Sun, 5 July 2009 The Pirate Bay is sold, its users revolt. RIAA wins its suit against Usenet.com. Holden Caufield gets his injunction. Jammie Thomas will appeal. RIAA settles one case. Yahoo, Microsoft and Real get sued by a small rights group. Microsoft Bing accused of plagiarism. Japanese book publishers "poison" the public domain. Could tighter copyright laws help newspapers? The Pirate Bay announces their YouTube clone. One company turns legal threats into a profit regime. A fascinating catch-22 in music copyright law.
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Sun, 28 June 2009 The Pirate Bay judge ruled to be unbiased. German court slaps Rapidshare in a big way. YouTube sued again. German MP joints The Pirate Party. Record industries sues Irish ISPs. The Kindle has a DRM debacle. A Nesson double header of stories. Richard Marx doesn't like the Thomas verdict. Chris Anderson and Elizabeth Hasselbeck are accused of plagiarism. EA wants you to pirate their games, sort of. You just got served... via Facebook!
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Sun, 21 June 2009 Thomas loses again, this time with much more FAIL. Restraining order issues in "Catcher in the Rye" case. Virgin Media and Universal team up to offer an alternative to piracy. Australian ISP forced to turn over user records. Republican site mimics the New York Times, gets C&D. Nesson is at it again. Amazon's Jeff Bezos weighs in on the Google Book Search settlement. Conference Board of Canada admits plagiarism issues. Cat Stevens forgives Coldplay for "plagiarism". Van Halen is Running With the Devil, but not in Nikes.
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Sun, 14 June 2009 The Pirate Party takes a seat in the EU Parliament. The Pirate Bay appeal looks a bit weaker now. France's "three strikes" law goes down hard. Letters alone not enough to discourage piracy now. Jammie Thomas suffers a pair of setbacks. Nesson gets in trouble with recordings. MGA denied stay on Bratz turnover. Sims 3, despite piracy, is selling great. Denmark debates a "Pirate Review Board". Copyright holders acknowledge screwing up their message. Is there a new CD security tool on the way? Are downloads killing the music industry? U.S. family learns their image was used on a billboard... in Prague.
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Sun, 7 June 2009 The RIAA is feeling lonely tonight. UK may put pirates in the slow lane. Obama's SCOTUS nominee is a fan of big statutory damages. Is Bing playing too loose with fair use? Justice Department sides with Cablevision. Tenenbaum takes webcast case to the Supreme Court. AP to attack "wholesale theft". Copyright Office to adjust fees. Conference Board of Canada author speaks out. Russian police raid a bittorrent tracker. Downloading thousands of movies ok... in Spain. Endless copyright free music? Costco has a watch-based copyright headache.
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Sun, 31 May 2009 Last.FM gets into a bit of a tiff. The Conference Board of Canada gets busted plagiarizing its copyright report. The Pirate Bay scores a minor victory in Swedish court. Section 92A is back from the dead. MGA asks for a stay on the Bratz ruling. Psystar files bankruptcy. Wipeout returns with the lawsuit in tow. Google takes drastic action in South Korea. First jury conviction for copyright infringement in Australia. Does DRM make us all pirates? Digg goes CC0. Emily the strange in one bizarre lawsuit.
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Sun, 24 May 2009 The Pirate Bay judge's biased judge replaced by more biased judges. Big content wants more in Pirate Bay penalties. Spanish "Napster" sued for unfair competition. Jammie Thomas' attorney, withdraws and is replaces by Nesson protege. Real opens mouth, inserts foot. Right to repair law proposed, for cars only. Adobe DMCA RTMPdump. YouTube has to pay millions to ASCAP. U.S. Copyright Office fails amazingly. Could every pending copyright case be thrown out? Open source developer may ban a government from using his work. DJ Danger Mouse has a new idea on how to distribute a CD.
