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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

  include the following: RIAA takes a pair of major blows Harry Potter gets leaked The iPhone gets called a copyright risk An IP blog infringes copyright Chuck and Larry gets accused of plagiarism 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

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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

  the legitimate user. How the RIAA is Destroying Copyright Finally, though the average layperson understands very little about copyright law, as attested to by the amount of misinformation circulating the Web, copyright is more in the news than ever. This is largely due to the efforts of the RIAA and the MPAA to stamp out file sharing. Those

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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

  It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. As Chris and I stammer our way through another week of copyright news including the following stories: Net radio wins a reprieve against rate hikes Google takes a shot at Viacom Prince angers his label with a CD giveaway The MPAA is accused of

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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

  system that allows the RIAA to go on a rampage of lawsuits and empowers movie studios to cripple fair use of their work is tying the hands of small copyright holders on the Web. Worst hit of all are the bloggers, who often endure the worst kinds of infringement only to discover that they have no ability to enforce their rights. At fault is

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• Performing Rights Groups Aim to Outdo RIAA

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:57 pm

  Tags: Culture, Ascap, Bim, Copyright, Disney, Infringement, Riaa, Sesac, Sony, Viacom, Sne, Dis, Via, Goog

  organizations like the RIAA who make it their business to represent companies or groups of artists by practicing large scale intimidation in the courts.The RIAA is our perennial media sweetheart, wielding legions of Washington lobbyists and flashy initiatives like their P2P Lawsuits website. But it seems that lately some of its acronymic

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• Webcasters tie it in the 3rd, head to overtime.

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Webcasters, Soundexchange, Rockstar, Riaa, Law, Congress

  In a stunning last minute statement, SoundExchange exec Jon Simson told congress that they will not be enforcing the new internet radio royalty rates this week. SoundExchange and webcasters are headed back to the table to try and hammer out rates that reside closer to the realm of reality and fairness.Stay tuned...this one isn't over

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• RIAA killed the netradio star

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Streaming, Rockstar, Riaa, Radio, Law

  The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied a motion to postpone the the Copyright Review Board's new royalty plan for streaming radio stations. The court said that the issues raised by the webcasters, who were backed by National Public Radio and a host of net radio outfits, did not satisfy its "stringent standards."Under the new

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• Surprise, Surprise: SoundExchange Possibly Overstepping Its Bounds With Illegal Lobbying

  Published: August 6, 2007, 11:25 am

  Tags: Internet Radio, Musicfirst, Portable Media, Radio, Riaa, Soundexchange, Surprise Surprise

  It looks like internet radio's favorite fee-collection organization, SoundExchange, might be playing hard and fast with legal limits on how it can spend collected money. Not on the list of three kosher uses (full legal mumbo-jumbo post-jump) is lobbying and PR. But Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk noticed that it appears to be engaged in both.

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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

  trifecta by discussing 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

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• Webcasters tie it in the 3rd, head to overtime.

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Webcasters, Soundexchange, Rockstar, Riaa, Law, Congress

  In a stunning last minute statement, SoundExchange exec Jon Simson told congress that they will not be enforcing the new internet radio royalty rates this week. SoundExchange and webcasters are headed back to the table to try and hammer out rates that reside closer to the realm of reality and fairness.Stay tuned...this one isn't over

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• RIAA killed the netradio star

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Streaming, Rockstar, Riaa, Radio, Law

  The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied a motion to postpone the the Copyright Review Board's new royalty plan for streaming radio stations. The court said that the issues raised by the webcasters, who were backed by National Public Radio and a host of net radio outfits, did not satisfy its "stringent standards."Under the new

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• IRMA create copyright cellmate

  Published: August 20, 2007, 4:59 pm

  Tags: Crime, Riaa, Ireland, Prison, Irma

  - the RIAA in Ireland - are whooping with delight at the sentencing of Martin McDonagh to six months in prison. McDonagh was caught trying to flog knock-off CDs in pubs and markets, and IRMA's DG Dick Doyle is thrilled:This sends out a strong warning sign to anyone involved in illegal counterfeiting and CD selling. It is stealing from people

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• Webcasters tie it in the 3rd, head to overtime.

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Webcasters, Soundexchange, Rockstar, Riaa, Law, Congress

  In a stunning last minute statement, SoundExchange exec Jon Simson told congress that they will not be enforcing the new internet radio royalty rates this week. SoundExchange and webcasters are headed back to the table to try and hammer out rates that reside closer to the realm of reality and fairness.Stay tuned...this one isn't over

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• RIAA killed the netradio star

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Streaming, Rockstar, Riaa, Radio, Law

  The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied a motion to postpone the the Copyright Review Board's new royalty plan for streaming radio stations. The court said that the issues raised by the webcasters, who were backed by National Public Radio and a host of net radio outfits, did not satisfy its "stringent standards."Under the new

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• RIAA lawsuits face a major challenge

  Published: August 21, 2007, 5:06 pm

  Tags: Legal, Riaa, Downloads

  RIAA lawsuits against filesharers are facing a strong legal challenge, as attorneys in Warner V Cassin are set to argue that the "evidence" presented by the label - screenshots identifying songs in a shared folder on a peer to peer network - doesn't satisfy the demands of US copyright law that actual infringement must be proved; the RIAA is

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