Monthly Archives: February 2010

3 Count: The Boss

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Justice Dept to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar First off today the Department of Justice has finally made its opinion of the revised Google Book Search settlement known and, though it found a lot of improvements in the revised deal,…

Are Aggregators Really The Problem?

Mark Cuban recently called aggregators vampires. But are aggregators really the problem?

3 Count: Down Under 3x

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: iiNet Slays Hollywood in Landmark Piracy Case First off today, Australian ISP iiNet has won their battle with Hollywood studios over their alleged liability for copyright infringement by its subscribers. The studios had sued the ISP in one of the most…

Stopping Self Content Theft

Though we should always be diligent with monitoring how others use our content, we should be equally carefully about how how use our own work.

3 Count: Big Screen

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Will Your Big-Screen Super Bowl Party Violate Copyright Law? First off today, Ars Technica has a great examination of the myth that showing the Super Bowl on an ultra-large TV, greater than 55 inches, may be a violation of copyright law….

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 138

It is Monday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was a busy week for copyright news as we have a major revelation in the Jammie Thomas case, news about a criminal investigation against Shepard Fairey and a $32 million judgement against two Web hosts…

3 Count: 2010 Census

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Class Action vs. Record Labels Over Peer-to-Peer Suits Hanging Bby a Thread First off today, the lawsuit Andersen v. Atlantic Recording Corp, which saw a wrongly accused file sharer attempt to start a class action suit against the record labels for…

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