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Sun, 17 May 2009 French say "Oui" to Three Strikes. Sweden moves to freeze Pirate Bay accounts while the pirates plan a counterattack. Usenet group goes to court against Dutch anti-piracy group. RealNetworks accuses the MPAA of antitrust violations, even as it continues work on a controversial product. New bill seeks to make radio stations pay to play. BayTSP has a slight security issue (or two). Random House silences the Kindle. Chrono Trigger mod gets a cease and desist, after five years. Tie dye can not be protected.
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Sun, 10 May 2009 Apple/EFF DMCA Showdown attracts crowd. Mininova filters torrents. EU Parliment beats down France. Swedish Pirate Party gets a boost. UK to increase fines for copyright infringement but still needs a private copying exception. Is the IFPI obstructing a free trade agreement with Canada? Hosting providers for bittorrent trackers being targeted in Sweden. EU Works to establish cross-border music copyright. New Zealand does not scrap its copyright law. RIAA keeps filing suits. Barbara Ringer, first female register of copyrights, dies. Fox DMCAs over its own promotion.
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Sun, 3 May 2009 Appled and the EFF square off over circumvention. The Pirate Bay verdict is translated, dirt and all. New Zealand to start from scratch with copyright law. Three strikes ruled out in the UK. Spain's ISPs can't reach agreement with copyright holders. MGMT gets a paycheck from Sarkozy. Italian prosecutor targets The Pirate Bay. Taiwan enacts three strikes, bans bittorrent trackers. RapidShare rats out. Canada gets on the U.S' naught list. Is fashion copyright coming soon? Who would dare DMCA Lawrence Lessig? The most vulgar (and free) copyright license ever written.
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Sun, 26 April 2009 The Pirate Bay trial judge is accused of bias. We take a closer look at The Pirate Bay verdict. The EU extends music copyrights 20 years. Norway makes it easier to go after file sharers. Malaysia shuts down a Bittorrent tracker. IceTV wins big in Australia. High schoolers flunk on their appear against a plagiarism checking application. The Internet Archive wants some of Google's action. CNN feels the burn of the Striesand effect. AP and Fairey go back and forth and back and forth. Biden promises MPAA to find the "right person" for the Copyright Czar job. Are pirates the best customers? What's the one thing you never want to register with the USCO?
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Sun, 19 April 2009 The Pirate Bay found guilty. Spanish file sharing admin sentenced to jail. Swedish ISP uses loophole to sabotage anti-file sharing law. Study says UK has the worst copyright laws. U.S. talks about ACTA. Yet another RIAA attorney is appointed to the DOJ. No webcasting of RIAA trial. MPAA's hacking may come back to bite them. Notorious B.I.G. sampling case reaches a conclusion. Could Amazon brick your Kindle? Wikipedia seeks a new license. Frank Herbert's estate goes after Second Life. Copyright a name, keep the IRS at bay? Show Notes Comments[2] |
Sun, 12 April 2009 AP, bloggers and Google spar over aggregation. Fox reporter reviews pirated movie. URAA held unconstitutional. Facebooks blocks The Pirate Bay. Blind rights groups protest Author's Guild over Kindle. Radiohead to testify against RIAA. South Korea passes "3 strike" law. YouTube goes old school. Wizard's of the Coast sues over file sharing PDFs. Copyright infringement over fake parking tickets? Patrick gets his "nerd card" revoked... repeatedly. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 5 April 2009 Obama gives the gift of DRM. The FBI tears up a datacenter hunting the Wolverine leaker. MPAA to boot their president. Nesson loses his mind. The Pirate Bay loves Facebook. Free downloads now legal in China. France passes tough anti-P2P legislation. New anti-piracy law in Sweden causes traffic to plummet. EU votes against a copyright extension. YouTube users in Germany lose access to some music. Hulu and Boxee keep dueling. Boyz N Da Hood gets hit with a plagiarism lawsuit. Are independent game developers charities? Are Tweets copyrighted? The Pirate Bay pulls a great April Fool's joke. