November 2009
1 post
“What’s really fascinating is BlueBeat’s response. BlueBeat claims...”
– Words fail me on this one…
Copyrights & Campaigns: Introducing the ‘psycho-acoustic simulation’ defense to copyright infringement
October 2009
1 post
“He and his laptop were eventually allowed in to see the film, after convincing...”
– So laptops without cameras are banned, but mobile phones with video recording devices are allowed…?
Barmy new ‘no laptops allowed’ rule from Cineworld | BitterWallet
September 2009
4 posts
“Imagine my surprise to find out that Verizon has now agreed to pay the ASCAP an...”
– Try not to think about this one too hard…
Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee For … Ringtones
“Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day...”
– Words can not describe this fail…
Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair share | Digital Media - CNET News
“A judge yesterday ruled against a Long Island man who drove a phony missile...”
– Not really a copyright case… But still…
LI man guilty of copyright boner
August 2009
6 posts
“In a lawsuit filed Thursday with the federal court in Manhattan, widely...”
– Why fail? APPLE DOESN’T MAKE THE I.TV APP! I.TV DOES!
Apple sued for infringing 1000 TVs copyright
“We’re providing this favelet’s source code for educational purposes....”
– Open the source code to get the punchline to this joke…
Favelet/Bookmarklet: New Browser Window
“The picture shows Obama puffing on a cigarette (of the tobacco type). People at...”
– The Best Fair-Use Controversy Ever? - Law Blog - WSJ
“Goffe and his legal team are seeking the huge amount in damages, claiming that...”
– This is a very different stimulus package.
Oprah faces $1 trillon lawsuit
“First one comes via MobileCrunch and tells of the aforementioned Khalid Shaik...”
– App Store Cracks Down on Copyright, Ejects 900+ Aggregator Apps, Rejects E-Books
July 2009
8 posts
“A music publisher that says Australian band Men At Work stole a melody from a...”
– BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Men At Work face plagiarism case
WatchTechnically it’s more trademark than copyright, but stil…
Wyatt Cenac on Feuding iPhone Farters | Comedy Central Insider Blog
“So it was odd to see a news release announcing the impending launch of Zookz, a...”
– Raise your hand if you think this will end badly?
Zookz: A license to infringe?
“But not everyone gets the joke. Keyboard cat will no longer be collaborating on...”
– Play them off… oh… wait…
Warner Music Group Deletes Keyboard Cat Track from YouTube | Epicenter | Wired.com
“Thanks for writing us an email regarding the “Record Breaking Fail”....”
– This is rather meta, CopyrightFail reporting on a Copyright Fail at Fail Blog…
OMG U FAIL SO HARD
“If you have been on iCodeBlog before, you might recognize this “game” from a...”
– Doh!
Look Familiar?
“Fresh off a court victory against Google’s YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is...”
– Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills
June 2009
13 posts
“From the record label plaintiffs’ written discovery regarding Joel...”
– Not helping your fair use argument there buddy…
Copyrights & Campaigns: Best Request for Admission of All Time
“First, it’s not clear that this is the policy.
Second, there’s no way to find...”
– A Little DRM Fail for your morning.
Kindle’s DRM Rears Its Ugly Head… And It IS Ugly | Gear Diary
“ASCAP (the same folks who went after Girl Scouts for singing around a campfire)...”
– This will not end well…
ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings | Electronic Frontier Foundation
“Black’s lawyers claimed copyright over the screenshot, claiming that Black owned...”
– Copyright isn’t the answer to all your problems…
Dustin Lance Black lawyers threaten to sue us despite not running the XXX pics
“Warner Bros. is among the labels that are already using this system to prevent...”
– Guys… Have we learned nothing?
Record Companies Trying to Stop Music Sharing with New CD Security
“The French Constitutional Council has ripped into the new Création et Internet...”
– Ouch…
French court savages “three-strikes” law, tosses it out
“And Nesson, as he has tried to do repeatedly before, recorded the proceedings...”
