Sun, 23 November 2008 French record labels sue Sourceforge and Soulseek. RIAA has a win in Tennessee, but loses at Duke. Movie studios sue an Australian ISP. Hall and Oats sue their label. Wal-Mart Upset over Black Friday ads. Dead Rising and the Coupon Hacker win their lawsuits. Guns and Roses ploader pleads guilty. Google's books canning deal tentatively approved. Psystar's claims against Apple are tossed. Apple adds DRM to Macbooks. MCSC and Baidu move to settle. Torrent Valley Raided. Calgary man convicted for camming Sweeny Todd. Anti-piracy group wants personal information "on demand". Little Big Planet feels earthly copyright woes. Toyota admits its wrong over wallpaper case. Disney fights their own company in China. Monty Python makes formal appearance on YouTube. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 9 November 2008 MTV and Viacom explore ways to profit from piracy. Anti-piracy warrior killed in Thailand. Big Copyright lobbying Obama already. Three strikes goes 1 and 1. Music industry counter-attacks in South Africa. Harvard says "No Thanks" to book scanning deal. Weird Al spills the beans on censorship. Lifecasting becomes a copyright issue. The Boy Scouts become piracy fighters. John Cena sued over theme song. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 November 2008 Google settles book-scanning suit. Redbox video rentals sues Universal Studios for antitrust. BayTSP to handover viacom records to youtube. Facebook trolling videos for DMCA. Another teen to pay RIAA. Lawyers are forced to drop suits over wireless defenses. Harvard professor claims RIAA is acting unconstitionaly. MTV to play music videos again on MTVMusic.com. LimeWire signs Lewis Black. Super ANti-Piracy Coalition formed in UK. DMCA 10 years old and the reason for Web 2.0 success. MTV bleeps Weird Al's videos. Show Notes |
Sun, 26 October 2008 Chris Matthieu and Jonathan Bailey cover copyright issues for the week including: Yahoo caching issues, Psystar/Apple lawsuit, Vivid vs. Pornotube, Guns and Roses pirate pleads not guilty, Sweden introduces anti-piracy ISP laws, IFPI wins Danish suit for 160k kroners, Japanese mobile piracy bust, EA sued over UNLV fight song, P2P and colleges, Lala introduces cool new business model - we likey, TPB tricks anti-pirates, Record label infringes own copyright. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 19 October 2008 Judge upholds temp ban on RealDVD. Textbook torrent turns final page. DDoS on Norbits. Walmarts keeps DRM running. Is piracy killing the PC? EA second hand sales is a critical situation. Foo Fighters are fed up. Fox sends cease and desist to McCain. Green party upsets copyright collective. News site criticized for linking to TPB. New DMCA exemptions? WSJ in defense of piracy? Wipeout is sued for copyright infringement. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 Judge upholds temp ban on RealDVD. Textbook torrent turns final page. DDoS on Norbits. Walmarts keeps DRM running. Is piracy killing the PC? EA second hand sales is a critical situation. Foo Fighters are fed up. Fox sends cease and desist to McCain. Green party upsets copyright collective. News site criticized for linking to TPB. New DMCA exemptions? WSJ in defense of piracy? Wipeout is sued for copyright infringement. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 October 2008 Orphan works bill doesn't pass the House. Copyright royalties board threatens rate hike - iTune threatens to shut down - rate hike canceled. Scrabulous game okay under new name. Secret ACTA treaty update. MPAA sues RealNetworks and calls RealDVD the StealDVD. Apple countersues Psystars countersuit. Blizzard wins $6m from bot maker. EMI vs. MP3Tunes. Slacker Uprising not free outside of USA and Canada - What? Judge forces UofO to turn over IP records. Norway asking for Apple's DRM algorithm. Cox disconnects pirates. More trouble for TPB. DRM is bad for the planet. Lessig's Free Culture gets DRM'd by Amazon. 'Saw' director seeks Repo Army armed with RickRoll videos. