Monthly Archives: June 2010

Seeing Both Sides of the Twitpic/Posterous Controversy

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When TwitPic decided to block Posterous’ importing tool, it kicked off a firestorm of controversy. But, as with most things, there are two sides to explore.

3 Count: Dazed and Confused

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Copyright War Escalates With NMPA Joining ASCAPs Attack on Free Culture First off today, a letter from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to its 300,000+ member artists has stirred controversy by claiming they need money to fight enemies…

The Strange Case of the iPower DMCA Notice

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iPower seems to still be struggling with DMCA takedown notices, even after 4.5 years to learn.

3 Count: Silver Lining

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Rival ISPs Team Up in Court To Fight Pirate Bay Block First off today, two rival ISPs in the Netherlands, Ziggo and XS4ALL are teaming up against the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, which threatened Ziggo with legal action if the ISP…

5 Piracy-Fighting Lessons From Steam for All Content Creators

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Steam has revolutionized the way people buy PC games, what can it teach other content creators?

3 Count: Pirate Banned

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Founding Group Disbands First off today, Piratbyran, the pro-piracy group most famous for founding The Pirate Bay, has disbanded. The group, which founded in 2003 as a response to Antipiratbyran, a Swedish anti-piracy outfit, says they no longer feel…

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 157

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It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was an exciting week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as we had some late-breaking news right before we went online to record when the summary judgement in the Viacom v. Google case was announced and…

3 Count: Friendly Music

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: YouTube, RumbleFish Partner for ‘Friendly Music’ First off today, YouTube and the music licensing service Rumblefish are teaming up to provide easy and cheap music licensing for videos on the service. Users will have access to a growing library of 35,000…

New DMCA Takedown Service

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I’m proud to announce the launch of a new DMCA Takedown Service, done in partnership with Who Is Hosting This.

3 Count: Google Wins

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Prevails in Viacom-YouTube Copyright Lawsuit; Appeals on Deck First off today, the judge in the Google/Viacom lawsuit has sided with the search giant and has dismissed the case. The lawsuit, in which Viacom alleged over $1 billion in damages over…

Monthly Archives: June 2010

Seeing Both Sides of the Twitpic/Posterous Controversy

posterous-sized-1

When TwitPic decided to block Posterous’ importing tool, it kicked off a firestorm of controversy. But, as with most things, there are two sides to explore.

3 Count: Dazed and Confused

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Copyright War Escalates With NMPA Joining ASCAPs Attack on Free Culture First off today, a letter from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to its 300,000+ member artists has stirred controversy by claiming they need money to fight enemies…

The Strange Case of the iPower DMCA Notice

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iPower seems to still be struggling with DMCA takedown notices, even after 4.5 years to learn.

3 Count: Silver Lining

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Rival ISPs Team Up in Court To Fight Pirate Bay Block First off today, two rival ISPs in the Netherlands, Ziggo and XS4ALL are teaming up against the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, which threatened Ziggo with legal action if the ISP…

5 Piracy-Fighting Lessons From Steam for All Content Creators

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Steam has revolutionized the way people buy PC games, what can it teach other content creators?

3 Count: Pirate Banned

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Founding Group Disbands First off today, Piratbyran, the pro-piracy group most famous for founding The Pirate Bay, has disbanded. The group, which founded in 2003 as a response to Antipiratbyran, a Swedish anti-piracy outfit, says they no longer feel…

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 157

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It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was an exciting week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as we had some late-breaking news right before we went online to record when the summary judgement in the Viacom v. Google case was announced and…

3 Count: Friendly Music

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: YouTube, RumbleFish Partner for ‘Friendly Music’ First off today, YouTube and the music licensing service Rumblefish are teaming up to provide easy and cheap music licensing for videos on the service. Users will have access to a growing library of 35,000…

New DMCA Takedown Service

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I’m proud to announce the launch of a new DMCA Takedown Service, done in partnership with Who Is Hosting This.

3 Count: Google Wins

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Prevails in Viacom-YouTube Copyright Lawsuit; Appeals on Deck First off today, the judge in the Google/Viacom lawsuit has sided with the search giant and has dismissed the case. The lawsuit, in which Viacom alleged over $1 billion in damages over…