It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

This week Patrick is reporting to us from the road and, due to a slow Internet connection, we couldn’t do the chat in front our live chat audience. However, it’s a good thing Patrick made time out of his busy travel schedule to talk because with this much copyright news, there’s no way we could have done two week’s worth next time!

This week we talk about the closure of Megaupload and the shakeup its caused in the cyberlocker scene. SOPA and PIPA are formally shelved following a wave of online protests and a similar group of protests fail to stop Poland and other EU countries from signing ACTA.

In short, it’s an action-packed week of copyright news that you don’t want to miss!

This week’s stories include:

• FBI Closes Megaupload, 7 Arrested including Founder/CEO Kim Dotcom
• Cyberlockers Scramble to Avoid Being Next
• Anonymous Launches Attacks Against Government and Copyright Holder Sites
• SOPA and PIPA Shelved Following Protests
• Poland, Others Sign ACTA Despite Protests and DDOS Attacks
• Mein Kampf Publication Put on Hold

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Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

This episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show was something of a special one. It was recorded on January 18th, in the middle of the SOPA “blackout” protests and, as part of it, we have a very long conversation on the Stop Online Piracy Act as well as the protests and the effect that they were having at that point.

However, there was no rest for us as we also had to make room for a slew of other copyright news including an important Supreme Court decision, a copyright controversy around “Mein Kampf” in Germany and one major video game developer backing down from their pirate hunt.

And that’s just the beginning!

This week’s stories include:

• SOPA Protests Black Out Web, Turn Legislators
• Supreme Court Approves Re-Copyrighting Public Domain Works
• “Mein Kampf” to be Republished in Part, in Germany Against Rightsholder Wishes
• CD Projekt RED Stops Hunting for Pirates
• ACS:Law Founder Suspended From Practicing Law
• Warhol Foundation and Velvet Underground Square Off Over Banana Image

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

This week’s a show about site blocking, specifically blocking pirate sites. Not only do we have an update on SOPA and PIPA, but we also have news of The Pirate Bay being blocked in both the Netherlands and Finland. However, once we’re done with that we take another look at the idea of selling “used” music tracks and even a glance at the overall opinion of file sharing in the U.S.

All in all, this is an episode you do not want to miss so start your (legal) downloads!

This week’s stories include:

• Netherlands Moves to Block The Pirate Bay
• Pirate Bay Block in Finland Spawns DDOS Attacks
• Reddit Plans Major SOPA Protest
• Capitol Records Sues ReDigi Over “Used” Audio Files
• NinjaVideo.net Admin Sentenced
• Much, Much More!

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

This week, Patrick and I come back from two weeks off for the holidays to talk about all of the presents we got, what Christmas means to us as adults and the true joy of giving.

That and some copyright stuff too…

With so much time to cover we have to race to catch up. We have a lot of ground to cover including GoDaddy changing its stance on SOPA due to a boycott, a potential PROTECT IP vote in the Senate, an important medical diagnostic test removed due to a copyright claim, Atari going after knockoff apps in the iOS app store and much, much more!

So, come ring in the new year with us and get things started right with a mega dose of copyright news, views and abuse.

This week’s stories include:

• GoDaddy Backtracks on SOPA After Boycott
• PROTECT IP Vote Possible
• Mental State Test Removed Due to Copyright Claim
• Atari Removes “Hundreds” of Games From the iOS App Store
• The “Spanish Napster” Wins Big in Local Court
• ABC Settles Wipeout Lawsuit
• James Joyce Works Hit the Public Domain

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

As we begin to wind down the year we’re starting to see a flurry of copyright-related activity. This includes revised legislation before the House of Representatives, a new dispute that pits Megaupload against Universal Music Group and further updates on Righthaven and just how badly their campaign is going.

It is an episode that you do not want to miss.

This week’s stories include:

• MegaUpload Sues Universal Music Over Alleged False DMCA Takedown
• SOPA Revised in Preparation for Hearings
• U.S. Government Returns Previously Seized Domain After Lawsuit and Year-Long Wait
• Righthaven Faces Seizure and Auction of Owned Copyrights
• German Law Firms To Sell “Debt” from Some 70,000 Alleged Bittorrent File Sharers
• Judge Slams Production Firm Over South Park Lawsuit

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It’s Friday again and that means it’s time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show!

It may be the holidays but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down in copyright news. Not only is SOPA and it’s new alternative still making headlines, but new DRM rules are on the horizon and we even have a major court ruling in a case against an advertiser.

