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		<title>Collateral damage in the IP wars</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/07/collateral-damage-in-the-ip-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler&#8217;s Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad was blocked on YouTube yesterday due to a copyright claim. Who made the claim? None other than the NFL. Sweet. One would think that a major sponsor of the Super Bowl would get better &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/07/collateral-damage-in-the-ip-wars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Piracy cannot be stopped</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/04/piracy-cannot-be-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Tassi, writing in Forbes, has a good overview of an underlying and unavoidable reality of the digital age in which we live: piracy cannot be stopped. Technological blocks are temporary at best, because blocking any particular digital tools for &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/04/piracy-cannot-be-stopped/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood&#8217;s long battle against technology</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/29/hollywoods-long-battle-against-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/29/hollywoods-long-battle-against-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood&#8217;s fight in favor of SOPA is nothing new for the movie business. Check out this terrific infographic.]]></description>
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		<title>The Megaupload case (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/21/the-megaupload-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure you heard that late this week the United States Department of Justice, with the cooperation of New Zealand authorities, shut down a very popular site called Megaupload. Megaupload was a &#8220;file locker&#8221; site, a category of cloud &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/21/the-megaupload-case/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood Reporter on why Hollywood is losing the SOPA PR war</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/16/hollywood-report-on-why-hollywood-is-losing-the-sopa-pr-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good read.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/04/tech-quote-of-the-day-65/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, it may seem like SOPA [the U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act] is the end game in a long fight over copyright, and the Internet, and it may seem like if we defeat SOPA, we&#8217;ll be well on our way &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/04/tech-quote-of-the-day-65/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cato Institute calls for SOPA block</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/15/cato-institute-calls-for-sopa-block/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/15/cato-institute-calls-for-sopa-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More from Cato on anti-piracy legislation here. Related articles Who needs SOPA when it takes a year to recover mistakenly seized domains? (boingboing.net) SOPA-Rope-a-dope (volokh.com) Urgent: more action needed to stop SOPA (creativecommons.org) Business Software Alliance fractures over SOPA support &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/15/cato-institute-calls-for-sopa-block/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the E-PARASITES Act (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/27/stop-the-e-parasites-act/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/27/stop-the-e-parasites-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The E-PARASITES Act (the latest name for legislation originally named the PROTECT IP Act) has been proposed in the House. It is also called the &#8220;Stop Online Privacy Act&#8221; or SOPA. The bill, if enacted, would effectively allow websites to &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/27/stop-the-e-parasites-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six strikes</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/08/six-strikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The major ISPs have agreed with media companies to implement a &#8220;six strikes&#8221; program. Under the agreement, when content companies report to an ISP that they believe an ISP customer is accessing illegal content, the ISPs will implement a series &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/08/six-strikes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jail breaking is legal (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/27/jail-breaking-is-legal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is now clear that jailbreaking your iPhone is legal, at least under the copyright law. Jailbreaking an iPhone is the process of opening up the software to allow the installation of applications other than those available through the official &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/27/jail-breaking-is-legal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blonde we like wins Downhill</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/21/blonde-we-like-wins-downhill/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/21/blonde-we-like-wins-downhill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poem for the day: Blonde we like wins Downhill (Last name rhymes with &#8220;Bonn&#8221;) There once was a lawyer from the IOC, who called us to protect &#8220;intellectual property.&#8221; &#8220;During the Olympics&#8221;, she said with a sneer &#8220;your site &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/21/blonde-we-like-wins-downhill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A secret treaty</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/08/a-secret-treaty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the New York Times is reporting, there is currently an international effort underway to negotiate a new treaty primarily aimed at protecting intellectual property.  And it is being done in secret. Behind a veil of secrecy, the United States, &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/08/a-secret-treaty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright: Dead man walking?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/09/copyright-dead-man-walking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, according to Lauren Weinstein: As I type this text, I&#8217;m listening to old tunes on imeem in the background. In case you haven&#8217;t being paying attention recently to the Media Piracy Wars, imeem is perhaps the best demonstration to &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/09/copyright-dead-man-walking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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