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 28 September 2008 Jammy Thomas case ruling overturned on appeal - retrial. RIAA hypocritical on KAZAA settlement. EU Parliament says NO to 3 strike ISP rule. Senate passes 2 copyright-related bills in economic hard times. Pirate Bay wins Italian ISP block lift. Muxtape story and new beginning. EA Spore class action law suit. Pirate City formed for videos. Uganda being sued for pirating their national anthem? Textbook sales down - could it be due to torrents? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 21 September 2008 Chris Matthieu and Jonathan Bailey cover a Vexatious Litigator, Nexicon's plot, Google's Docs copyright fumble, Warez sentencing, lexicons, 3M post-it note video gone wrong, and video game issues. Oh, and a cool SouthPark clip! Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 September 2008 Rowling wins suit against Lexicon fan. Spore DRM stinks. Massive Scientology take down. McCain take down. YouTube partners with Nexicon. Spielberg sued over Disturbia rights. Sportsline sues NFLPlayers.com. RealNetworks launches DVD copier software. OiNK uploaders charged with infringement. NBC kisses godfather's ring again. MGA unwilling to share Bratz with anyone ever. TPB says no comment. Metallica thanks YouTubers. Chinese police steal Microsoft logo. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 7 September 2008 Guess which law you broke in California - because you can't download it or access it online for free. You can buy law publications for $220 though. Canadian DMCA fails to pass. Comcast sues FCC over jurisdiction. ISOHunt countersues CRIA and wants to prove torrents are legal. Beware of copyright phishers soliciting on telephones. Heart is upset over Republican conference using Baracuda song without permission. Michael Moore to release new documentary, Slacker Uprising, free on internet. Metallica welcomes album leak online? Warez pirate gets 3 years probation with no fines. AZ P2P sharer to pay $41k in fines. Google chrome EULA was scary. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Mon, 1 September 2008 Mattel wins $100M over Bratz copyright but judgment still out whether MGA can continue sale of dolls. Flash transcoding ruled not a crime. Guns and Roses track leaks. Latvia torrent (File.lv) bytes the dust. TPB court delays. Psystar, Mac clone, countersues. RIAA wins after different verdict due to evidence tampering. Scrabulous and now Tetris? Open Market is DRM's last chance. OpenTape.fm picks up where MuxTape.com left off. Mad Men and Twitter. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 24 August 2008 Review fair use before filing DMCA. ISP copyright police moving to US.
Pandora's last stand? Muxtape shut down. Game makers blitz infringers
in UK. Mickey Mouse copyright hole? Wordpress theme warfare. Mattel
seeks $2B from MGA Bratz. TPB appeals IFPI in Italy. 3 year old KaZaA
case settled. Moveover case over. Who owns Watchmen? Velvet Revolver
plagiarizes song. Game stick salesperson gets jail sentence and $400+k
fine. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 17 August 2008 RIAA reverses roles and pays defendant $108k. Creative Commons (CC) gains huge win in US court system. P2P violators not punished in Germany. UK increases copyright penalties 10x. Jackson Browne sues McCain over copyright and false endorsement. Olympic flag flies on YouTube - sort of. Heineken misuses all rights reserved Flickr photos on site. Tiffany's still picking on eBay. Mygazines.com mimics Pirate Bay setup to host copies of online magazines. IFPI hijacks TPB site in Italy. Logistep accidentally publishes their prototype anti-piracy tool Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 August 2008 DVR-as-a-service gets the nod. Montgomery Paper RIP. Craigslist troll
gets sued for posing as girl and posting photos of solicitors. Italy
blocks Pirate Bay. AFACT SOL. Total Music does the zombie tango. Free
music in China. France BO? FCC kills BitTorrent business model - who
knew BitTorrent had a business model. Canadian mag pays $1k for photos.
