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( direct link to mp3 ) The Shownotes are coming …   they should have been here  Music Facebook Epic Rap by Dan Bull Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @shanebee @wiseman

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble From the YouTube launch (!) of IKEA’s UPPLEVA . Copyfight Canada Post goes batshit insane over Postal Code “IP”. Why Access Copyright is a bad deal . Cana-duh Supreme Court — or Santa’s elves — strikes down wiretapping law. Robocall Inquiry leads to Conservative party HQ . Tired Old Media CBCmusic.ca stands its ground, in defence of free . Is CTV worth paying for? Bell thinks so . Goin’ Mobile Ontario to stand with Manitoba & Québec on carrier douchebaggery . Balsillie’s BlackBerry vision: Unheeded or ill-advised ? It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! IKEA to debut smart furniture . Seriously. Dick Clark has left the building . Infographic: Where politics and Hollywood collide . Another way to read this: Teenagers are MORANS . Shout-outs Jim Henshaw: “ Where’s my flyer royalties ?” Thanks to our retweeters , as well! Music Zomg, Professor Kliq has a new album ! Here’s the l...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble A soft-sell of NSTIC from this YouTube vid . More below. Priva-see Evil acronym of the week: CISPA . And one acronym to rule them all: NSTIC . Cana-duh Halifax studio – and possibly 22 Minutes — to be axed by CBC ? But the beleaguered broadcaster may have an ace up its sleeve: satellite radio . Copyfight 5,000 artists line up for promotion on The Pirate Bay. Proposed Chinese copyright term is three months ! Edumacashun Poland open sources textbooks . There’s a joke in there somewhere. Disappointing ROI for OLPC in Peru . Thanks For The Memory RIP Jack Tramiel , founder of Commodore. How the walled gardens of yesteryear are like the walled gardens of today . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! M$ now owns Netscape IP . Oh noes! Calgary mayor the latest darling of Twitter and reddit . No shit, Sherlock:  Rogers contracts unconscionable , says lawyer not paid by Rogers. Only in Canada: The quarter that costs thirty bucks . MintChip ...

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Seth Godin has Jian Ghomeshi all flustered — more on that at the link below. Cana-duh How about them CBC cuts , eh? Things may get even worse by 2025 . Blast Into Books (my parting gift for Mike) Writers should stop writing knowing that they might no longer get paid to write. Write ? For the rest of us: Amazon data proves that copyright doesn’t work . Goin’ Mobile To no one’s surprise, the CRTC is also clueless on wireless . Upstart carriers undercut big three by 40% on voice 80% on data (!) and other fun facts . AppleAppleApple iPhone hipsters none too happy about Instagram for Android . Maybe this kindred spirit across the pond will spur Mike to get his iPad 3. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! They shoot, we score! DDG goes all hockey stick . Billion-dollar open-source software company gives back to the community . NY Times on file sharing ? Vanity Fair on SOPA & PIPA ?! Shout-outs So, no Dyscultured podcast network...