Post Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called Thursday for the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo , who won the Nobel Peace Prize last week. Japan-China relations are getting back to the basics of a mutually beneficial strategic partnership which I confirmed with President Hu Jintao in June" when Kan took office, he added. More. __ The China Post is Taiwan's leading English language newspaper. MORE
After much speculation that it would pull out of China entirely, Google elected last week to lob the ball into China’s court. Drummond stated that although “the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement,&# he believes this decision to stop censoring search results is “entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China.&#. MORE
China’s Obsession With Stability Can Come at the Cost of Laws - NYTimes.com MORE
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one. MORE
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one. MORE
China leaders face increased pressure for freedom of speech - Telegraph China's leaders faced fresh calls for freedom of speech on Friday after group of 100 scholars, journalists and lawyers published an open letter demanding the release of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. The latest open letter is part of renewed turbulent debate in China about whether the current regime of draconian censorship implemented by a ruling party can provide a sustainable future for China. MORE
As far as intellectual property is concerned, China typically receives attention for rampant piracy of copyrighted goods like movies and music. Does China have the equivalent of "rights of publicity" or the Lanham Act, both statutes designed to prevent anybody here in the U.S. In fairness to China, these sort of disputes erupt all the time here in the States. By Eriq Gardner. MORE
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued new restrictions on foreign correspondents and their ability to accurately and independently report news from their homeland–the fast-growing, emerging power that is China. about] China’s history, culture and reforms.&#. China took long strides toward increasing basic civil liberties and the protection of human rights before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. MORE
Remember when China’s Xinhua News Agency debuted its first AI news presenter modeled after real Xinhua anchor Zhang Zhao (taking “fake news” to a whole new level)? Not to be outdone, Amazon has taken fake presenters to a whole new level–fake endorsers! No more celebrity endorsers with their inflated fees for endorsing products they may or may not care about. Oh, no. Amazon goes all the way to fake on a one way trip to Minority Report -land. MORE
Chris Castle : A must read for today’s Anti Piracy Caucus Press Conference from David Lowery writing from China! Originally posted on The Trichordist : I’m in China for the next two weeks performing and doing a series of IP and Music Industry events. I will be occasionally updating readers on my activities. . Congress Should Ask Digital Music Services Why They Don’t Go After Ad Supported Piracy. MORE
DeVoy In response to new regulations requiring domain name registrants to supply the Chinese government with extensive personal information, including photographs, GoDaddy.com has announced its intention to stop doing business in China. Since 2000, GoDaddy has been one of the leading domain name registrants in the United States, but may be best known for [.]. MORE
DeVoy In China, you must visit your aged parents “often” – a term intentionally bereft of definition – or they may sue you. Source. Elderly Chinese parents, feeling ignored or neglected by their children, may now sue their spawn if they feel they do not receive enough attention. Depending on how the law […]. MORE
We’re honored to have Kerry Muzzey back again to tell his story of how one composer is working with music detection services and his US PRO to catch thousands of unlicensed uses in China and elsewhere. It ’ s about my dramas with China, and it ’ s about why you should be using detection services to track your music on YouTube and on TV. The Basics: CCTV is China Central Television: it’s a massive network in China with 50 networks under its umbrella. By Kerry Muzzey. [We’re MORE
China Expels Al Jazeera English-Language Channel - NYTimes.com MORE
Lee, Florida State University College of Law, has published Media Products as Law: The Mass Media as Enforcers and Sources of Law in China. In the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), the texts of Tahirih V. Here is the abstract. MORE
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JULY 10, 2020
There’s an easy answer to why TikTok has been banned in so many places and may well yet get banned in the US: China’s “ National Intelligence Law. ” China’s National Intelligence Law was enacted on June 27, 2017 and came into effect in July 2017. The statute is an actual legal requirement for all Chinese companies and citizens to cooperate with China’s massive intelligence agencies.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 13, 2020
We’re honored to have Kerry Muzzey back again to tell his story of how one composer is working with music detection services and his US PRO to catch thousands of unlicensed uses in China and elsewhere. It ’ s about my dramas with China, and it ’ s about why you should be using detection services to track your music on YouTube and on TV. The Basics: CCTV is China Central Television: it’s a massive network in China with 50 networks under its umbrella. By Kerry Muzzey. [We’re
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MARCH 29, 2010
After much speculation that it would pull out of China entirely, Google elected last week to lob the ball into China’s court. Drummond stated that although “the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement,&# he believes this decision to stop censoring search results is “entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China.&#.