Tim McGraw plagiarism suit. Swing November? Calacanis DMCA. Mayor turns
in plagiarized thesis paid for by tax payers. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 3 August 2008 Chris Matthieu and Jonathan Bailey record another lively Copyright 2.0 Show episode. College funding bill includes P2P protection. Comcast illegally interferes with broadband. Scrabulus now Wordscraper - sortof. Another YouTube lawsuit $780M. An Italian Pirate Bay - no more. 2 OiNKers released. Black Crowes Accuse Gretchen Wilson of Stealing. Anvato is fast as lightening. Night vision in Black Knight theaters. Yahoo Music does the right thing. BuckCherry makes our wierd story of the week. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 27 July 2008 While Chris and Jonathan stand in line for Czar title, Yahoo Music goes
dark and takes DRM key with it. PRO-IP and PIRATE Acts merge. RedLasso
suspends service. Hasbro sues Scabulous. Ubisoft turns to warez site to
help with snafu. Bratz mistrial? eBay counterfeiter gets 4 years in
prison. Paul Simon sues Japanese clock maker. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 20 July 2008 DMCA ignores fair use? Google/Viacom agree to preserve user privacy. Apple sues Psystar over Mac clones. Blizzard wins bot dispute. SCO to pay Novell $2.5M. EBay wins dispute with Tiffany. Mattel wins over Bratz. German Facebook clone? EU extends musician copyright to 95 years. Avril Lavigne makes $2M from YouTube? Interesting fair use discussion on film photo project. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 13 July 2008 Jonathan Bailey covers the news desk this week as Chris heads on a well-deserved vacation. Meanwhile, Comcast takes a drumming in front of the FCC. Viacom says it doesn't care about your personal information. Last.fm strikes both controversy and praise for its deal to pay unsigned artists. The Pirate Bay Talks network encryption, but is anyone listening? Leaseweb loses to BREIN, forced to surrender information about bittorrent trackers. Orphan Works legislation collides with open source. Getty Images jumps on the Flickr Bandwagon. Devo has a problem with McDonald's and whips it! Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 July 2008 Chris Matthieu covers this week's copyright and plagiarism news on the
Copyright 2.0 Show. YouTube is ordered to handover 12 TB of user logs
to Viacom. UK courts rule against bittorrent users who don't show up.
Courts refect expansion of DMCA in Coupons, inc. case. RIAA wants
filters on ISP pipes. VirginMedia redeems itself by not pressing
charges over IP addresses. RIAA wants to keep making available share
folder unlawful. Textbook torrents? Music stars want to keep EU
Commission in play. Girl Talk sampling - who will be first to sue?
Rhapsody now selling DRM free MP3s. Pirate TV show soon to air.
Garfield minus Garfield gets wink from Jim Davis. Mini Me's sex tape
goes public. Wall-e promotes piracy? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Mon, 30 June 2008 EMI files lawsuit on Hi5 and videoEgg even though companies claim that
DMCA notices are followed and proactive AudibleMagic solution is in
place. MPAA says P2P proof is not required. Final EliteTorrent Admin is
convicted on conspiracy and felony copyright infringement. ISOHunt adds
10,000 CC albums - legitimate use of torrents. eMusic wants to serve
DRM-free videos - do they need a new name? Crytek claims 20 pirated
game copies exist for every 1 sold. Photography wins $12M copyright
verdict! Joss Stone says piracy is brilliant. Spielberg to sell
Dreamworks to pirates? Guns and Roses tracks get leaked. Prince sues
tribute bands. Demonoid blocking additional countries. Naked Cowboys
suing Mars over M&M look-alikes. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Mon, 23 June 2008 While Jonathan is away speaking at a conference in England, Chris &
his wife, Alana, hijack the studio and play Ice Ice Baby.
AP Settles with Drudge Retort. Judge may consider new trial for Jammie
Thomas. France to ban Internet for illegal downloaders. RIAA drops UMG
vs. Lindor. MPAA wants DVRs to stop recording high def movies. Rock
news on Kid Rock, Pearl Jam, Motley Crue, Radiohead, and Kiss.
