Sun, 25 November 2007 It seems like copyright news in the USA was slow during Thanksgiving
week. Not so in other parts of the world.
France threatens to terminate your Internet access (for life?) if you
are found pirating online. IFPI corporate email leaked. MediaDefender
reports $825k loss from leak. Will comic industry form copyright
alliance? Do we literally rack up over $12M per day in copyright
violations? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 18 November 2007 Warner music begs Steve Jobs for forgiveness. Hungary bust results in
100 torrent servers. Canadian Mounties stop targeting personal pirates.
Copy machine lawsuit worth $10M. O.J. Simpson is accused of plagiarism
(among other things). Producer thanks pirates for steeling his film. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 November 2007 Senators want to remove the RIAA middleman and form civil FBI copyright
enforcement agency. PirateBay in more legal trouble. VIP uploader,
aXXo, leaves PirateBay. Demonoid.com down due to CRIA hosting threads.
Radiohead disputes Comscore results. Prince sues fans. MLB's new DRM
leaves consumers holding the bag. Last.fm now fingerprinting. Clickster
hasn't a legal clue. Heard of the SLPTO (Second LIfe Patent and Trade
Office)? Sounds like Numly in space :) Show Notes Comments[0] |
Fri, 9 November 2007 Harry Potter fan site in trouble for producing derivative works. Jerry
Seinfeld's wife accused of plagiarizing children's healthy cookbook.
Zero Punctuation gets Zero respect. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 28 October 2007 Before the web, there was UseNet. So why is it illegal all of a sudden? Could it be that UseNet.com gave it a browser interface? Google releases content id tool but viacom and others are still not happy. What next? - Facial recognition in videos? The pirates want their IFPI.com and Morpheus asked to replicate content id techniques such as google's new technology. Perez Hilton in trouble again - this time for posting Britney clips before being released. Law firm prohibits "view source" on Web page. Show Notes Comments[0] |
