(<a href="http://funkaoshi.com">via</a>)

damn, son. Hope none of you torrented The Expendables.

'To quote one of the several cease and desist letters I received from the French lawyers representing the Beckett estate, “Unfortunately we do not share your sense of humor.”  They asked me to change the name “Waiting for Godot,” because they held the rights to it.  Under American law, my game is considered parody and is protected under fair use, but I complied since I’m just a college kid who can’t really afford a lawyer.  So I changed the name to “Samuel Becketttt’s Lawyers Present: Waiting for Grodoudou.”'

Michael Geist on the new bill.

a step backward for copyright law in Canada

miserable tale of trademark troll vs. indie developer that is a cogent argument for trademark reform

The Globe's just-started online series about Napster, iTunes, BitTorrent, etc. To be available on iTunes and BitTorrent

"Even if I had the money I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes."

Apparently, Monster cables cost more because they have to pay all those lawyers. Eventually, 'monster' will mean 'giant company that breathes lawsuits and fires lawyers out of its eyes'

TPB trial will be over on wednesday. Meanwhile, the site was subject to a DDOS attack today that put it down for hours

stupid levy

"Google will pay out $125 million into a fund for copyright holders and be granted the right to put millions of out-of-print texts online"

Suzanne Vega on the Tom's Diner remix(es) and being "the mother of MP3"

michael geist

wow!

on amateur video and fair use

by Steve Jobs!

The "AA" is for aawesome!

it's Allan Moore