Monthly Archives: October 2009

3 Count: Cinewhat?

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Takes Bias Claims to Supreme Court First off today, The Pirate Bay defendants, who were convicted in April of contributing to copyright infringement and sentenced to approximately a year in jail, might be seeing a delay in their appeal,…

3 Count: ASCAPped

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Reports: Google to Launch Online Bookstore First off today, Google has made a stunning announcement at the Frankfurt Book Fair, saying that it is preparing to launch Google Editions, an online bookstore where the books will be available to anyone via…

Limited Posting Through October

It’s Halloween time again and that means I’ll be posting less than usual, at least until I’m done scaring the neighborhood…

3 Count: Wall Street

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Jose Maria Cano Uses Other People’s Art as His Own First off today, Noli Novak, a staff illustrator at the Wall Street Journal who creates many of the ink drawings the paper is famous for, has accused José María Cano, a…

3 Count: Groovy Baby

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: EMI Drops Suit Against Grooveshark Music Service, Licenses It Instead First off today, what started as a negotiation and then turned into a lawsuit has now been resolved as a license agreement. Earlier this year, EMI sued music-streaming service Grooveshark for…

3 Count: International Edition

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Merkel Criticizes Google for Copyright Infringement First off today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a strong criticism over the Google Book Search settlement Saturday saying that, “We reject the scanning in of books without any copyright protection — like Google is…

PicScout Announces New Image Matching Tools

Image tracking company PicScout unveiled a potential game-changing product, but can it live up to the hype?

3 Count: Rebound Attempt

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books and Copyright: The Status Conference First off today, we have an update on the Google Book Search “status” conference that took place yesterday. What was striking was how quickly the two sides seem to want to rescue their deal,…

Some Friendly Advice for Second Life Creators

Second Life has a lot to teach content creators on the Web about how to protect their work, but can the Web provide some clues back?

3 Count: Professor Copyright

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Wedding Photo Damages for Madonna First off today, Madonna has scored a big win in one of the most bizarre copyright cases recently. She sued The Mail, a UK newspaper, after they published photographs from her wedding allegedly obtained by a…

Monthly Archives: October 2009

3 Count: Cinewhat?

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Takes Bias Claims to Supreme Court First off today, The Pirate Bay defendants, who were convicted in April of contributing to copyright infringement and sentenced to approximately a year in jail, might be seeing a delay in their appeal,…

3 Count: ASCAPped

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Reports: Google to Launch Online Bookstore First off today, Google has made a stunning announcement at the Frankfurt Book Fair, saying that it is preparing to launch Google Editions, an online bookstore where the books will be available to anyone via…

Limited Posting Through October

It’s Halloween time again and that means I’ll be posting less than usual, at least until I’m done scaring the neighborhood…

3 Count: Wall Street

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Jose Maria Cano Uses Other People’s Art as His Own First off today, Noli Novak, a staff illustrator at the Wall Street Journal who creates many of the ink drawings the paper is famous for, has accused José María Cano, a…

3 Count: Groovy Baby

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: EMI Drops Suit Against Grooveshark Music Service, Licenses It Instead First off today, what started as a negotiation and then turned into a lawsuit has now been resolved as a license agreement. Earlier this year, EMI sued music-streaming service Grooveshark for…

3 Count: International Edition

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Merkel Criticizes Google for Copyright Infringement First off today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a strong criticism over the Google Book Search settlement Saturday saying that, “We reject the scanning in of books without any copyright protection — like Google is…

PicScout Announces New Image Matching Tools

Image tracking company PicScout unveiled a potential game-changing product, but can it live up to the hype?

3 Count: Rebound Attempt

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books and Copyright: The Status Conference First off today, we have an update on the Google Book Search “status” conference that took place yesterday. What was striking was how quickly the two sides seem to want to rescue their deal,…

Some Friendly Advice for Second Life Creators

Second Life has a lot to teach content creators on the Web about how to protect their work, but can the Web provide some clues back?

3 Count: Professor Copyright

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Wedding Photo Damages for Madonna First off today, Madonna has scored a big win in one of the most bizarre copyright cases recently. She sued The Mail, a UK newspaper, after they published photographs from her wedding allegedly obtained by a…