Funny Picture # 23

Funny copyright/piracy picture. Enjoy!

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)

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)

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)

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 Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Cindy Cohn
www.colbertnation.com
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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!