Sunday, July 18, 2010

Lobbying




Big media content producers have a lot of money (Disney has a market value of $65 Billion), and they have a real interest in protecting that money, so it should come as no surprise that if they can influence legislation in their favour then they will do it. With that in mind, check out Wired's article highlighting a new website that tracks political contributions and the legislation that it is tied to.

Hollywood, Big Software and Coal Miners Pros at Timely Political Donations
(LINK)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Funny Picture # 23


Funny copyright/piracy picture. Enjoy!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Scandals and Other News from the Pirate Party





German Pirate Party MP charged in child porn case
(LINK)

Flash mobs at German airports (34 pics)
(LINK)

Pirate Party to Run Pirate Bay from Swedish Parliament
(LINK)

Monday, July 12, 2010

ISP Filtering Faces Opposition




An Overview


Controversial Cyber Laws Around The World
(LINK)

The Land of Oz

Oz government sites floored in firewall protests
(LINK)
Minister: BitTorrent Will Not Be Blocked By Aussie Filter
(LINK)

Fortress Europa

France passes three-strikes bill
(LINK)

Humble Opinions

New web filter laws questioned by top child abuse cop
(LINK)
Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?
(LINK)

Meanwhile in Asia

China secretly requires real names to post comments
(LINK)
Japanese mobile operators shout 'Avast' at piracy
(LINK)
Pakistan blocks YouTube website
(LINK)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Google Books - The Final Word For Now




Google-fixated EC chiefs ask Europe to revise copyright law
(LINK)

Net watchdog inserts self in Googlebooks pact
(LINK)
EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech
(LINK)

Authors Guild calls Amazon 'hypocritical'
(LINK)
Amazon Scoffs at Google’s Offer to Share Book Search Sales
(LINK)

Give Google a break!
(LINK)

Before Google Books, we took on-demand publishing to the streets
(LINK)

DIY Book Scanners Turn Your Books Into Bytes
(LINK)

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Funny Video # 3

From last night's Colbert Report here is Stephen's interview with Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation - topics included Hitler and Fair Use (seriously!). Enjoy!

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Cindy Cohn
www.colbertnation.com
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

New Blog Poll plus Results



Old Blog Poll Result

The consensus from readers of the I-TV Law Blog seems to be in favour of amending existing laws to accommodate for the rise in internet television.

New Blog Poll

July's poll is inspired by the poll currently running on the St. Louis Post Dispatch's website (LINK), specifically relating to Hulu

So the question here is: Would you pay to watch internet television?

Results at the end of the month.

Funny Picture # 22



Funny copyright/piracy picture. Enjoy!