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• Copyright 2.0 Show - Episode 16 - Irony

  Published: July 23, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Podcast, Articles, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Harry Potter, Iphone, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Riaa

  It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. This week, we delve into this week’s latest copyright news with our usual mix of humor and sarcasm. This week’s topics include the following: RIAA takes a pair of major blows Harry Potter gets leaked The iPhone gets called a copyright

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• Why the Cease and Desist Doesn't Work

  Published: July 17, 2007, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Cease And Desist, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Riaa, Social Networking

  efforts of the RIAA and the MPAA to stamp out file sharing. Those lawsuits, which have been roundly condemned and remain extremely unpopular, have turned many against copyright law itself. In the minds of some, copyright is nothing more than a tool used by large corporations to quash users. Thus, any mention of copyright law or enforcing

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• Episode 15 - The Copyright 2.0 Show - MPAA Piracy?

  Published: July 16, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Podcast, Articles, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Google, Internet Radio, Mpaa, Netcast, Plagiarism, Podtcast, Prince, Riaa, Viacom

  label with a CD giveaway The MPAA is accused of piracy And Many more… You can download the MP3 file here. Those interested in subscribing to the show can do so via this feed. Show Notes If you found this article useful, please consider donating to this site. Need Plagairism Help? Visit the Performancing Legal Issues Forum.

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• How the Copyright Office Hurts Bloggers

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:51 pm

  Tags: Punditry, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Cmi, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Law, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Registration, Riaa, Usco

  encourages the RIAA and the MPAA abuses we’ve witnessed by ensuring only a wealthy handful have the ability to take advantage of the law, letting those in power justify the system that is in place. However, all copyright holders are, supposedly, equal and should enjoy the same protections for their work, regardless of their wealth or

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• Charity: Save Rare Films by Donating to Have Them Uploaded to the Internet Archive

  Published: August 5, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Academic Film Institute, Charity, Film, Home Entertainment, Mpaa, Portable Media

  cause. Besides, it shows the MPAA that internet+film doesn't always = piracy. [Save a Film via Boing Boing]

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• Copyright 2.0 Show - Episode 18 - Creepy Dolls

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:16 pm

  Tags: Podcast, Articles, Bittorrent, Camming, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Riaa, Thepiratebay, Transformers, Youtube

  the RIAA, Youtube and the MPAA over the course of the podcast as we covered the following news items: The Pirate Bay’s finances get looked at Suprnova is about to make a return Woman records a few seconds of Transformers, could face jail time A brief history of modern music plagiarism Photoshopper gets flustered at Something Awful And

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• Give Us Our Money... Or Else: The MPAA's GetAmnesty program is extorting ...

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:59 pm

  Tags: Bittorrent, File Sharing, Give Us Our Money Else, Mpaa, News

  The MPAA's GetAmnesty program is extorting consumers with intimidating ultimatums, according to weblog TorrentFreak.

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• MPAA Approves Posters with "Testicular Fixation"

  Published: September 1, 2007, 6:33 am

  Tags: Cinematical, Film, Movie Posters, Movies, Mpaa, Ratings

  themselves are involved, the MPAA seems to most often have problems with sexual matters. But when it comes to the posters, the MPAA appears most leery of violent images. I realize that the MPAA's Ratings Board and Advertising Administration are two separate groups within the organization, but c'mon, guys, which is it? Are the movies too violent

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• Movies and Smoking: Can't They All Just Get Along?

  Published: September 6, 2007, 9:32 am

  Tags: American Legacy Foundation, Americanlegacyfoundation, Cinematical, Film, Movies, Mpaa, Smoking In Movies, Smokinginmovies

  May when we learned that the MPAA was going to take smoking into account with their ratings, but now Variety is reporting that the anti-tobacco American Legacy Foundation is saying that the attempt is an "empty policy." From their point of view, I'd have to agree -- all that the association has done is add a descriptor to their ratings. For

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• Fun With Movie Ratings

  Published: September 7, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, Mpaa, Tbrief

  It doesn't have any mention of "grizzly images," but this list of MPAA ratings justifications does have an "intense depiction of very bad weather", a Jeffersonian "bawdy puppet show," and "strong bloody ninja violence." [Matineer]

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• The Ultimate MPAA Anti-Piracy Ad

  Published: September 10, 2007, 5:02 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, Clips, Mpaa

  be too surprised if the MPAA was already working on a version to run before American films to help stop the widespread disrespecting of copyrights. Sure, they'll need to change small details like having its scofflaw defecate into a more-recognisable LAPD hat rather than a quaint bobby helmet, but the Brits have already done the rest of the

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• Those Brits Are at IT Again: Check Out This Funny Anti-Piracy Ad

  Published: September 12, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: Anti Piracy, Cinematical, Mpaa, The It Crowd, The Office, Theitcrowd, Youtube

  we're poking fun at the MPAA today ... ... I remember catching the first two episodes (I believe) of the UK show The IT Crowd, and it was pretty hilarious stuff ... especially for those who actually work in the IT department. From what I hear, an American version of the UK show will hit NBC as a midseason replacement -- and based on the

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• 10 of the Silliest MPAA Ratings Reasons

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Film Ratings, Filmratings, Jack Valenti, Jackvalenti, Motion Picture Association Of America, Motionpictureassociationofamerica, Mpaa, Mpaa Ratings, Mpaaratings, Rated R, Ratedr, This Film Not Yet Rated, Thisfilmisnotyetrated

  most ridiculous reasons the MPAA has ever given for film ratings. You know, the list of offenses they put underneath a "PG" or an "R," to give parents a better idea of what exactly their child will be subjected to. (And then the parent can say, "Hmm, 'extreme pervasive graphic violence, including shootings, stabbings, beheadings, disembowlings,

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• Antipiracy Group Suffers Email Leak

  Published: September 17, 2007, 3:01 am

  Tags: Wall St Journal, P2p, Movies, Mpaa, Hollywood, Internet Culture, Riaa

  OWNED... This will never work for them. Nothing is going to stop this... the rate of downloading is only going to grow.Now, hackers have gone after MediaDefender itself, posting what they say are employee emails on the Internet purporting to expose embarrassing secrets about the entertainment industry's efforts to battle piracy.Be sure to stop by

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• Copyright 2.0 Show - Episode 24 - Oddities

  Published: September 17, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: Products, Articles, Autoccad, Autodesk, Content Theft, Copyright, Creationism, Dmca, Evolution, Linux, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Prince, Riaa, Sco, Unix, Village People, Youtube

  Where do the weekends go? Already is it another Monday and that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. As usual, the show brings you yet another collection of copyright news stories, views and abuse as brought to you by myself and Chris Matthieu, the founder of Numly. All totaled, the show had sixteen stories, including

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