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 23, 2012
Jyh-An Lee, National Chengchi University, and Ching-Yi Lee have published Forbidden City Enclosed by the Great Firewall: The Law and Power of Internet Filtering in China in volume 13 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2012).
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 15, 2013
A pseudonymous reporter for the New York Times gives us a glimpse of a debate over press restrictions in China
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JULY 27, 2020
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012
at 208 China Quarterly 833 (2011). Benjamin L. Liebman, Columbia University Law School, has published The Media and the Courts: Towards Competitive Supervision? Here is the abstract. Scholarship on Chinese governance has examined a range of factors that help to
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
Google Penetrated China's Firewall for 102 Minutes "After parting ways with The People's Republic Of China a few years back, Google saw their services replaced by local elements such as Baidu and WeChat, even as their market share grew globally, for the most part. This means that any IP address in mainland China cannot access Google's services without going through a virtual private network.
The Legal Satyricon
JULY 1, 2013
DeVoy In China, you must visit your aged parents “often” – a term intentionally bereft of definition – or they may sue you. Source. Elderly Chinese parents, feeling ignored or neglected by their children, may now sue their spawn if they feel they do not receive enough attention. Depending on how the law […].
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 25, 2011
Anne Sy Cheung, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, has published Exercising Freedom of Speech Behind the Great Firewall: A Study of Judges' and Lawyers' Blogs in China at 52 Harvard International Law Journal Online (np) 2011). Here is
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 7, 2017
China's Cultural Censorship System and Its Influence on Copyright Protection at 7 Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 74 (April 2017). Tianxiang He, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, has published Control or Promote? Here is the abstract
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 28, 2010
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2010
China leaders face increased pressure for freedom of speech - Telegraph China's leaders faced fresh calls for freedom of speech on Friday after group of 100 scholars, journalists and lawyers published an open letter demanding the release of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. The latest open letter is part of renewed turbulent debate in China about whether the current regime of draconian censorship implemented by a ruling party can provide a sustainable future for China.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JANUARY 7, 2013
Supporters Back Strike at Newspaper in China - NYTimes.com
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 7, 2012
China Expels Al Jazeera English-Language Channel - NYTimes.com
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APRIL 9, 2020
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said.
JetLawBlog
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
This billboard in Donguan, China encourages people not to sell pirated goods. On January 26, the USTR announced an “important victory&# in the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution panel regarding China’s compliance with the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Counterfeiting and piracy are obviously huge concerns in China. case against China in respect to these issues, it was a bit of an uphill battle.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
"WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University ’s physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed like a damning piece of evidence: schematics of sophisticated laboratory equipment sent by the professor, Xi Xiaoxing, to scientists in China
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
AUGUST 6, 2017
China leaving US behind to lead on green energy jobs, ambition | MSNBC
The Legal Satyricon
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 10, 2016
Types of Payments that May Constitute a Bribe Articles 385, 386, 388, 389 and 390 of China's Criminal Law prohibit payments of "money or property" to public officials for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits, or public officials from accepting such payments. China's Supreme Court And Supreme Procuratorate Issue Interpretation On Bribery Laws - Criminal Law - China
JetLawBlog
MARCH 25, 2009
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued new restrictions on foreign correspondents and their ability to accurately and independently report news from their homeland–the fast-growing, emerging power that is China. about] China’s history, culture and reforms.&#. China took long strides toward increasing basic civil liberties and the protection of human rights before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 21, 2013
Local box office smash "Lost in Thailand" also drew a record-breaking copyright lawsuit -- the lack of clear IP laws and experienced attorneys could pose new issues for growth. read more. Home International Movies THR, Esq. Asia Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 11, 2009
As far as intellectual property is concerned, China typically receives attention for rampant piracy of copyrighted goods like movies and music. Does China have the equivalent of "rights of publicity" or the Lanham Act, both statutes designed to prevent anybody here in the U.S. In fairness to China, these sort of disputes erupt all the time here in the States. By Eriq Gardner.