Sploggers. Can government copyright laws? Digital music sales rising
faster than recording industry would like you know. 12 Myths about the
RIAA. MediaDefender starts P2P. GirlTalk band tries Radiohead model
with a twist - Whatever. Check out the Museum of Intellectual Property. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 15 June 2008 Canadian copyright bill tabled. UK ISP send P2P warning letters. RIAA
walks aware from longstanding case. RIAA wants to shutdown net. RIAA
student settlements cost more by the week. RedLasso to fight. PRO-IP
Act has flaws. Pirate tax funds pirate album. First sale victory.
Metallica wants good reviews to cease. Swedish left party? Trent Reznor
reconsiders success. Steve Jobs' It's a Small World rights? UK police
fight over music lawsuit. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 8 June 2008 PRO-IP Act passes House. U2 Manager slams Hong Kong and China ISPs.
Comcast gets sued over P2P packet resets. 6 Oinkers arrested. Media
Defender DDOSes Revision3. Google gets caught selling ads on illegal
stream. Indiana Jones Fair Use test. Pirate day 5/31? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 1 June 2008 Jonathan flies solo while Chris goes to Railsconf.com. Internal attack
cripples Rev3. Prince covers Radiohead and blocks videos. Metallica
repents? RIAA declares victory on AllOfMP3.com. Police arrest OiNK.
Jury gives Feds first guilty verdict on music piracy. Copyright deal
may hurt ipod. Newspaper sues over linking to them. Finnish court
overturns CSS rule. Fair Use Project against Yoko Ono. Google is right?
Time to rethink copyright? Web 2.0 stars want to do away with
copyrights. Tom, the dancing bug, rules. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 25 May 2008 RedLasso gets cease and desist on copyrighted video clip services.
ShowStash and CinemaTube get $4M slap for linking to pirated films.
BREIN looking to shutdown MiniNova (52nd largest site on the net). ACTA
WTF? Atari encryption chip to protect the world. Andersen shows RIAA a
lesson. MS Media Center doesn't allow recording of blocked NBC shows -
hmmm. First sale victory! Freeconmics doesn't work. Prentice DMCA
deception. Mattel settles Bratz suit with inventor. Hannah Montana
candy infringement? WebSheriff puts TPB on $100M notice. Napster sells
DRM free MP3s. Hello YouTomb. The Zuneral. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Mon, 19 May 2008 Jammie still making news. Beaverton woman beats RIAA. DRM stinks - oh I
mean Vista. Danish copyright censorship proposal revealed. Comcast lies
to FCC. YouTube and Modest Mouse? Pirate Bay now in top 100 most
popular sites. UK piracy declines. Best selling author turns to piracy.
IFPI advises use of limewire or kazaa - huh? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 May 2008 TorrentSpy refuses to pay $111M. PirateBay refuses to pay $15+M.
ISOHunt may soon join the list of torrent search engines refusing to
pay. Torrent.is wins? Piracy is now a public nuisance in LA. Copyright
mediation firms help with the fights. Google refuses to settle Viacom's
lawsuit. Let's all sing Happy Birthday for free! The double life of a
republican party leader - hint it involves piracy. Dr. Who
TechnoLlama's? Chris' mom serves Dr. Who crawfish Etouffee in
Lafayette, LA - bizarre huh? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 4 May 2008 Canada joins Russia and China on Special 301 Report for one of the
worse IP offending countries. $100M against Yahoo, AOL, and
RealNetworks for not paying streaming royalties since 2002. PRO-IP
advances in house. Judge deals blow to RIAA regarding P2P public
folder. Don't paint over murals without artist consent or be prepared
to pay $1M. ProjectPlaylist.com catches heat. Madonna concert to be
live on MSN. Don't reverse engine my bots. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 27 April 2008 New orphan works legislation being drafted. MSN Music DRM leaves
customers hanging. Louis Vutton suing charity fund raiser. Metallica
embraces file sharing? Madonna signs with LiveNation. NIN releases
single track. <- The 3 stars align - could this be the future
business model for the record industry? Pirate Bay promotes
Tell-a-friend strategy. YouTube and Hulu video streaming are bigger
bandwidth hogs than P2P - duh. Okami uses copyrighted art work in
packaging - even displays original watermark. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 20 April 2008 Jonathan Bailey and Chris Matthieu interview Patrick O'Keefe
(http://www.patrickokeefe.com), the author of Managing Online Forums.
