Weekend Linkroll - 04-12-08

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Linkblog

It has been another crazy week for copyright news. We have a new candidate for the most insane DMCA notice, more setbacks for copyright holders seeking Internet filters and even a couple of potential plagiarism scandals.

Also on the radar is a series of net neutrality related news items with ISPs standing up to major copyright holders that try to disconnect their customers and the return of one of the most famous bittorrent trackers. .

Finally, in strange news, we have the discovery that even tossing a CD out into the trash could be a form of “unauthorized distribution”, making DJs across the world invest in a shredding device.

Remember, as usual, this week’s linkroll is a “raw” link list. Some stories are duplicated, some do not point to their original sources and some may not be accurate. A great deal of refining goes into producing the show notes for the Copyright 2.0 Show.


Jonathan Bailey is The Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today, which he founded in 2005 as a way to help Webmasters going through content theft problems get accurate information and stay up to date on the rapidly-changing field. He is also a consultant to Webmasters and companies to help them devise practical content protection strategies and develop good copyright policies.
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4 Responses »

  1. According to Sue @ TameBay on April 14th, 2008 at 8:04 am:

    As Darren Rowse has just declared today Blogger Appreciation Day, I’m stopping by to offer my thanks for the amazing work you do, Jonathan. Frankly I don’t know how you have the time to eat or sleep with the incredible support and encouragement you offer those of us dealing with scrapers and other copyright wrongers, but I just want you to know how grateful I am.

  2. According to Jonathan Bailey on April 14th, 2008 at 8:12 am:
    Sue: Thank you very much for that. I’m glad to know that my work is appreciated. As far as sleeping goes, I don’t do much of that anyway so it is quite alright.

    That being said, it is blogs like yours that motivate me to do what I do. I see bloggers creating high-quality sites, I don’t want to see it flagrantly ripped off. You do great work yourself and should be VERY proud of your site.

    Definitely keep it going!

  3. According to Michael Donnelly on April 14th, 2008 at 9:57 am:

    Just a quick note, keep an eye on the date that the lawsuit against Sesame Street was filed to help maintain perspective. ;)

  4. According to Jonathan Bailey on April 14th, 2008 at 10:05 am:
    Michael: Yes, I know it was an April Fool’s joke and knew it when I put it in there, we talked about it on the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was a great joke and I had to include it! I think it was the only funny April Fool’s joke for copyright guys that didn’t involve a Rickroll…

    Yes though, I should have pointed that out in the article. Don’t want anyone thinking it’s true!

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