Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads First off today, it is now showdown time in the Google Book Search case. Today is the day of the hearing on the amended settlement as Google, the Author’s Guild and publishers attempt to defend…
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3 Count: Begin Mardi Gras
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Throws Down Gauntlet: No More Book Settlement Changes First off today, Google has made a series of filings in the Google Book Search lawsuit defending the current settlement and saying that it will not revise it any further. The new…
Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 139
It is Monday Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. That’s right, for this week, and likely from here on out, the show will be going up on Friday rather than Monday. With the new recording time, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM ET, which you can…
3 Count: Rejected
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Labels Offer to Settle Thomas-Rasset Case for $25,000 Donation to Charity First off today, almost immediately after the judge in the Jammie Thomas file sharing trial reduced the damages award from $1.92 million to $54,000, the record labels came back and…
Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 137
It is Monday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It was a big show for us this week as we moved to our new network, WordCast Live, and recorded our first show using Ustream. It was an exciting time with lots of great news to…
3 Count: C’est la Levy
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: France Planning Google Books Rival France has announced that they are planning a book scanning project to rival Google Book Search. This project will include one million documents already scanned in a related database and will expand through deals with publishers….
3 Count: French Toast
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Fine for Google Over French Books First off today, Google has suffered a setback with its Google Book Search project as a court in France has ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros (approx $430,000) to French publisher La Martiniere for the…
3 Count: Googled News
Have a suggestion for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Judge Rejects Amazon Bid to Scrap Google Pact First off today, the revised Google Book Search settlement has survived yet another, albeit small, hurdle. The judge in the case has rejected a bid by Amazon to throwout his preliminary approval, telling…
3 Count: Who’s Next?
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Hollywood Takes OpenBitTorrent’s ISP to Court First off today, now that The Pirate Bay’s tracker has shut down, though in its case to force users to use decentralized methods of downloading, the movie studios have turned their attention to other prominent…
3 Count: Sweeping Reform
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Leaked UK government Plan to Create “Pirate Finder General” with Power to Appoint Militias, Create Laws First off today, Cory Doctorow is reporting on a leak he received from a previously reliable source within the UK government about upcoming proposed changes…
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