Yesterday, I worked to appease the record industry by buying my first album in years. The results taught me a great deal about the current copyright climate any why there is so much open hostility toward copyright holders.

With the Internet becoming more international in every regard and laws in the U.S. turning against spammers, it seems odd that so many spammers are still concentrated within the United States. However, the reasons are simple to understand.

It is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. This week, we bring you the latest news in the Bittorrent world as well as updates on Google and even a revelation that Chris actually knows Dr. Who. How strange is that?

It was another busy week for copyright news with updates and opinions from across the copyright spectrum. Be on the lookout for news from the AAs, Congress, Bittorrernt trackers and many, many more places.

Premium user-generated content site Yepic, famous for encouraging bloggers to sell premium content through their service, is preparing to close their doors in just under a month, making another shift in the volatile user-generated content business.

The prospects for the orphan works legislation improve as a major artist trade group, the ASMP, throws their support behind the current version, calling it the best that artists are likely to get.

With the orphan works debate continuing to rage, for those who are opposed to the bill, I’ve written a draft letter to send to government representatives outlining some of they key problems with the bill and why artists are opposed to it.

It was yet another wild week for copyright news with the RIAA taking a hit in court, Radiohead turning around on the free model and even more news from Madonna and Yoko Ono among many others.

With a slow day today and the site needing some maintenance, I decided I want to give today’s post over to you and listen to what you want to see on Plagiarism Today. So let me know how this site can be serve your needs.

The proposed orphan works legislation has been drawing a large amount of criticism from bloggers and visual artists alike. However, much of it goes beyond what is likely to happen and what artists should be worrying about.