Aug 06 2009 ∞
“ Goffe and his legal team are seeking the huge amount in damages, claiming that as Winfrey sold an alleged 650 million copies of the book online for $20 (£13) a time, he is owed $1.2 trillion. However, Goffe admits that the website, which sold Winfrey’s work, is no longer available.
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This is a very different stimulus package.

Oprah faces $1 trillon lawsuit

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“ First one comes via MobileCrunch and tells of the aforementioned Khalid Shaik who, using a team of 26 Indian and Pakistani based programmers, turned out a mind-numbing (in more ways than one) 943 apps in the last year. These apps aggregated text or images from the Internet around topics like army news, wrestling news, sexy ladies, etc. and typically sold for $4.99. The only problem, of course, is that Shaik didn’t own the rights to the content he was using, and when you start trying to profit off racy pictures of young starlets you pull from the internet, the copyright police will come knocking.
— App Store Cracks Down on Copyright, Ejects 900+ Aggregator Apps, Rejects E-Books
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Jul 30 2009 ∞
“ A music publisher that says Australian band Men At Work stole a melody from a children’s song in hit Down Under has won the first stage of a court battle. Larrikin claims the flute riff from the 1981 hit is stolen from Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree, written by Marion Sinclair for the Girl Guides in 1934.
— BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Men At Work face plagiarism case
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Jul 23 2009 ∞

Technically it’s more trademark than copyright, but stil…

Wyatt Cenac on Feuding iPhone Farters | Comedy Central Insider Blog

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Jul 16 2009 ∞
“ So it was odd to see a news release announcing the impending launch of Zookz, a site that offers unlimited music or movie downloads for about $10 a month, or both for $18. That’s a bit like waving a red cape in front of a couple of bulls, isn’t it? But Zookz believes it’s in the clear, legally, thanks to the World Trade Organization. It’s a far-fetched argument, but you’ve got to give Zookz credit for nerve.
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Raise your hand if you think this will end badly?

Zookz: A license to infringe?

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Jul 15 2009 ∞
“ But not everyone gets the joke. Keyboard cat will no longer be collaborating on YouTube with Hall & Oates, whose label, Warner Music Group, excised the audio from a video including Helen Hunt’s turn as a teenage drug casualty in the 1982 film Desperate Lives, the Hall & Oates hit “You Make My Dreams Come True,” and — of course — the mighty keyboard cat, who plays off Hunt’s character with the help of the two erstwhile pop stars.
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Play them off… oh… wait…

Warner Music Group Deletes Keyboard Cat Track from YouTube | Epicenter | Wired.com

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Jul 13 2009 ∞
“ Thanks for writing us an email regarding the “Record Breaking Fail”. Unfortunately, douchebaggy cyber-bullying emails will only bring upon you more shame on your house. I am also resisting the urge to write this email in ALL CAPS. I believe it is the duty of FAIL Blog(TM) to call out organizations when they encourage the public to do such things as “Break the record” for the “Most Individuals Killed In A Terrorist Act”. We firmly believe that our publication of your fail is protected under the concepts of fair use, commentary and non-trademark use. Please RTFM and we welcome you to teh interwebs.
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This is rather meta, CopyrightFail reporting on a Copyright Fail at Fail Blog…

OMG U FAIL SO HARD

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Jul 10 2009 ∞
In the year 2015, an artist hopped in a time machine to go back to 2009 and run a new Web site. The results were… epic. Name hidden to protect the identity of the less copyright inclined.

In the year 2015, an artist hopped in a time machine to go back to 2009 and run a new Web site. The results were… epic.

Name hidden to protect the identity of the less copyright inclined.

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Jul 09 2009 ∞
“ If you have been on iCodeBlog before, you might recognize this “game” from a tutorial that I wrote about writing an iPhone game (link).  One thing to note here is the company name is BlaBlaIncTech (not iCodeBlog) meaning I did not submit this nor did I give permission to do so.  I find it interesting that someone has the guts to take a tutorial on iCodeBlog and submit it to the app store unmodified.
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Doh!

Look Familiar?

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“ Fresh off a court victory against Google’s YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money!
— Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills
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