Patrick did an excellent job fielding unorganized questions and
relating the answers to copyrights and community. You can learn more
about the book at http://www.managingonlineforums.com. Other show
stories include JK Rowling, The Pirate Bay (shocker), Cindy McCain,
Lonely Planet, Fox News, Comcast, Assassin's Creed, Restaurant Identity
Theft, and a tussle with Yoko Ono. Show Notes Comments[10] |
Sun, 13 April 2008 EU believes that MPAA and others should not be forcing ISPs to boot
users. Norwegian ISP pushes back on T0ndel. Operation Fair Use Whisper
Campaign underway. UMG extends copyrights to trash cans. Demonoid back
online but under new admin. Walmart gets schooled on copyright
ownership. Pandora TV (Korea) gets sued for YouTube-like video sharing.
Is Chris Daughtry’s song original? MSN India gets caught plagiarizing.
Open source can still be pirated. U"W" copyright April Fools prank.
YMCA-like DMCA take down notice a joke. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 April 2008 Law disputes over distribution vs. publication. ISPs in UK and Norway
speaking out about not being Internet cops. U of Maine student law body
takes on RIAA. Lawyer threatening file sharers is banned for 6 months.
Can lectures be copyrighted? MySpace Music with DRM-free music looks to
take on iTunes and Amazon. Joi Ito gets hired as new Creative Commons
CEO. Google CIO leaves to take the helm of EMI. EMI suffers setback in
case against MP3Tunes. Movie Director flattered by the piracy of his
film. Superman returns to Papa. Perez Hilton threatens to stop blogging. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 March 2008 Jonathan Bailey presented at WordCamp Dallas this weekend and ended up
on the cover of Mashable! We were fortunate enough to spend our
birthday show with him recording from the conference!
It's official: cats and dogs are now friends and Comcast and BitTorrent
are collaborating. TorrentSpy closes doors due to hostile legal
environment. Iceland's Torrent.IS court case gets dismissed and
everyone including the owner is surprised. Swedish ISP refuses to block
The Pirate Bay. Innocent man challenges RIAA to recover attorney fees.
US likes WTO rulings only when it wins. SlySoft on Blu-ray BD+ crack:
next time it will be easier. Sony BMG offers music subscription service
- last to the dance. South Park releases shows. Good pirates wanted. Is
copyright dead - not! Legal battle of Warcraft Bots. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sat, 22 March 2008 Blu-Ray DRM gets hacked. MPAA still trying to influence colleges.
Israel refuses to introduce DRM circumvention laws. German courts
protect file-sharer identities. Australian ISP cracks down on copyright
infringers. Professors speaks out again ISP Police. Logistep spies on
Italian file sharers. Iceland Torrent shutdown. Demonoid moves to
Ukraine. Pub music listening fees significantly increase in Australia.
Apple thinking about all you can eat itunes for $100. PicApp offers web
photos for free (with built-in advertising). Free Apple books online!
Swedish court rules against ads. Ron Jeremy takes on porn pirates. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 Jonathan does a solo show while Chris is on vacation.
Viacom loses punitive damages against Google. Piracy surchange please?
Japan to strip the internet? Sweden: name file sharers. Irish ISP
forced to add piracy filter. Pirate peacock? PRO-IP act still dancing?
World IP Day is April 26th - ask your boss for the day off. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 9 March 2008 House passes WHIPER but not new damages. NIN uploads new album to
torrents and uses Creative Commons license. Audio book publishers
forego DRM. EFF vs. RIAA over share folders. AirForce issues DMCA over
recruiting video. MPAA has record breaking revenue year. Lessig
comments on Pirate Party. David Pogue sings. Show Notes Comments[37] |
Sun, 2 March 2008 Bush's aide resigns over plagiarism. RIAA fails to pay artists from P2P
settlements. Baidu sued over copyrights (again). Foo Fighters vs. X-Men
over copyright infringements. Music 1.0 = dead. Public domain donor
stickers? Scottish kilts soon-to-be copyrighted like fine champaign.
