Episode 64 - Basil Rathbone Eats Snatch

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[2:17:48 PM] Anthony Marco: http://www.canada.com/news/Amazon+Christmas+book+sales+beat+print+sales/2385893/story.html
[2:17:57 PM] Anthony Marco: http://www.canada.com/business/wireless+entrant+looms+Public+mobile+plans+cost+service/2375536/story.html
[2:18:06 PM] Anthony Marco: http://www.canada.com/technology/Mixed+reviews+Wind+Mobile/2356890/story.html
[2:18:19 PM] Anthony Marco: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iYH0BfV4LCK0zKrEltWfib9VYAiA
[2:18:32 PM] Anthony Marco: http://torrentfreak.com/six-ways-file-sharers-will-neutralize-3-strikes-100102/
[2:18:41 PM] Anthony Marco: http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976

Canadian Facebook users going “antirouge” on the government.

Ebooks beat Real books with holiday shoppers.

New wireless entrant set to hit the Canadian market… cheaper plans on the way?

Intermittent Wind from Canada’s newest existing provider.

National Film Board iPhone app gets higher downloads outside of Canada.

Hadopi: not an Aboriginal tribe of the Americas, but Fance’s new invasive copyright legislation and how to get around similar laws.

What SHOULD be public domain in 2010 if not for the Disneyfication of copyright law.

Movies

A discussion on the merits of Avatar, with a nod to Sherlock along the way.

Websites

Anthony – KeepVid – letting you scoop your fave streaming video to your hard drive.

Mike – Seppukoo – thinking of committing ritual Facebookicide?

Andrew – Open Attitude – Andrew’s self-help website… just kidding… well, maybe?

Music

Julia Spitale – “Post Allanah’s Toga Party”

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