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

Patrick and I are back after a two-week hiatus due to vacation and other travels so we have a lot of catching up to do as we go over the latest news on the iiNet ruling, the Limewire settlement and a bunch of other news that happened over the past month. We even get a chance to discuss statistics a bit and demonstrate how to turn headlines around.

This week’s stories include:

• iiNet Defeats AFACT in Australia
• LimeWire Settles One of Its Cases
• Ivi.tv Ordered to Close
• Google Tells ISOHunt “You’re Not Just Like Us”
• Baidu Called a “Pirate” Operation
• 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.

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1: Google Gets Involved in BitTorrent Search Engine Lawsuit

First off today, Google has filed an amicus brief in the ISOHunt case, which is on appeal after the MPAA won in the district court against the Bittorrent tracker, claiming that the district court was right to rule against ISOHunt, but that it did so for the wrong reasons. According to Google, the lower court’s finding that ISOHunt was not eligible for safe harbor protection as it had ignored warnings that there was infringing material. However, Google worries that such a ruling could impact their business and, instead, believes that ISOHunt is liable because it induced copyright infringement, not because it ignored warnings. Google had sought permission from both sides to file the brief but the MPAA declined, though the court permitted the filing over their objections.

2: Google Must Continue to Fight Oracle’s Copyright Claims

Next up today, Google’s ongoing lawsuit with Oracle, which has Oracle accusing Google of inappropriately using JAVA code in Google’s Android operating system, must continue as the judge in the case denied Google’s request for a summary judgement. The judge said that there was not enough evidence for granting such a judgment at this time but denied it without prejudice, meaning that Google will be able to refile after discovery has been completed and additional evidence has been found.

3: BREIN Uses Court Win As Leverage To Wipe Out Usenet Sites

Finally today, the Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has used its recent court victory over the Usenet site FTD to shut down another 11 such sites, these with a combined total of 900,000 members. BREIN, which won its case against FTD earlier this month, has been busy using the ruling to pressure other sites into closure and, according to their announcement, has been successful. However, there are significant questions about the applicability of the FTD ruling to these cases, which found FTD to be infringing because 13 members of the site also uploaded content to Usenet, and not merely point to it as the site was designed for.

Suggestions

That’s it for the three count today. We will be back tomorrow with three more copyright links. If you have a link that you want to suggest a link for the column or have any proposals to make it better. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I hope to hear from you.

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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 with updates to many of the biggest ongoing copyright cases, including one that looks like it might be speeding to a very quick conclusion and another that may be getting a reprieve.

All in all, there were five stories this week including news from all over the copyright world including our “Weird Story of the Week”.

This week’s stories include:

• SCO Loses Again, Case Closed
• ISOHunt Appeals Injunction
• US Copyright Group Has Some Explaining To Do
• Neil Gaiman and Todd MacFarlane In a Copyright Spat (or two)
• Foo Fighters Sue Realtor Over Guitar Riff
• And Many 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.

1: Isohunt Not Dead Yet, Attorney Says

Bittorrent search engine ISOHunt is making a last-ditch effort to avoid an injunction filed and approved against it. According to attorneys working for the site, the injunction, granted by the judge and requested by the MPAA, is overly broad in that it requires the site to block searches for specific movie titles. ISOHunt claims that this is a violation of their free speech rights in that not all uses of the title are going to be infringing. The judge has tried to clarify the injunction saying it only applies to works owned by the plaintiffs in the case.

2: Neil Gaiman fights Todd McFarlane over Spawn Characters

Next up today, in a story that has my geek senses tingling, author Neil Gaiman and comic artist Todd McFarlane are in a copyright spat over two characters that are a part of the Spawn series. McFarlane, who created Spawn, asked Gaiman to guest author a comic where he created two characters, “Medieval Spawn” and “Angela” a woman who hunted Spawn. Normally such creations would be a work for hire but Image comics, the publisher of Spawn, is founded on the principle of creator’s rights and doesn’t use such contracts. As a result, Gaiman owned the creations prompting McFarlane, according to Gaiman, to create knock offs for use in later books. This dispute is ongoing at the same time as a related spat between the two over the graphic novel Miracleman, which has been halted pending this copyright litigation.

3: Coldplay Allows ‘Glee’ To Use Its Songs

Finally today, in something of a follow-up to the previous story on Glee and copyright, the group Radiohead, which had originally resisted the shows requests to allow their music to be used has reversed their previous decision and has opened up their entire back catalog to the series. According to the show’s producers, Radiohead and Bryan Adams were the only rejections they had received.

Suggestions

That’s it for the three count today. We will be back tomorrow with three more copyright links. If you have a link that you want to suggest a link for the column or have any proposals to make it better. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I hope to hear from you.

Want the Full Story?

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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 this week and one with a decidedly international flair. We have news that Eircom is starting up its “three strikes” system, ISOHunt may be forced to close and Newzbin already has.

All in all, it was a big week for the movie and recording industries as they rack up some big wins and even announce their own “axis of evil” list of the worst sites on the Web.

This week’s stories include:

• Eircom Begins Graduated Response


• ISOHunt Receives an Injunction


• Newzbin Goes Down, Good Luck on Refunds


• Google/Viacom Gets Even Uglier


• A P2P “Axis of Evil”?

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.

1: Eircom to Cut Broadband Over Illegal Downloads

First off today, Eircom’s Ireland’s largest ISP, has initiated a trial period where it will engage in a graduated response, or three strikes system. The ISP, which has some 750,000 subscribers, will process some 50 IP addresses per week on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association and will disconnect alleged file sharers for a year after they have received three warnings. Competitor UPC has still resisted such efforts and has a court case on the subject next month.

