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Podcast #023 - A Goodbye to the Greatest of All
- Obituary: George Carlin -- The last of the great comedians dies Seth Rogen blasts MPAA for their puritanical views The last of the HD DVD releases HD DVDs are still on clearance Buddy, can you spare $180K for a TV? MPAA hates "innocent until proven guilty" Movie theatres fight against MPAA's anti-DVR initiative Royalties on all Blu-ray discs and players in Japan Canadian DMCA to turn millions into criminals DVD rental kiosks coming to the UK Kid Rock boycotts iTunes 3D coming soon ? WHAT!? Denon beats Monster at ripping off their customers -- big time! Stargate home theatreItalian villa home theatre Fall off of your sofa laughing? Go to jail! UK police nicked by PRS for playing radio too loudly Yet another Americanization of the BBC: Top Gear Sigmund and H.R. Pufnstuf coming to the big screen Beverly Hills Cop 4 coming soonBeverly Hills Cop 4 to be made for KIDS??? My Tutor getting a remakePac-man is getting a movie!Fraggle Rock is also getting a movieUwe Boll needs to be stopped -- NOW! Flash Gordon and Highlander remakes are on their way5 movies that were ruined by last minute changes 30 upcoming sequels you might not know about
Podcast #022 - Big Brother Is Only 24 Years Late
- Okami -- If you love rich, detailed, RPG-style games, BUY THIS! Universal to release its first Blu-ray movie on July 22 Optimus Prime T-shirt is a security risk (!!!) in the UK Illegal (as far as I'm concerned) bandwidth caps arrive Clueless U2 manager partially blames ISPs for piracy Virgin Media capitulates to BPI U.S. DMCA goes to Canada - unfortunately Looking at the Canadian DMCA That cheaper, 3G iPhone actually costs more Promotional CDs ruled to be under First Sale Doctrine Vintage TV on the Net MPAA wants a change in the law to prevent DVR copying U.S. ISPs to block child porn at the expense of possibly millions of innocent web sites... ...something that was already deemed to be unconstitutional four years ago. Prince oversteps his copyright bounds -- again Monster Cable has gone too far.
Podcast #021 - When Life Gives You Lemons...
- Fire destroys part of Universal Studios What was lost in the Universal fire Sydney Pollack, 73 "Star Trek" director Joseph Pevney, 96 Comedian Harvey Korman, 81 tunes4thetroops.org HD DVDs for $6 CDN each Netflix delivers $99 set-top box Flexplay returns -- like herpes Bulgaria gets four HDTV channels Bell Canada shows its throttling hypocrisy by opening an online video store Study: Cox and Comcast block P2P Common sense from Hollywood on digital piracy? One step closer to a global police state (article #1)One step closer to a global police state (article #2)"Orphan" copyright bill in the works First Sale Doctrine defeats "licensing" terms on media
Podcast #020 - Invading the Great White North
- First generation HD DVD players get a (final) firmware upgrade Criterion collection coming to BD Blu-ray set-top player sales down since January (Is anyone surprised?)HD DVD's death does not result in a surge in Blu-ray sales (Again, anyone surprised?)Low-end Blu-ray player breaks $300 mark Original article now requires subscription, hence no link here Broadband via sewer (for real!) Grand Theft Auto IV tops $500 million in first weekRIAA fully expects DRM to make a comeback Wilmington, North Carolina to test switch to digital TV HBO and iTunes are coming together The R2-D2 Wedding Cake Iron Man dominates its opening weekendIndiana Jones fights the InternetBioshock movie forthcomingUsing gum to stop Uwe Boll Transformers 2 shooting at University of Pennsylvania??MacGyver coming to the big screen
Podcast #019 - Sick again
- Netflix to charge more for Blu-ray discs you spending your tax "rebate"?Filmaka searching for aspiring filmmakers online ITV to release archive of hit shows to iTunes Cablevision lies to customers about analog-digital switchover Blockbuster tries new prototype stores in Dallas, TX area Adding 3D to DVD and HD DVD?? What? Spike Lee and Nokia to make movies via mobile phones Lost Boys: The Tribe (yawn)New Harry Potter release dates The Dark Knight posterUwe Boll is PWNED!! (Thankfully) Confirmed: Guillermo del Toro to direct The Hobbit Interview with Guillermo del Toro West Side Story gets a new 70mm print with Los Angeles showingMaxim's 300 Movies You Must See Before You Die Karl Urban in upcoming 3-D movie U.S. Air Force looking for Transformers 2 extras
Podcast #018 - Will someone think of the children?
