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] |
