Episode 173 - Unlawful Access

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Cana-duh

• “Stand with us or with the child pornographers…”
• Twitter account goes all human flesh search engine on MP Vic Toews.
• So what’s actually in Bill C-30?

Copyfight

• Tens of thousands take to the streets of Europe to protest ACTA; here’s a country-by-country breakdown of the numbers.
• And here’s the response from EU Parliament President Martin Schulz.

Goin’ Mobile

• Canada’s newly competitive cell phone market at risk, says newspaper owned by company that also owns Bell Mobility.
• Tomia Honen lays out 2011 worldwide mobile industry by the numbers. Who is Tomia Honen…?

AppleAppleApple

• AppleAppleAppleAppleSony.
• FLQ audits Foxconn — FLA, I mean…
• Jobs gets a posthumous Grammy.

Tired Old Media

• Crushed filmmaker: “This is why I pirate…”
• Ah, so Disney owns Marvel now? That explains this.

Pew-Pew!

• Copyrighting a catch-phrase? That’s Linsane ©…
• Bitcoin goes bust.
• This one ticks all the boxes… for the Toronto Sun.
• If you pay for it they will keep making more of it!

Shout-outs

• Someone isn’t a fan of 8-bit electro. Point taken.
• Thanks too, to our retweeters.

Music

• This week it’s Ben Kweller with his track, “Mean to Me”.

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