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Australia's porn industry challenges film ratings (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Australia's porn industry began a court challenge to the country's film ratings on Thursday in a test case which family groups said could lead to explicit sex movies being sold openly in shops and petrol stations.

Australia tackling defense industry needs (UPI) - Australia plans a major project to boost the capabilities of its own defense industry.

Crowd drills railroad commissioner about drilling at gas industry forum (The Daily Sentinel) - A crowd of 120 packed a room in the Nacogdoches County Courthouse Annex Thursday afternoon to question Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams about the natural gas drilling industry's effect on the county.

Music Industry Takes Anti-Piracy Effort to Campus (NPR) - The Recording Industry Association of America is asking 13 universities to help identify students who might be illegally sharing copyrighted music. The RIAA says it will be suing many more students in the future.

Recording industry urges students to stop downloads (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The U.S. recording industry on Wednesday stepped up efforts to stop college students from downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to settle the disputes out of court.

Power Opportunities: Plug Into the Electric Utility Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Erik Dellith submits: A private equity group will pay almost $32 billion to buy Texas power giant TXU Corp. in the largest leveraged buyout in history. Individual investors don't usually have that kind of money but you don't need that much to plug into opportunities in the electric utility industry.

The Future of the CAD/PLM Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Sramana Mitra submits: I wrote a number of articles about the CAD / PLM industry over the last few weeks, especially bringing them in the context of the Extended Enterprise trend. In Eye on the CAD/PLM Market and SaaS: PLM and The Extended Enterprise, I discussed some of the recent changes in the PLM landscape [... ]

Industry Pressure on Music Piracy (New York Times) - The recording industry?s trade group will give hundreds of college students a chance to reach settlements before being sued for copyright infringement.

Music industry group targets students (AP via Yahoo! News) - The recording industry said Wednesday it was amplifying its legal offensive against online piracy on college campuses by sending hundreds of letters warning students they will be sued if they don't accept settlement offers.

Dairy Industry Awards in 2007; Experienced Team at Helm of Inaugural Dairy Awards (RedNova) - THE inaugural New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are benefiting from a highly experienced management team along with committed and competent regional convenors.