We also have a case of a fair use ruling making strange bedfellows and a conclusion to the Vostu/Zynga case just in time for Zynga’s upcoming IPO.

Those stories and many more are in this week’s edition of the Copyright 2.0 Show!

This week’s stories include:

• SOPA Opponents Introduce Alternative Legislation, now Called OPEN Act
• EFF to Ask Copyright Office to Legalize Jailbreaking on Tablets, Consoles and More
• Chitika Not Liable for Serving Ads on Pirate Site, May Have Been if Informed
• Publishers, Record Labels Join Righthaven Fair Use Fight
• Vostu Settles w/ Zynga, Will Change Games
• Much, Much More!

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

With the holiday in the U.S. there wasn’t a whole lot of local copyright news to talk about but, fortunately for this podcast, other countries rushed in to fill the void and bring us yet another packed episode of copyright news, views and abuse.

This includes a major ruling in the EU on the issue of ISP filtering, a plan from Australian ISPs to tackle piracy and concerns that Spotify may be heading for a day of reckoning as labels start to back out. All of this and much, much more!

This week’s stories include:

• Grooveshark Emails Released, Show Company Aware of Infringement
• EU Says ISPs Can’t Be Forced to Filter Infringing Material
• EU Advocate General Says You Can’t Copyright a Programming Language
• Australian ISPs Propose Anti-Piracy Plan, Copyright Holders Unhappy
• New Anti-IP Infringement PSA Campaign Launches in U.S.
• 200 Labels Leave Spotify
• Bittorrent Defense Attorney Switches Sides

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It was frustrating as that podcast had some of the best conversation about SOPA I’ve heard to date.

However, the good news is that Patrick and I get a second chance at the topic and revisit it this podcast, re-raising many, if not most, of the points that were in the original podcast. So while Episode 218 might be no more, much of it lives on in this one.

But this week isn’t all about SOPA, we have a major revelation in the music industry’s ongoing war against Grooveshark, a surprising turn in the case revolving around Hollywood scripts being posted online and yet another blow to Righthaven.

Think of this as a two-for-one deal as this is one podcast you don’t want to miss!

This week’s stories include:

• Senator Threatens to Philibuster SOPA and PROTECT-IP
• Register of Copyrights Throws Support Behind SOPA
• EU Parliament Files Resolution Against SOPA, PROTECT-IP and Domain Seizures
• Universal Sues Grooveshark Again, Claims CEO Uploaded Music
• Righthaven Drops Case, Concedes Fair Use
• Lawsuit of Hollywood Scripts Dropped, No Explanation on Why

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

Since I was off most of the week on hiatus for my haunted house, I had a lot of catching up to do and it was not a slow week to do it in. We had a new piece of legislation introduced in Congress, the MPAA getting its final win over Zediva and the U.S. Copyright Office giving us a special look at what we’ll likely be talking about over the next two years of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

All of this as well as two additional updates on Righthaven and an update on New Zealand’s “Three Strikes” law.

This week’s stories include:

• Stop Online Piracy Act introduced in the House
• Movie Studios Kill Off Zediva
• U.S. Copyright Office States Its Priorities Through 2013
• U.S. Marshalls Ordered to Seize Righthaven Assets
• Righthaven Faces Another Judgment Against It
• Much, Much More!

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.

It was a busy week for both UK ISPs and 80s hair metal bands as the UK ISP BT is now ordrered to block the site Newzbin2 and also draws fire for its resistance to the Digital Economy Act. Meanwhile, across the pond, the 80s band Poison is accused of plagiarism, about 30 years after the fact, and Justin Beiber finds himself the unwitting star in a new campaign to protest impending copyright legislation.

This week’s stories include:

• Court Orders BT to Block Newzbin2
• BT and TalkTalk Accused of Feet Dragging on Digital Economy Act
• Two More NinjaVideo Admins Plead Guilty
• Sylvester Stallone Accused of Plagiarism in Expendables movie
• Poison Accused of Plagiarism As Well
• Much, Much More!

You can download the MP3 file here (direct download). Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed.

Show Notes

About the Hosts

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (@plagiarismtoday) is the Webmaster and author of Plagiarism Today (Hint: You’re there now) and works as a copyright and plagiarism consultant. Though not an attorney, he has resolved over 700 cases of plagiarism involving his own work and has helped countless others protect their work and develop strategies for making their content work as hard as possible toward their goals.

Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy) is the owner of the iFroggy Network, a network of websites covering various interests. He’s the author of the book “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online communities and social spaces. He maintains a blog about online community management at ManagingCommunities.com and a personal blog at patrickokeefe.com.