- Amazon and Wal-Mart offers HD DVD rebates New 3D consortium tries to get 3D into the home James Cameron talks about 3D myths Shortage of digital to analogue converters? FCC puts out even more fines (but not for nudity) Joe Biden (D-De) wants to spend $1 billon to scan file names NBC wants iTunes to be their policeman Bell Canada insists that throttling Internet services is necessary "Three Strikes" is condemned by European Parliament New Zealand can teach the U.S. a thing or two about Fair Use BBC and ISPs clash over the BBC iPlayer Watching streaming video to become a crime in China? Peter Gabriel to help with media searching Grand Theft Auto IV to make $400m in one week? Video games are a hit in libraries V to return
Podcast #017 - Giggles, Gandalf, Groans, and Guitars
- Charlton Heston dies at 84 Playstation 3 Profile 2.0 forthcoming Comcast's HD compression is really bad... ...but Rogers is going to do it, too. British ISP heavy hitter says policing the Internet is not the ISP's job BBC Radio 4 news gets hit by giggling fit Gibson steps up their pointless attack on "Guitar Hero" PC game developer tells the rest of the industry to ignore the pirates Amazon offers Sci-Fi DVDs at 50% off CBC helps to legitmize BitTorrent with "Canada's Next Great Prime Minister" All "South Park" episodes are now on-line legally Apple might offer unlimited iTunes with iPods Bill and Ted to get a remakeWargames gets a sequelDune to get another remakeSir Ian McKellan wants to return as Gandalf Pictures of the new Starfleet Academy? The new Muppet movie to get semi-political from an unlikely director **groan** Couple makes a Pirates of the Caribbean -inspired home theater
Podcast #016 - How to Make Me Lose My Cool
- PS3 goes Profile 2.0 New Profile 2.0 BD players coming soon Blu-ray BD+ copy protection cracked Best Buy "rewards" HD DVD owners Virgin Media to enable "Three Strikes" rule Sony BMG's hypocrisy: Busted for using illegal software Comcast backs down on packet impersonization Throttling takes a wicked twist in Canada $5 tax because we're ALL pirates (and one guy actually says that!)
Podcast #015 - The Gift of Gab
- HD DVD is now officially only mostly dead SHOCK! Blu-ray player prices increase since HD DVD was cancelled What piracy? MPAA reports record box office for 2007 RIAA on the defensive U.S. Supreme Court might rule on expletive on TV Babies in diapers = CHILD PORN! Gibson sues over Guitar Hero Gamer screwed by Microsoft... ...but Bungie makes up for it in spades Trent Reznor does it again (thankfully) Beatles catalog coming to iTunes for those too impatient to order the CDs Four episodes of Friends = £11,000 On-demand coming to DirecTV Canada buys more foreign TV than domestic? Lots of Disney sequels for 2011 Latest Indiana Jones 4 theatrical poster Maria Bello replaces Rachel Weisz in Mummy 3 New Star Wars movie and TV series in August
Podcast #014 - It's A Media Circus
- HD DVD is now officially dead Microsoft discontinues HD DVD drive for XBox 360 Microsoft slashes XBox 360 HD DVD price New marketing strategy to clear out HD DVD players Circuit City slashes HD DVD player prices LG doesn't dump HD DVD just yet Paramount's final HD DVD release Universal's final HD DVD release is an ... interesting title Final HD DVD hurrah: Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition Toshiba to get Sony's PS3 chip manufacturing facilities For those with time to waste: Convert HD DVD to BD The FCC Morality police is at it again Comcast really packing 'em in -- unethically The RIAA keeps settlement money that should go to the artists British ISPs could face sactions due to users' piracy Canadian ISPs making MAR out of your OAR web site R2-D2 DVD projector 47% of UK men prefer 50-inch plasma over sex NBC will stream classic shows CBS streams classic shows, too Emmet Otter to take to the stageThe Smurfs (groan) gets the CGI treatmentFor the ultimate Atari 2600 fan