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 29 March 2009 RIAA and MPAA look to team up with ISPs. EU rejects 3 strikes, again. AP calls upon DMCA powers against Fairey. DOJ supports RIAA on statutory damages. Real Networks claims to be idiots. EMI drops lawsuit against Project Playlist and licenses their catalog. Fox helps out Red Lasso. Mediadefender's founders say goodbye. Microsoft introduces non-DRM protection. Ubisoft abandons DRM for some games. iPhone pwns with their DRM. Content filtering on Chinese video sites? Get "3 Thanks" for file sharing. A case of epic copyright fail. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 22 March 2009 Section 92a bites the dust. SCOTUS looks at copyright registrations. Is the CRB unconstitutional? Amazon goes DMCA on a eBook loader. CBS goes DMCA on The Hoop Doctors. Did Apple DRM the Shuffle? NIH policy made permanent. Warner hates babies. Woman thought RIAA lawsuit was a scam (only half right). Family Guy wins fair use battle. Lil Wayne forced to turn over records. Google puts public domain books on Sony's eBook reader. God hates copyright infringement? Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 8 March 2009 Pirate Bay trial ends, verdict awaited. Will taxpayer research remain free? Newspapers settlement goes to SCOTUS. RIAA sues an alleged file sharer. Alleged file sharer sues the RIAA. Metallica pirates their own album. No Pirate Bay block in Norway. Topsite raided in Sweden. Piracy ring broken up in Canada. Indian political party shows U.S. ones how to license music. RailCorp goes after an iPhone app. Microsoft to introduce ad-supported Office. Audio watermarks to locate movie camming? The Pirate Bay reboots server, from the courtroom. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 1 March 2009 Changes made to The Pirate Bay charges. New Zealand delays new law. Seeqpod and developer get sued Songbeat goes down. Eminem sues over digital royalties. Someone actually wants credit for "Zohan". The McCain/Browne case lives on. Nintendo compiles a naughty list. Norwegian minister wants to legalizer file sharing. German "PearC" to take on Apple. Updates on the Kindle 2 controversy. French President Sarkozy is a bit of a jerk... Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 22 February 2009 The Pirate Bay throws some charges overboard. Apple says jailbreaking iPhones is illegal. Mob Wars creator protects his turf. U2 gets leaked. Hulu says goodbye to Boxee. Windows 7 DRM? Texas man gets sentenced in software piracy ring. Asia piracy crackdown bears fruit. New Zealand blacks out in copyright protest. Copyright extension moves forward in EU. A new way to handle piracy. A new business model for musicians, maybe. Show Notes Comments[2] |
Sun, 15 February 2009 Shepard Fairey strikes first. Kindle starts a copyright fire. Stimulus bill dodges a bullet. Rodeo organization gets lassoed by animal rights group. The Pirate Bay trial to be streamed, audio only. BREIN eliminated a torrent "franchise". BBC uses a copyrighted image. Google Book settlement site now up. Watchmen moving moving forward. Psystar gets a win. Google accused of quiet takedowns. MyMusicSite to revolutionize music? When is redacting not redacting? Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 8 February 2009 AP sues over hope. Just prevents UMG from suing investors. Warner sues Songbeat. Torrentspy back to litigate again. EFF seeks refugees from the YouTube fair use "massacre". Another controversial DOJ pick. Code makes NZ "3 strikes" more sane. The Pirate Bay may sue the IFPI. Canadian Labour Party in a copyright reversal. Small businesses get hit for royalties. EU Plots a Pirate Bay ban. One in three broadband subscribers a pirate? Universal links to their own takedown... Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 1 February 2009 Gatehouse and NYT settle settle out of court. ISPs work with copyright holders in the U.S and Ireland. UK refuses to legislate piracy. Anther World of Warcraft DMCA Suit. Gears of War grinds to a halt on the PC. Microsoft launches DRM-heavy music store. Record labels clamp down on Spotify. Isle of Mann wants to try a piracy "tax". ASCAP to butt heads with copyleft. RIAA seeks sanctions against Nesson. Web Sheriff gets a win. Band has their own videos taken down. Puff Daddy in a dispute over a fragrance box. Monty Python's YouTube strategy and early success. Did a university just plagiarize their plagiarism policy? Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 25 January 2009 One courtroom setback and one appeal for the RIAA. The Obama poster at the center of a copyright storm. Google asks for UK fair use. Oink uploaders get sentenced. Your pirates get gov't funds in Sweden. Dutch study says p2p good overall. EU ISP filtering & copyright extension shot down. Youtube expands click to buy and lets copyright holders bring their own ads. Valve calls pirates "undiscovered" customers. Will Nintendo shoot down Duck Hunt for the iPhone? Colbert remix update. Saddest use of DRM ever... Show Notes Comments[8] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 Politicians talk piracy in the UK and US. YouTube videos go silent. Apple gets Hackintosh video pulled. RIAA hearing to be Webcast. Warner puts kibosh on Facebook Music. MGA in trouble with Marvel. Web Sheriff in the news again. First big pirate bust of 2009. Prince loses a plagiarism case. Meet the RIAA's new enforcer. Stripper idol? Show Notes Comments[6] |
Sun, 11 January 2009 Itunes goes DRM free. DRM talk at the FTC. Obama picks a player from the RIAA. Power.com and Facebook make up. Fox gets into DMCA takedown battle. Novelist busted on essay plagiarism. Bratz still on sale. Veoh scores another big win. Scrabble on Facebook fails to live up. New Zealand to push controversial law. Lessig meets Colbert. Prisoners can not sue gov't for infringement. Pirate Prisons Project seeks help building prisons for billions. Show Notes Comments[5] |
Sun, 4 January 2009 A copyright lawsuit over password sharing. Ghandi and Popeye both enter the public domain. Warner Bros. to fight "Watchmen" ruling. Mary J Blige and Jay-Z sued for infringement. Harvard professor wants to stream RIAA trial. Chinese court convicts 11 of piracy. Two Korean portals sued. LittleBigPlanet gets some love. A copyright puzzles. An anti-piracy law written on pirated software? Show Notes Comments[5] |
Sun, 28 December 2008 RIAA abandons lawsuit strategy. New York Times sued over linking. Psystar makes a stupid claim. Judge favors Fox in Watchmen case. MGA begs for stay in Bratz ban. USA Today makes a strange copyright claim. HuffPo slammed for content theft. Project Playlist gets the boot twice. Legal downloads growing fast. Warner in a tiff with YouTube. Cease and desist over Twitter? Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 21 December 2008 UK to extend copyright. RIAA Sues family for $1 million. BREIN shuts down 75 torrent sites, with one email. "Wanted" pirate gets a suspended sentence. Cisco and FSF have a tiff. Watchmen case heading to trial. Hasbro drops Scrabulous suit. EMI DMCAs Coldplay "plagiarism" clips. Lil Wayne sued. MPAA lobbies Obama. Spanish spies spy on weddings. Rolling paper sues over Obama shirt. Taj Mahal replica called a copyright infringement. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 RIAA sues hospitalized Teen. Tyler Perry wins "plagiarism" suit. Psystar changes tune. Coldplay gets into a war of words. Tele2 appeals to the Denmark Supreme Court. Raid crushed British pirates. FCC comish speaks out. RIAA proposes "taxing" students. Sweden mulls new anti-file sharing law. Canada hikes copyright levy. Bittorrent site claims anti-pirate domain. Smiley is caged and then set free. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 7 December 2008 Coldplay gets sued. Bratz may go bye-bye. Obama loves Creative Commons. Apple gets DMCA on Psystar. It's DMCA exemption time again. MPAA speaks out on SOC. Cash demands for porn downloads. Music on USB sticks? John Waters gets sued for Christmas CD. Valve calls DRM "Stupid." Getty goes after a church. Midways gets cleared in Psi-Ops case. LEGO hits a copyright roadblock. No more Beverly Hillbillies at Iowa restaurant. Show Notes Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 November 2008 SCO owes. Apple calls DMCA on Wiki site. Gaming to follow the RIAA? Atari backs off. MPAA "castrates" a site. Much ado about orange. Tudou loses in China. Kraftwerk loses in Germany. Copyright holders negotiate with "pirates" in South Africa. Godzilla's lawyers eat Tokyo. Plastic wishbones get copyright protection. Show Notes Comments[0] |