2: U.S. Court: Isohunt Has to Shut Down

Next up today, in the ISOHunt case, a permanent injunction has been issued that bars the torrent search engine from providing access to almost any and all Hollywood movies. The injunction is likely to force ISOHunt to shut down in the U.S., blocking visitors from within the country. The judge also found that ISOHunt’s “lite” interface, which was designed to mirror Google in appearance, was not enough and was merely a new look on the same results.

3: Sony Believes Piracy is the PSP’s Biggest Problem

Finally today, according to Sony, its beleaguered PSP handheld gaming system is struggling largely due to piracy, which the company says is “killing” the platform. According to the company, the piracy issue is worse in Japan but that is causing many publishers to not offer full support for their products in North America. Sony is introducing new copy protection techniques to reduce or slow down piracy, in hopes of rectifying this issue.

Suggestions

That’s it for the three count today. We will be back tomorrow with three more copyright links. If you have a link that you want to suggest a link for the column or have any proposals to make it better. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I hope to hear from you.

Want the Full Story?

Tune in every Wednesday evening at 6 PM ET for the live recording of the Copyright 2.0 Show or wait and get the edited version Friday right here on Plagiarism Today.

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

Due to the holiday weekend it was something of a slow week for copyright news so Patrick and I decided to try something new. We spent some of podcast taking your questions and also getting your opinion on the stories as well.

All in all, there were eleven stories this week including news from all over the copyright world including our “Weird Story of the Week”.

This week’s stories include:

• ISOHunt Loses, Then Goes Lite
• Stan Lee Wins His Copyright Dispute
• Judge in Fairey Case Demands Information
• Photography/Artist Organizations Plan to Sue Google
• La Dolce Vita Porn Parody Spared in Court
• And Many 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.

1: Isohunt Goes Lite for Visitors From the U.S.

First off today, bittorrent search engine Isohunt has released a “lite” version of its site for U.S. visitors. This version is designed to make the site look and function more like Google or other search engines and is a direct response to a U.S. court order demanding that the site pull down infringing results from the service.

2: NYC Judge Orders Disclosure of Those Who Deleted or Destroyed Records in ‘HOPE’ Artist Case

Next up today, the judge in the Shepard Fairey case has ordered his attorneys to turn over records and information on anyone who participated in falsifying or destroying evidence related to the case. This comes after the artist who created the Obama “Hope” poster admitted to having falsified evidence to make it seem his poster was based on a different image, thus strengthening his fair use case. This evidence tampering is already the subject of a separate criminal investigation and according to the AP, who is suing him over the poster, it has made the discovery process “burdensome”.

3: Judge Rejects $750M Copyright Lawsuit Against Marvel and Stan Lee

Finally today, investors in a failed venture entitled “Stan Lee Media” have failed in their suit to obtain copyright interest in several of Stan Lee’s creations, which are owned by Stan Lee himself and Marvel Comics. The investors had claimed they were owed royalties for their use in print and elsewhere but the judge dismissed their suit, citing a statute of limitations issue with it.

Suggestions

That’s it for the three count today. We will be back tomorrow with three more copyright links. If you have a link that you want to suggest a link for the column or have any proposals to make it better. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I hope to hear from you.

Want the Full Story?

Tune in every Saturday morning for the live recording of the Copyright 2.0 Show or wait and get the edited version Monday morning right here on Plagiarism Today.

1: IsoHunt Told to Pull .torrent Files Offline, Likely to Close

First off today, the Bittorrent search engine ISOHunt may be forced to close as its legal battles against the MPAA have come to a head. The site has been ordered by a judge to remove all infringing torrent files from the service. ISOHunt had argued it was just another search engine, much like Google, but plaintiff attorneys showed evidence that the site had targeted infringing material for indexing. Since it would be almost impossible for ISOHunt to remove all infringing torrents from its index, it seems unlikely that the site will be able to comply with the injunction without closing its doors.

2: France: More Publishers Sue Google

Next up today, according to the New York Times, more publishers in France are preparing to sue Google over its book scanning project. This follows a similar suit by the publishing group La Martinière, which won in the lower court though the case is on appeal. According to the publishers, Google has continued scanning their books even after being asked to stop, paving the way for legal action.

3: Opposition Mounts to UK’s Digital Economy Bill

Finally today, opposition is mounting to the Digital Economy Bill in the UK even as the bill seems to be heading for a quick passage in Parliament. The controversial bill, which is due for its second reading in the House of Commons shortly, has had many of its most divisive elements removed, including an amendment that would have given ministers the right to alter copyright law without Parliament’s oversight, but others, including a provision to disconnect repeat file sharers, remains in the bill.

Suggestions

That’s it for the three count today. We will be back tomorrow with three more copyright links. If you have a link that you want to suggest a link for the column or have any proposals to make it better. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I hope to hear from you.

Want the Full Story?

Tune in every Saturday morning for the live recording of the Copyright 2.0 Show or wait and get the edited version Monday morning right here on Plagiarism Today.

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

Patrick and I are back after taking a week off for the holidays we’ve returned to ring in the new year and the new decade with some of copyright’s most important news as well as an analysis of some of the most important copyright stories from the past ten years. It’s an episode that you definitely don’t want to miss (though you may have to work hard to scrub some of the mental images out of your mind).

All in all, there were eleven stories this week including news from all over the copyright world including our “Weird Story of the Week”.

This week’s stories include:

• ISOHunt Suffers a Big Loss
• The YouTube/Viacom Case Take a Turn
• Alleged Wolverine Pirate Responds to Charges
• Yet Another Questionable YouTube Takedown
• What is DRM Doing in a Garage Door Opener?
• And Many 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.