– Would I even have this blog without Nesson and these two cases? I doubt it.
Nessonic convergence: Harvard Professor records proceedings in Jammie Thomas case; intends to seek Tenenbaum’s intervention
“It’s all over a lawsuit filed today in Federal Court in Los Angeles, in...”
– Lawsuit fail. Publicity win.
Rock Band Accuses GM of Musical Hit and Run
“Here’s the latest: Tenenbaum’s counsel, Harvard Law School professor...”
– This is a facepalm, no matter how much you like/hate Nesson
Tenenbaum team uploads songs for worldwide distribution
“One of the stupidest things you can do when submitting a post to someone else’s...”
– How NOT to Get a Guest Post Published on a Blog [in 11 Easy Steps]
“J.D. Salinger on Monday sued the writer and publisher of a book billed as a...”
– Salinger sues over Catcher in the Rye sequel
“The authorized dealers imported the watches into the U.S. and then sold them to...”
– Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega
“During the Pirate Bay trial, the prosecution showed how various torrents linking...”
– Artists Abused in Pirate Bay Trial Strike Back
May 2009
23 posts
“I SWEAR
You better don’t Let me catch you if you’re copy my...”
– We are copyrighted Blogs
Yes, this is supposed to be a real license. There is just too much FAIL in this license for one quote. Click through to the link to get the full load…
“The Conference Board of Canada bills itself as “the foremost, independent,...”
– The Conference Board of Canada’s Deceptive, Plagiarized Digital Economy Report
“So, in an example of how twisted our legal system can be, Cosmic Debris (owners...”
– Emily the Strange Sues Possible Inspiration Source
Public Domain Fail
“iText is distributed under the Mozilla Public License with the LGPL as an...”
– Open Source Developer Intends To Block Belgian Government From Using His Technology Over Tax Dispute
“The problem has tripled the processing time for a copyright from six to 18...”
– Move to Electronic System Means Long Waits at U.S. Copyright Office
The 14 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Filed by the RIAA... →
“The behavior of the RIAA/MPAA during the last decade has been nothing short of a schoolyard bully who has the teacher in his pocket. It’s not just the consumers who’ve had enough of the Industry’s nonsense, the ISP’s and even the actors and musicians who just ten years ago claimed they were being robbed are now standing up to call out the associations for their wonton disregard for their...
Danger Mouse's EMI-killed CD will be released as a... →
EMI has told Danger Mouse that his latest CD won’t see the light of day due to “legal issues,” so he’s responding by releasing the disc as a blank CD-R in a jewel case with art and liner notes. Fans can just download the music off a P2P site and burn it to the CD-R.
Unsure who the fail is on with this one, but there is definitely fail to be found…
“So it’s striking to see Larry King’s blog, on the CNN website, outright steal...”
– Blogging: CNN and Larry King Caught Stealing Blog Content
Plagiarism, Contracts, and You →
Here’s where things get a little strange: Author #2 wrote the articles for Quest Software. His contract with Quest allowed him to keep the material for his own use too, and he could use it in seminars and books. Author #2 modified the articles, and contributed them to a book for Author #1. Author #1 noticed the similarity and asked us to take ours down. From Quest’s perspective, it’s fine: we...
“But that’s not what this column is about. What I want to ask is, how did...”
– Cory Doctorow: When love is harder to show than hate
Chrono Trigger fan mod receives Cease-and-Desist... →
Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes was a fan-made ROM modification for the widely-acclaimed SNES RPG Chrono Trigger. I say “was” because Square Enix have sent the fans a Cease-and-Desist letter, letting them know that if the project is released, there will be a lawsuit. The mod “featured ~35 hours of game play, 10 multiple endings, and 23 chapters, much like the original Chrono Trigger; it was around...
“this is not copyright infrigment. This was made by people.
Yeah, because only...”
– YouTube - the simpsons in 3d
“Interestingly, the law firm that sent out these notices may soon have its very...”
– Music Industry’s Plea for Pirate Bay Damages Backfires