Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 141

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

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 UK. [...]



3 Count: Restored

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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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 appeal in [...]



3 Count: UnRickRolled

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: YouTube Confirms “Rickroll” Removal Was a Mistake, Brings Back Video
First off today, the Internet was shaken to its very meme core yesterday when the original Rickroll video was removed from YouTube for a terms of use violation. The video, which is really [...]



3 Count: Big Win

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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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 terms favorable [...]



Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 140

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
It was a catch-up week for us on the Copyright 2.0 Show as we have to make up for the week we missed. So, without a doubt, there was a lot of news to go over including [...]



3 Count: Waiting Game

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Google Books Plan Still in Limbo as Judge Delays Ruling
First off today, the Google Book Search hearing took place as scheduled yesterday with some 21 opposed parties using their allotted five minutes to make their case against the settlement, which would allow [...]



3 Count: Mario Carted

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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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 the game’s [...]



3 Count: The Boss

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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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, it still [...]



3 Count: Down Under 3x

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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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 bizarre legal [...]



3 Count: Cinewhat?

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 16th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Pirate Bay Takes Bias Claims to Supreme Court
First off today, The Pirate Bay defendants, who were convicted in April of contributing to copyright infringement and sentenced to approximately a year in jail, might be seeing a delay in their appeal, the trial [...]