Sun, 30 December 2007 IFPI has a set of brass knuckles and they are not afraid to use them.
Yahoo China gets sued over new Chinese copyright laws. Antigua wins the
right to pirate. Sony is last label standing with DRM. Walmart abandons
online video downloads. Pyramids and mannequins are copyrightable.
Tiffany sent eBay 135,000 takedown notices in 2007. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Fri, 21 December 2007 Happy holidays! Jonathan Bailey and I recorded one early this week for
you. Here are a few of the stories covered for you on the show:
TorrentSpy destroys evidence - New Bubble 2.0 video without Lane's
photo - Perez Hilton banned from youtube - Microsoft includes school's
document in conference materials - Songza is so wrongza - Simpson
parody/fair use test - Creative Commons Plus - copyright image
infringement trick - source code included does not mean open source -
copyright laws may be getting tougher - 2007 the year that broke the
labels. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 16 December 2007 DOJ gets backlash on Copyright Czar bill. RIAA wants you to repurchase
music for every device that you listen to it on - Ripping CDs is
illegal. Will this hold true to ebooks and the Kindle? Canadian DMCA on
hold due to petition. GrayZone goofs up on DMCA takedown notice. TV
shows want to count bittorrents in neilson ratings. Movable Type goes
open source - I thought it was already :) Bubble 2.0 viral video upsets
image copyright holder. Charity forced to pay copyright fees. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 9 December 2007 PRO IP bill and WHIPER position proposed. DOJ determines $9K per song
to be constitutional. MPAA violates GPL with University Tool. Brein
smells the blood of other torrent sites. DRM storage devices? You heard
it here first - ISP fees for unlimited music. Somebody's Gonna Feel
This - and it's not Kid Rock. Scissors violate DMCA? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 December 2007 Record label sales ran away with Grandma and the reindeer. Universal
CEO once called iPod users thieves now he needs to figure out how to
sell music in the new digital age - btw - so does Warner. Canada's DCMA
too strict? Torrents are bad business models. MPAA University Toolkit
is wrong on sooo many levels. Tiffany wants eBay to fight fakes. Show Notes Comments[0] |
