Episode 147 - Rainbow Connection?

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Preamble

• That was Wil Wheaton talking about how Hollywood brought piracy unto itself. See it on the YouTubes here.

Topmost

• Google buys Motorola, jumps shark.
• China, North Korea trade high-fives over Internet clampdowns in the West.
• Textbook torrent-maker talks about testicles.

Cana-duh

• I'm so gonna upvote this...
• Canadian Court paves the way for taxation and seizure of your domain name.
• Yeah, because what the CFC really needs is more money.

Tired Old Media

• This Hour (of your life) Has 22 Minutes (less).
• CBC sucks donkey dicks anyways, amirite?
• Good for Bruce, bad for everyone else?

Fuckbaggery

• Facebook helps itself to your mobile phone's address book.
• Comunity designs? That sounds great! Too bad it isn't.
• The five levels of ISP evil.

Mobilicious

• WIND Mobile lights up Kitchener-Waterloo.
• How to pay for streaming music on your phone. And how not to.

Pew Pew!

• From the obvious department: Charges recommended in Whistler sled dog massacre.
• CBC gets more time to switch to DTV.
• Super Wi-Fi? Sounds expensive.
• Only in Canada, fruit stand deemed "too successful", forced to close.
• Anth's JoBlo link of the week. And another. And a third.
• Why we need openly gay muppets... I thought we already had them?

Shout-Outs

• Everyone say hi to Alexa Clark. Do it!

Music

• From Arts & Crafts Records we've got Zeus, with their track "Marching Through Your Head".

Dyscuss

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Up Next

• To submit story ideas for next week's show kindly use the hashtag #dys148.
• Episode 148 will record live next Wednesday, August 24th from 10pm ET / 7pm PT, right here.