Podcast #013 - The War Is Over
- Toshiba to end HD DVD support Wal-Mart drops HD DVD Best Buy drops HD DVD Netflix drops HD DVD (Do you sense a pattern here?)WGA Strike Ends Jane Fonda says "c**t" on "Today" show Amy Winehouse forced to cover up topless tattoo for Grammys Comcast wants to be an Internet traffic cop Legitimate BitTorrent firms call Comcast's throttling "anticompetitive" Illegal downloaders in the UK face getting banned from the Internet UK ISPs demand that the record companies pay up for any P2P lawsuits Pointless U.S. trade group lists Canada as a top copyright violator Canadian version of DMCA on hold -- for now EU commissioner wants to extend copyright to 95 years Horror films now forbidden in China New "Star Trek" movie delayed until 2009 Tolkien estate sues New Line -- "The Hobbit" in jeopardy Direct-to-DVD "Batman", anime style
Podcast #012 - Who Watches the Watchers?
- Microsoft slashes price of XB360 HD DVD drive Netflix might need to raise prices if the format war ends HP to make Sony DVDs for on-demand requests Toy Story to go to true 3DJames Bond 22 gets a title Lost Boys 2 due out this yearC'est la vie for Bittorrent (Update) So much for the RIAA trying to help artists RIAA boss wants anti-piracy filters to be installed on PCs... ...and then the RIAA backtracks on PC filters Verizon rejects call to spy on its users P2P sharing is accidentally legal in Italy? The 100 best movie soundtracks Open WiFi networks almost became illegal in Utah -- all in the name of "protecting the children" The classic, video game Sapce Ace is coming to Blu-ray and HD DVD PBS stations are adding free content to iTunes Norwegian Broadcasting releases series DRM-free on BitTorrent Ten home theatres for the ultra-geeky The $6 million home theatre
Podcast #011 - No Ifs, Ands, or Butts
- Nude buttocks are filthy, perverted, and disgusting -- at least, according to the FCC Breakthrough in writers' strike? Max Payne coming to theatres -- and without Uwe Boll (so it might actually be good!)I actually agree with Michael Moore C'est la vie for Bittorrent This producer is actually grateful for piracy of his movie! MPAA screws up and admits to it! Canada needs to stand up for its artists? Amazon MP3 goes international
Podcast #010 - It Would Take A Miracle
- Heath Ledger found dead Other Time/Warner Studios defect (no surprise) German studios defect as well HD DVD continues to hemorrhage... ..but still fights for the Miracle Pill with the chocolate coating Blu-ray early adopters' future might be limited Universal continues to back HD DVD... ...as does Paramount/Dreamworks Panasonic introduces a staggering, 150-inch plasma screen Alienware announces a monster of a widescreen PC monitor Final Harry Potter movie might actually be two movies? (Rumor!) Elijah Woods talks about the two Hobbit movies The Dark Crystal might get a direct-to-DVD sequelFraggle Rock season 4 coming soon to DVDWoody Harrelson as Murdock? *whimper* France's President Sarkozy looking to tax Internet access The Sierra Club needs to mind their own business Netflix allows unlimited streaming Sony-BMG brings DRM-free music to Amazon Canadian "iPod tax" dropped
Podcast #009 - Starting the Year with a high-def BANG
- HD DVD is in major trouble Warner Music drops DRM... ...and Sony BMG follows suit. $40 analog-to-digital converter coupon Library of Congress adds 25 movies to the National Film Registry David Lynch hates when people watch movies on the iPhone -- ("F bomb" warning!) Should copyright be dropped to five years? Antigua could be the new haven for media piracy The Romantics - What they don't like about Activition The Batcave Home Theater DRM that kills other DRM iTunes getting Fox movies for rental
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