Category: Copyright

What Happened To Pandora?

Pandora is having some serious troubles. It seems to most like they should be making money with the constant advertising interrupting their music selection, but with the current and outdated copyright laws, they’re hemorrhaging cash.   At $.99 a song, music is cheap…For one individual. But imagine buying thousands of songs for millions of unpaying customers? Welcome to the world of bullshit copyright math. Now, Pandora doesn’t...

MSFT Rips off Apple Store- When Comes The Apple V Microsoft Patent Wars?

Apple’s patent war with Samsung in the US has come to a close with gains of $1 billion. So now Apple’s lawyer’s are wondering, “Who should we sue next?” And the not-so-obvious possibility I’ve been entertaining after taking my first real look at the Microsoft Store is Microsoft. Have you seen the Microsoft Store? It’s the closest thing you can get to copying Apple...

Rumblefish- Scam, Scum, or Or innocent Victim? Part 1

Does any company deserve the right to profit off of works in the public domain by stomping on another’s rights? No, but that doesn’t stop Rumblefish, a music distributor from doing it. Earlier this year Rumblefish made headlines by using Youtube’s Content ID system to take down a video of a man talking with birds singing in the background. There was no music anywhere...

How One Company Stole Pixar’s Intellectual Property from 10 Films and Didn’t Get Sued

Vídeo Brinquedo- Ever heard of it? Probably not, but if you look at their films, you’ll probably have the feeling you’ve seen something similar before. Every movie they’ve ever made has been stolen from Pixar, Disney, or another major studio. Wanna know something even more unbelievable? They haven’t been sued. Mothers have been sued by the big studios for playing music as their kid...

MPAA=Mega A-holes

Helicopters roar overhead. SWAT Teams of heavily armed officers rush the compound from the ground, and the air knocking through doors. No, this is not the story of the arrest of some dangerous druglord, or terrorist. This is how the combined forces of the FBI, and several other nation’s agencies entered the family home of Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload. Sound ridiculous? I thought...