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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (143679)	7/11/2002 8:34:36 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

<<Thursday, July 11, 2002 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES The Department of Canadian Heritage has decided that Amazon.ca, owned by Seattle-based retailing giant Amazon.com, isn't breaking rules that govern the Canadian bookselling and publishing industry. Yesterday's ruling will likely disappoint those in the publishing industry who complained about Amazon opening online bookselling operations in Canada, where government regulations require Canadians to control any company that distributes, publishes or sells books in Canada. Amazon sidestepped the Canadian ownership restriction by creating Amazon.ca, which was launched June 25, as a U.S. company with no employees or place of business in Canada.>> seattlepi.nwsource.com