Dyscultured

Find out why Anth is calling in from Phoenix, AZ. Our 2009 end of the year review where Mike and Anth dyscuss things not limited to: Good movies, bad movies, movies that brought in the bucks, new television shows, fond farewell shows, copyright consultations, ACTA, net neutrality, all things Microsoft, Apple and Google, some Facebook and Twitter thrown in for good measure. PLUS Websites of the Year Mike: Hootsuite for keeping his tweets on time and scheduled. Anth: IsoHunt for surviving a torrent of scrutiny and keeping up the good fight. PLUS A quick accounting of all the things that dystroyed pop culture this year.

( direct link to mp3 ) Show Notes Thanks to special guest Diane Wild, whose work can be found at TV, EH? Full Dysclosure Avatar-ded: DRM blocks preview of Cameron’s new film Who’s creeping up in the Canuck cell wars? Everyone knows it’s WIND Mobile! (Andrew’s video coverage of the Toronto launch is here .) I Tweet, Therefore Iranian.Cyber.Army: Twitter gets taken down by hackers Share The Land – What Spins Around Like A Record, Comes Around Like In Court: Record labels may find themselves on the other end of a lawsuit …for once Share The Land – Brick & Mortar Record Store Gets Bricked By RCMP and CRIA:  Ottawa record store gets raided and takes it on the chin Hospitals Not Hailin’ Palin: Hospitals steer clear of ex-VP candidate as pressure mounts (update on last week’s story courtesy of Heather Gold) Facebook or Erasebook? New privacy settings (such as they are) come under attack; only real privacy is to leave service (even then…) 1 vs 1,000,000: Mobile apps all about the que

Thanks to Heather Gold whose work can be found at: heathergold.com –  unpresenting.com –  twitter.com/heathr Full Dysclosure CRTC tries to close down wireless competition and Tony Clement reverses the CRTC decision. Bell and Rogers take a hit on Clement’s decision. Copenhagen … is he related to Nina Hagen? Facebook starts messing with privacy settings and catches Zuckerberg off guard . Has Eric Schmidt been caught out on claims that nothing is private on the net? Mozilla rep. wants people to start using Bing after Schmidt’s privacy comments. Top iPhone apps in Canada for 2009… well… with Andrew’s Nokia picks thrown in. Movies an impromptu discussion on Sarah Palin coming to Hamilton, ON to discuss socialized medicine. WTF? Are you up for Avatar ? Movie studios claim record profits in 2009… wherefore evil piracy? Some of the box office numbers as they stand today. Facebook movie gets a release date . Are Sorkin and Fincher enough to carry it? Websites of the Week Andrew – bri

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Rogers launches Hulu clone and genetic drift is evident. Apple buys Lala , soon to buy Fa-lalalala-lala. Does “local tv matter” enough to you? The CRTC wants to Disqus it . Why SOCAN wants to keep a submission to a public forum a secret. Something’s poppin’ in the state of Denmark. Fair use challenge . Facebook messing around with networks raise pantless women’s ire. Edmonton to bid for Expo world’s fair… a why should we care. Websites of the Week Andrew – MobaMingle.com – getting your mobile social networking fix in Japanamation stylings. Anthony – Threadsy.com – yet another way to combine all your social networking services to one website, including IMAP email. Mike – Obamicon.me – make your family picture scream propagandized hope. Music Octoberman with “Thirty Reasons” from his CD Fortresses thanks to White Whale Records . @octoberman