Episode 207 - Another Click in the Paywall

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Preamble

• SNL in a rare moment of relevance, via Gary Miller.

Cana-duh

• When Cana-duh cops can’t, Anonymous can.
• TL;DR Secret trade agreements = dubious copyright reform. Again.

Copyfight

• Digitizing books fair use, says federal court in US and A.

Priva-see

• Of Gawker reddit and creepshots.

Khaki Pants

•  Wikileaks introduces paywall, with predictable results.

Going Mobile

• WIND vs hot air in Whistler.
• P.S. If there’s a Mobilicity tower nearby you might want to consider this deal.

Freedom!

• BC to offer free textbooks online.
• Save your forks for a generous helping of Raspberry Pi.

Thanks For The Memory

• Who is was Paddy Roy Bates, anyway?

Pew-Pew

• Another consultation? Yay!
• Phone company to woman: “You owe us more than the GDP of France.”
• UK does the right thing, blocks extradition of l33t h@X0r.
• There’s DRM for 3D printers now.

Shout-outs

Music

• Jonathan Coulton re-records Code Monkey for Slashdot’s 15th Birthday.

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