From laughing robots to house-guarding Transformers, we cover it all today. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of data migration. Please report errors to buzztownrecovery@gmail.com. This episode originally published by CNet on 8/17/2007. https://media.blubrry.com/buzztownarchive/content.pwc-networks.com/bol/audio/cnet_buzzoutloud_081707.mp3Podcast: Play …

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Universal listens to us on watermarking DRM-free tunes, and U.K. regulators listen to us on Net neutrality. Crazy! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of data migration. Please report errors to buzztownrecovery@gmail.com. This episode originally …

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The BOL crew dissects John Lennon on iTunes, how Net neutrality could kill you, and the reasons why none of it matters a bit. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of data migration. Please report …

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It was all going so well. Leo was our guest for the day, we were chatting happily about the dangers of batteries, unlocked iPhones, AT&T rampantly censoring political speech in musical performances, and whether dogs can turn into zombies. And then–well, everything just went so horribly awry. Listen for yourself. It’s a tragedy in the …

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Are you one of the millions of people who still need an object lesson in why DRM sucks? How about this: Google is nuking all the videos you bought or rented from Google Video, because they’re exiting the for-pay video business altogether. As of August 15, they won’t work anymore. That’s what happens when you …

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If at first you don’t succeed with your nudie-site lawsuit, try, try again. Perfect10, the site that unsuccessfully sued Google for indexing tiny little not-at-all-erotic thumbnail photos of naked ladies, is hoping it’ll have better luck suing Microsoft. Uh, OK–good luck, then. Meanwhile, AT&T censors Pearl Jam, then tries to blame somebody else for it. …

Read the full post →“Buzz Out Loud 536: Lawsuits–better in the buff”

Now that we’ve been tipped off that we’re floating in a dangerous bubble, we can’t stop looking for signs of leaks. Today, we’ve got Blockbuster buying Movielink, Amazon.com looking into dynamic MP3 pricing (cooler than it sounds), and an unnamed venture with no Web site scoring $100 million on the strength of the NBC brand. …

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Man, Google–so brazen. They’re going to let newsmakers comment on news stories right on the Google News results page. Doesn’t that make the Google News site, already the target of angry news organizations that feel their copyrights are being infringed, even more of a news destination on its own? Oh, who knows? I’m sure Google …

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Google’s YouTube purchase is turning into even more of a lawsuit morass than predicted. Sure, we figured Google would get sued, but we never thought it would be buried under an increasingly gigantic class action that brings together such disparate parties as rugby associations and American publishers. What’s next, late-night TV commercials? Have your copyrights …

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Oh, snap! OK, rule 1: Don’t go around thinking you’re smarter than the folks at Defcon. You’re not, and you’re not going to fool them by trying to be undercover after they already know you’re coming. Rule 2: All fake CEOs will eventually be unmasked, whether we want them to be or not. Rule 3: …

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