Zombies-the-mall copyright? Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 24 February 2008 Obama plagiarizes speech. Yahoo drops Pirate Bay from search results.
Adobe introduces flash drm. Gene Simmons' owns copyright on sex tape.
Scientology's VeRO program. Is Demonoid back online? DVD Jon releases
DoubleTwist.com. Gracenote's CTO gets interviewed. Secret RIAA training
tapes allege pirates are typically crack addicts, murderers, and
terrorists. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 17 February 2008 UK bill to ban pirates from web access. EU to lengthen performer
copyrights to 95 years. EU reconsiders copyright fees levied on items.
Comcast pledges to continue filtering traffic. New torrent format
proposed to circumvent Comcast throttling. Will fashion patents deter
knockoffs? Microsoft, Yahoo, and MTV's digital music service provider,
MediaNet, becomes the target of a class action law suit. Companies
settle software licensing law suits - should use open source. Rare
Pirate Bay interview of Captain. Record label closes and uploads
content to Pirate Bay and welcomes torrents. Harvard may publish
content for free? Finally, picture this lineup - Web Seriff, Village
People, Prince, and now ABBA to take on The Pirate Bay - Wow! Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 10 February 2008 MPAA-backed college anti-piracy bill passes. RIAA wants to filter your
PC content. IFPI advertisements of Pirate Bay increases traffic -
OpenDNS to the rescue. Verizon, the good guys? Comcast bittorrent
filtering best-in-class! TorrentFreedom - new Pirate Bay? Baidu ready
for more litigation in China and Google attacks while the iron is hot.
Moby offers free soundtrack scores to non-profits. Step-by-step list to
hide identity of torrent site owners. iTunes pirating artist works? Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 3 February 2008 Qtrax on hold (again). Pirate Bay charged. RapidShare going down.
Italian law uses poor wording and legalizes some P2P. ISPs protected -
no they're not. Michael Weiner's name fits. Ludacris copies beat?
Unknown work safe from pirates. Saw creeps Chris out. Nasa broadcasts
Beatles in space. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 27 January 2008 Scientology and RIAA websites get hacked. Cease-and-desist letters fall
under copyright. Warner sues SeeqPod over music piracy. StarCraft DS
and Scrabulous games get shutdown. Last.fm frees music. NBC kisses the
ring. More net neutrality stories, ISP tax, and fair use debates.
Alchemist author pirates own work. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 20 January 2008 Church of Scientology copyright infringement claim backfires with
Mission Impossible background loop playing. Time Warner experiments
with gigage throttling. Everyone is up in arms with RIAA - go figure.
Pirate Bay offers free hosting to Demonoid. MediaDefender hacker story
details revealed. EFF turns 17 & MiniNova turns 3. Film maker sues
over bad movie review. Ford claims all photos with their cars are
copyright/trademark infringements. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 13 January 2008 AT&T promotes ISP content filtering at CES. UK gets ok to rip CDs
but loses out on Pandora access. EMI considering to stop funding RIAA.
Will other labels follow? Will RIAA need to partner with IFPI to stay
afloat? Voice-over DRM? Arvil settles on Girlfriend. More authors
confronted as plagiarists. Napster now DRM-free. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 6 January 2008 Six days into the new year and Jonathan's prediction of Sony going
DRM-free comes true. We'll need to wait and see how far they take it.
EU to enforce single DRM format (or none at all). Japan tightens grip
on censorship and looks to enforce watermarks on all media. Have you
heard of COPP (Certified Output Protection Protocal)? You will want to
know more about this software before buying an HDTV. Reznor publishes
online download numbers. Why do musicians make less on digital
downloads than CD sales? Show Notes Comments[1] |
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] |
