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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