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Remember when China’s Xinhua News Agency debuted its first AI news presenter modeled after real Xinhua anchor Zhang Zhao (taking “fake news” to a whole new level)? Not to be outdone, Amazon has taken fake presenters to a whole new level–fake endorsers! No more celebrity endorsers with their inflated fees for endorsing products they may or may not care about. Oh, no. Amazon goes all the way to fake on a one way trip to Minority Report -land.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
This society may seem dystopian, but it isn’t farfetched: It may be China in a few years. Harnessing advances in artificial intelligence and data mining and storage to construct detailed profiles on all citizens, China’s communist party-state is developing a “citizen score” to incentivize “good” behavior. According to Freedom House, China’s level of internet freedom is already the worst on the planet. Moreover, what emerges in China will not stay in China.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 24, 2019
which is the biggest foreign lobbyist according to Open Secrets: And to the People’s Republic of China U.S. As Susan Crawford tells us : I was brought up and trained in the Internet Age by people who really believed that nation states were on the verge of crumbling…and we could geek around it. We could avoid it. These people were irrelevant. It’s rather stark when you see it.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 11, 2012
North Korean women sold into 'slavery' in China - CSMonitor.com
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 24, 2011
Lee, Florida State University College of Law, has published Media Products as Law: The Mass Media as Enforcers and Sources of Law in China. In the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), the texts of Tahirih V. Here is the abstract.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
AUGUST 21, 2019
" BERLIN — Many people around the world may just now be learning that around a million Uighur Muslims and other minorities have been locked up in extrajudicial internment camps in the region of Xinjiang, in western China. The Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has a joint venture with China Unicom that appears to use big data for tracking people. But China’s desire for investment gives foreign companies with ties in the region — and European governments — real power.
The Legal Satyricon
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 28, 2010
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Das Films claims Bliss Media breached their deal and lied about abandoning the film to cover it up. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Asia International
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said.
The Legal Satyricon
MARCH 24, 2010
DeVoy In response to new regulations requiring domain name registrants to supply the Chinese government with extensive personal information, including photographs, GoDaddy.com has announced its intention to stop doing business in China. Since 2000, GoDaddy has been one of the leading domain name registrants in the United States, but may be best known for [.].
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2010
Japan PM calls for release of Chinese Nobel laureate - The China Post Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called Thursday for the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo , who won the Nobel Peace Prize last week. Japan-China relations are getting back to the basics of a mutually beneficial strategic partnership which I confirmed with President Hu Jintao in June" when Kan took office, he added. More. __ The China Post is Taiwan's leading English language newspaper.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 15, 2010
Google is trying to hide behind a human rights spin--according to Google, China broke into Google's data centers to collect information about human rights activitists. But wait--the Chinese intelligence service needs to ask a US company for information to bust enemies of the state--for a bust in China. China was trying to spy on us all!
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 13, 2010
Entertainment law news this morning: Google's top lawyer David Drummond says the company may shut down its service in China if the country doesn't allow it to run an unfiltered search engine. Drummond describes a significant intellectual property theft where.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MARCH 18, 2011
A preference for sons in China, India and South Korea combined with easy access to sex-selective abortions has led to a significant imbalance between the number of males and females born in these countries. In 2005 in China, "it was estimated that 1.1 In China, 94% of unmarried people aged 28 to 49 are male, 97% of whom have not completed high school, and there are worries the inability to marry will result in psychological issues and possibly increased violence and crime.
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 24, 2014
Chris Castle : A must read for today’s Anti Piracy Caucus Press Conference from David Lowery writing from China! Originally posted on The Trichordist : I’m in China for the next two weeks performing and doing a series of IP and Music Industry events. I will be occasionally updating readers on my activities. . Congress Should Ask Digital Music Services Why They Don’t Go After Ad Supported Piracy.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2010
China Pressured on Dissidents to Currency as Global Role Mounts - Bloomberg China was subjected to an onslaught of international criticism on policies ranging from human rights to currency reform as it was pressed this week to live up to its burgeoning superpower status and show greater social and financial responsibility. trade official with responsibility for China.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 14, 2012
China’s Obsession With Stability Can Come at the Cost of Laws - NYTimes.com
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