Monthly Archives: February 2010

Review: Copyscape Batch Search

Copyscape has a batch search feature that lets you search for up to 10,000 URLs at once. How well does it stack up?

3 Count: Big Day

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads First off today, it is now showdown time in the Google Book Search case. Today is the day of the hearing on the amended settlement as Google, the Author’s Guild and publishers attempt to defend…

Musicblogocide 2010: The Blame Game

Google recently started a controversy when it shuttered a series of legitimate music blogs over alleged copyright violations. Who is to blame for the debacle?

3 Count: Not Again

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: UK Gov Nationalises Orphans and Bans Non-Consensual Photography in Public First off today, some last-minute changes to the Digital Economy Bill in the UK is drawing the ire of visual artists. A largely overlooked portion of the bill deals with the…

3 Count: Begin Mardi Gras

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Throws Down Gauntlet: No More Book Settlement Changes First off today, Google has made a series of filings in the Google Book Search lawsuit defending the current settlement and saying that it will not revise it any further. The new…

3 Count: Musicblogocide 2010

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Shuts Down Music Blogs Without Warning First off today, Google is drawing heat this morning over its closure of several music blogs hosted on its Blogger service. The reason is multiple copyright infringement notices against the sites, however, the sites…

3 Count: Third Time’s a…

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Remarkable Third Trial Coming for RIAA’s First P2P Defendant First off today, the record labels have submitted a rejection of the judge’s reduced damages award in the Jammie Thomas-Rasset case and have set the stage for a truncated third trial solely…

5 Reasons Google is My Primary Plagiarism Checker

With all of the powerful tools out there for detecting plagiarism, is it possible Google is still the best?

3 Count: Mario Carted

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: $1.5m Fine for Illegal Game Upload First off, an Australian man has been ordered to pay Nintendo $1.5 million and cover $100,000 in court costs for uploading a copy of Mario Bros Wii to a file sharing site a week before…

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 139

It is Monday Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. That’s right, for this week, and likely from here on out, the show will be going up on Friday rather than Monday. With the new recording time, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM ET, which you can…

Monthly Archives: February 2010

Review: Copyscape Batch Search

Copyscape has a batch search feature that lets you search for up to 10,000 URLs at once. How well does it stack up?

3 Count: Big Day

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads First off today, it is now showdown time in the Google Book Search case. Today is the day of the hearing on the amended settlement as Google, the Author’s Guild and publishers attempt to defend…

Musicblogocide 2010: The Blame Game

Google recently started a controversy when it shuttered a series of legitimate music blogs over alleged copyright violations. Who is to blame for the debacle?

3 Count: Not Again

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: UK Gov Nationalises Orphans and Bans Non-Consensual Photography in Public First off today, some last-minute changes to the Digital Economy Bill in the UK is drawing the ire of visual artists. A largely overlooked portion of the bill deals with the…

3 Count: Begin Mardi Gras

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Throws Down Gauntlet: No More Book Settlement Changes First off today, Google has made a series of filings in the Google Book Search lawsuit defending the current settlement and saying that it will not revise it any further. The new…

3 Count: Musicblogocide 2010

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Shuts Down Music Blogs Without Warning First off today, Google is drawing heat this morning over its closure of several music blogs hosted on its Blogger service. The reason is multiple copyright infringement notices against the sites, however, the sites…

3 Count: Third Time’s a…

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Remarkable Third Trial Coming for RIAA’s First P2P Defendant First off today, the record labels have submitted a rejection of the judge’s reduced damages award in the Jammie Thomas-Rasset case and have set the stage for a truncated third trial solely…

5 Reasons Google is My Primary Plagiarism Checker

With all of the powerful tools out there for detecting plagiarism, is it possible Google is still the best?

3 Count: Mario Carted

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: $1.5m Fine for Illegal Game Upload First off, an Australian man has been ordered to pay Nintendo $1.5 million and cover $100,000 in court costs for uploading a copy of Mario Bros Wii to a file sharing site a week before…

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 139

It is Monday Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. That’s right, for this week, and likely from here on out, the show will be going up on Friday rather than Monday. With the new recording time, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM ET, which you can…