Tag Archive: afact

3 Count: Australia Day

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The latest news on the iiNet and the IIA’s response to it, a follow up treaty to ACTA and an LA street artist is sued for copyright infringement.

3 Count: Surf City

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The latest news on ICE’s arrest of a streaming site operator, Google’s Blogger service being blocked in Turkey and new thoughts on the iiNet ruling.

3 Count: Betty Booped

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The latest news on the iiNet/AFACT case in Australia, a new copyright law in Ireland and the copyright status of Betty Boop.

3 Count: Troll Hatin’

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The EFF countersues Righthaven, Proposed changes to COICA and Operation Payback has a new target.

3 Count: GoDaddy Go

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Go Daddy Sued for $100 Mil for Aiding MJ Casino First off today, web host and domain registrar GoDaddy is being sued by a photographer, Howard Mann, whose work was used on an apparently fake site for a Michael Jackson casino….

3 Count: Spawning Pool

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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Film Studios Appeal iiNet Copyright Decision First off today, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has begun its arguments in the appeal of its case against iiNet, the Australian ISP it has sued for allegedly encouraging bittorrent usage and piracy….

3 Count: Survey Says

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Survey: Hollywood Won’t Compete With Piracy Until It’s Gone First off today, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has responded to a survey in the country that fond a majority of pirates were willing to pay for copyrighted works. They…

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 141

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 copyright news as we have the latest on the ACTA negotiations, the Google Book Search settlement, a potential appeal in the iiNet case and an interesting copyright poll from the…

3 Count: Restored

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: iiNet in Hollywood’s Sights as Battle Resumes on Copyright Ruling First off today, it seems that the iiNet case is far from over. The Australian Federation Against Content Theft (AFACT), which represents some 34 record and movie studios, is filing an…

3 Count: Big Win

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled First off today, we have a settlement that is being hailed as a major win for the open source software community. The case of Jacobsen v. Katzer has been settled on…