Copyright 2.0 Show

Episode 117 - Unbiased Opinion

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 116 - Thomas Redux

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 115 - Happy Anniversary

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 114 - From Costco, With Love

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:33:00 GMT

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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Episode 113 - Emily the Litigious

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 112 - The Blank Album

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 111 - Groovy Man

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:14:00 GMT

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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Episode 110 - E You Too

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 109 - Censored License

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 3 May 2009 18:10:00 GMT

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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Episode 108 - Right Person

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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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Episode 107 - Restored!

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 106 - Revoked!

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 105 - April Fools

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 5 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 104- Copyright Fail

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 103 - That Was Easy

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 101 - Theme Songs

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 100 - Love Fest

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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...

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Episode 99 - 348TB Ferrari

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 98 - De-L33T

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 97 - A is for Analog

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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...

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Episode 96 - Plagiarizing Plagiarism

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 95 - Imaginary DRM

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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...

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Episode 94 - I'm a Mac

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 93 - Eyes Have It

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 92 - Good Guys

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 91 - Money on the Table

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 90 - O' Tenenbaum

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:35:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 89 - Dazed and Confused

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:47:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 88 - Copyright Hillbillies

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:31:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 87 - Travel Show

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:50:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 86 - Holy Grail

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:23:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 84 - Bodyslammed

jonathan@plagiarismtoday.com — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:51:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 83 - Bleep Bleep Bleep

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 82 - Anti-Pirates

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:02:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 81 - iBeer

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:39:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 80 - Copyrights Checked at Borders

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:40:00 GMT

Episode 79 - Repo Army

Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:10:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 78 - Worst Week

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:13:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 77 - Asus Crack

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:05:00 GMT

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!

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Episode 76 - Buster Gets Busted

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:47:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 75 - Law Jeopardy

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:45:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 74 - Truckload of Forms

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:09:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 73 - Pass the Game Stick

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 72 - Flip Flop

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:17:00 GMT

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

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Episode 71 - Analog Trolls

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:39:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 70 - Knight Vision

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:35:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 69 - Czar Resume Pending

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:19:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 68 - Torture Music

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:07:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 67 - Whip It Good

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:49:00 GMT

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!

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Episode 66 - Little Films

Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:08:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 65 - Naked Cowboy M&Ms

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:54:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 64 - Girl Talk - Whatever

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:51:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 63 - UK Police Bearing Tunes

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:48:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 62 - Shampoo Sales Infringement?

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:32:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 61 - Dancing Bugs (2.0)

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:37:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 60 - Sheriffs and Lassos

Sun, 25 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 59 - Pirate Bay in Top 100

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:52:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 58 - Chris Knows Dr. Who

Sun, 11 May 2008 13:58:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 57 - Canada on bad list?

Sun, 4 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 56 - Tell-A-Pirate

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:18:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 55 - Patrick O'Keefe Interview

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:25:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 54 - Internet, A Human Right

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:36:00 GMT

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 Daughtryâs 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.

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Episode 53 - Lawyers Behaving Badly

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 07:39:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 52 - Celebrity Status

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:41:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 51 - Around the World in an Hour

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:43:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 50 - Happy St. Patty's Day

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:46:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 49 - Blackari

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 07:47:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 48 - Zombies Spank RIAA

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:49:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 47 - Not All Pirates are Terrorists

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:51:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 46 - El Capitan

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:53:00 GMT

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!

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Episode 45 - Fabulous Scrabulous

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:54:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 44 - Beatles in Space

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 08:56:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 43 - Cease-and-Desist that Cease-and-Desist

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:58:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 42 - Ford is Answer to Photo Radar

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 41 - RIAA Future Uncertain

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:02:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 40 - Prediction Comes True

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:03:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 39 - 2008 Predictions

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:05:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 38 - BackslashWare

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 37 - RIAA Says CD Rips Are Ilegal

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:08:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 36 - Donald Duck Sides with 50 Cent

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:10:00 GMT

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?

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Episode 35 - Digital IQ

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:12:00 GMT

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.

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Episode 34 - International Edition

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:14:00 GMT

It seems like copyright news in the USA was slow during Thanksgiving week. Not so in other parts of the world. France threatens to terminate your Internet access (for life?) if you are found pirating online. IFPI corporate email leaked. MediaDefender reports $825k loss from leak. Will comic industry form copyright alliance? Do we literally rack up over $12M per day in copyright violations?

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Episode 33 - Godfather Jobs

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:15:00 GMT

Warner music begs Steve Jobs for forgiveness. Hungary bust results in 100 torrent servers. Canadian Mounties stop targeting personal pirates. Copy machine lawsuit worth $10M. O.J. Simpson is accused of plagiarism (among other things). Producer thanks pirates for steeling his film.

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Episode 32 - Devoted Fans != Pirates

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:17:00 GMT

Senators want to remove the RIAA middleman and form civil FBI copyright enforcement agency. PirateBay in more legal trouble. VIP uploader, aXXo, leaves PirateBay. Demonoid.com down due to CRIA hosting threads. Radiohead disputes Comscore results. Prince sues fans. MLB's new DRM leaves consumers holding the bag. Last.fm now fingerprinting. Clickster hasn't a legal clue. Heard of the SLPTO (Second LIfe Patent and Trade Office)? Sounds like Numly in space :)

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Episode 31 - Vegetable Plagiarism

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:19:00 GMT

Harry Potter fan site in trouble for producing derivative works. Jerry Seinfeld's wife accused of plagiarizing children's healthy cookbook. Zero Punctuation gets Zero respect.

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Episode 29 - UseNet No Longer a Secret

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:19:00 GMT

Before the web, there was UseNet. So why is it illegal all of a sudden? Could it be that UseNet.com gave it a browser interface? Google releases content id tool but viacom and others are still not happy. What next? - Facial recognition in videos? The pirates want their IFPI.com and Morpheus asked to replicate content id techniques such as google's new technology. Perez Hilton in trouble again - this time for posting Britney clips before being released. Law firm prohibits "view source" on Web page.

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