It is Monday 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 the biggest story being one of the most uneventful: The Pirate Bay trial ending with no verdict expected until April 17. However, there are tons of other important stories this week including some controversial legislation in the U.S., Metallica pirating their own music, a new business model for Microsoft office and some of the strangest behavior in a trial I have ever heard of.

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

This week’s stories include:

• The Pirate Bay Trial is Over, Verdict a Month Away
• New Legislation Seeks to Protect Government-Funded Research
• Metallica Pirates their Own Album
• Audio Watermarks Week to Identify Movie Cammers
• The Pirate Bay Reboots Downed Server… During Closing Arguments?
• And Many more…

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Show Notes

This week, I make my return in something of an ad hoc studio set up after coming back into the city following my evacuation for Gustav. I hastily threw together both the linkroll and the show notes, almost certainly leaving a great deal out.

However, it is still a great show with our usual mix of copyright news, views and abuse.

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

This week’s stories include:

• The Canadian DMCA May Die for a Year
• Comcast Sues the FCCn
• ISOHunt Goes on the Offensive
• Google Chrome Causes EULA Heartburn
• States Copyright Their Laws For Big Dollars
• And Many more…

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Show Notes

Chris makes it two in a row as he comes back to help me make through the week’s worth of copyright news and abuse including, the Canadian DMCA makes a return, RIAA running from the “making available” and a UK ISP sending out warning letters.

We also have updates to many ongoing copyright stories including the Redlasso story, Metallica’s ongoing drama, a look at the “Nays” for PRO-IP, the Promo CD Case and much more.

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

This week’s stories include:

• The Canadian DMCA Comes Back
• UK ISP Helps the Record Industry
• Fair Use and Selling Promotional CDs
• The RIAA Runs Away
• Police Get Busted By Copyright Copys
• 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

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In other copyright news, a UK ISP has started sending warning letters to customers, a Swedish party wants to legalize piracy, Metallica finds itself in controversy again and we have updates on the RedLasso story, the cost of settling with the RIAA and even a case where the police get busted by the copyright cops.

Remember, as usual, this week’s linkroll is a “raw” link list. Some stories are duplicated, some do not point to their original sources and some may not be accurate. A great deal of refining goes into producing the show notes for the Copyright 2.0 Show.

It is another solo show for me but it is one Chris is going to regret missing as it was an action packed week. We have MediaDefender attacking Revision3, Metallica making up with MP3 and Radiohead duking it out with Prince.

We also have updates to many ongoing copyright stories including the Google/Viacom lawsuit, the Finland CSS decryption lawsuit and the Google News case from Belgium.

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

This week’s stories include:

• Revision3 Gets DOSed by MediaDefender
• Prince Issues Takedown for Radiohead Song
• Metallica Goes Digital
• iPods may be searched in Canada
• Mikey Mouse Refuses to Join the Public Domain
• 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

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However, the headline from the week was Mediadefender allegedly taking down Revision3 in a DOS attack for reasons that are not wholly clear at this time.

In addition to that, we have new developments in the Google/Viacom lawsuit, the AllofMP3 case, the CSS case in Finland and much more.

Remember, as usual, this week’s linkroll is a “raw” link list. Some stories are duplicated, some do not point to their original sources and some may not be accurate. A great deal of refining goes into producing the show notes for the Copyright 2.0 Show.

All in all, there were fifteen stories this week including news from all over the copyright world, even including an update on Yoko Ono, an appearance on Rush Limbaugh and much, much more.

So, to help me sense of it all, I sat down with Chris Matthieu from Numly and we tore through the week’s copyright happenings with our usual mix of news, views and abuse.

This week’s stories include:

• Orphan works Legislation Introduced
• Microsoft Wipes DRM Keys
• Metallica and Madonna both sound like Trent Reznor, Who Releases a New Single
• BayTSP to Track YouTube Piracy
• Capcom Has Egg on its Face After Okami Release
• 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.

You can find the “Sue All of the World” Music video mentioned in the Podcast on Camp Chaos (Warning: Some language)

Let us know what you think of the interview segment and if we should do more of these in the future!

Show Notes

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