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more about #copyfight more comments → bens: As a person who's had to work with Unix and Unix-like operating systems for the last fifteen years, there's no way that Google nerds would have found ... more » Seeräuber Jenny: "Lets"? Has the apostrophe been abolished without anyone telling me? #google more » NotSafeForLife: The obvious choice, which would create some nice synergy with the parent company's name, would be to re-name the language to "Goo." #google more » OMG! Ponies!: This is how I predict this will play out. #google more » m4ximusprim3: "On the other hand," McCabe added, "I would consider licensing the name for a few hits of some really good acid and a high resolution scan of my book ... more » Shadowlayer: He's actually right, about ads: if you take all of the spammer shit out (which is low-yield anyway) there's just not enough ad money to fuel every new... more » Mediahohoho: I am all for less availability of NewsCorp. web sites. Starting today. #rupertmurdoch more » kimsama: You can use this genius strategy even if you have a bricks-and-mortar store: 1. Destroy all the roads to your store 2. Eliminate signs/GPS signal tha... more » Tremonius: I am interested always in the proposition that nothing can be lest it first appear in Dilbert. Like, the pointy-headed boss orders: "Run me a hard cop... more » xyzpdq: 1. That hottie interviewer is totally lickable. 2. I detest Murdoch, but the Aussie accent humanizes him. 3. I hope power is the greatest aphrodis... more » manchops: This is perhaps the saddest day ever. First we learn that Sex Goddess Andrea Peyser is only being read by a mere 500,000 people, and now we are being ... more » macbeach: Ironies abound. "Imagine: Something inaccurate, written by Matt Drudge, causing people grief. Unprecedented." I can't remember the last time I saw a... more » Matt Cherette: Seeing the Drudge Siren is a treat in and of itself, but the few occasions when I've been lucky enough to experience the Double Drudge Siren were some... more » MrInBetween: Someone must have helpfully pointed out to Drudge that it's a wee bit hypocritical for him to belly-ache about some sap making bank off the hard work ... more » muppet_baby: You want to see this difference in attitude (between Reuters and the AP) in action? Go look at their Web sites. The AP's homepage doesn't even link to... more » -
#copyfight
Google Forgot to Google Before Naming Programming Language
It would seem Google failed to effectively use its flagship service before rolling out its much-ballyhooed new programming language "Go:" Another language already had that name, and a significant profile on Google's own servers. More » -
#theolds
Old People Talking About the Internet: Rupert Murdoch Edition
Rupert Murdoch has revealed his secret plan for News Corp. to make money on the internet: Make News Corp. invisible, on the internet. Murdoch will leave The Google, rewrite copyright law, and teach you kids to stay off his lawn! More » -
#foursquare
Code Theft Allegations Can't Stop iPhone Bubble
Foursquare has raised its first venture capital investment, and it couldn't have been easy: There are persistent rumors the social networking company stole its code from Google. Plus, it wanted to invest the money in a domain name. Ooof. More » -
#copyfight
Drudge Death Panel Murders iPhone App in Stalinist Snafu
Just as we suspected he would, Matt Drudge demanded Apple kill iDrudge, the iPhone app created by a fan to read his website. But the right-wing protoblogger then reversed himself in a stunning flip fliop. Siren time! More » -
#copyfight
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
Huzzah: A president at newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More » -
#copyfight
You Must Pay AP to Quote Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's compositions are in the public domain, but Boing Boing discovered the AP's licensing system demands $12 to quote 26 of the American statesman's words. To think the wire service only began tinkering with ridiculous fees last year. Innovative! -
#mediawars
Online News Theft a Truly Teeny-Tiny Problem
The Wall Street Journal is up in arms about it; the Associated Press is building a robot army to fight it. But it turns out online news piracy is at most a $250 million-per-year problem. Just how small is that? More » -
#printisdead
AP to Finally Invent Indexing of Text on Internet
This is great: The Associated Press is going to set up a "news registry," so it can finally tell where its text content is, on the internet. What a fresh concept! But the revolution doesn't end there. More » -
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#badvertising
The Jailhouse Assault Dreamed Up by Angry Tech, Media Companies
So the copyright wars have come to this: Incensed over rampant online file sharing, some of the largest software and media companies show how copyright violations can get you brutalized in jail. Subtle. More » -
#copyfight
Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills
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! More » -
#copyfight
If You Steal His Books, Stephen King Will Mock You
Writers are getting mad as hell about digital versions of their books getting pirated online. Ursula K. Le Guin and Harlan Ellison will sue you. But we like horror mogul Stephen King's approach: insults! More » -
#copyfight
Wacky Discovery Founder Sues Amazon.com over Kindle
Discovery Communications, the owner of cable channels like FitTV and Animal Planet, is suing Amazon.com, maker of the Kindle, over an electronic-books patent taken out by its founder and CEO, John Hendricks, years ago. More » -
#scandal
Is the New Foursquare Too Much Like the Old Dodgeball for Google?
Even though Google killed Dodgeball, Dennis Crowley reassured the socially inept that they'd still be able to find their friends at bars with his newly launched Foursquare. One problem: it may not be his. More » -
#tirades
Lily Allen calls New York Times 'Cheap Skanks'
Why are musicians always the most hilariously touchy creatures? Foulmouthed, pocket-sized crooner Lily Allen is furious at unnamed New York Times editors for licensing photos of her to British tabloids — "cheap skanks," she says.
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#wtf
TMZ Fights for Its Right to Give Away Octo-Mom Pics
So, how did those photos of Nadya Suleman's horribly distended, octuplet-carrying belly get out into the world? They were licensed to TMZ (presumably by Octo-mom herself), which wants to drum up publicity and traffic. More » -
#copyfight
Shepard Fairey's Monday Is Worse Than Yours
Let's count Obama poster-boy Shepard Fairey's current skirmishes: he's preemptively sued the AP over its copyright claims; he pleaded not guilty to Boston graffiti charges; and hipster literary journal N+1 thinks he's a sell-out. More » -
#hollywood
Australia: the movie too bad to pirate online. [IMDB]
