All the Battles, All the Time

Jeff, Bleu, and Kate brave the cold and snow to return to the studio table and chat with Sean about SOPA/PIPA, the day the net fought back, MegaUpload, Apple, and well, Star Wars, because honestly what serious conversation doesn’t at some point end up revolving around Star Wars?

Don’t Stop at SOPA(Bleu)MegaUpload/MegaVideo gets shut down, CEO found by police in a saferoom with a shotgun(Jeff)Jonathan Coulton on MegaUpload (Bleu)
– And on NPR
Busta Rhymes Backs Megaupload, Says Record Labels Are The Real Criminals (Bleu)

Does Online Piracy Hurt The Economy? A Look At The Numbers (Bleu)

One additional note/link re: copyright infringement is not theft, it’s copyright infringement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_%281985%29 (Jeff)

iBooks and a bold EULA (Jeff)
& MS takes the opportunity to mock Apple  (Jeff)
Apple’s new vision of education (Bleu)
Why Apple says it can’t build an iPhone in the US (Bleu)

Trying to Nudge Drowsy Drivers (Bleu)

Star Wars Swimsuits (from Dennis K.)
Crowdsourced ‘Star Wars Uncut: The Director’s Cut’ Debuts on YouTube (Bleu)