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0:24 – All the ‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-song-lawsuit-decision-20150922-story.html

News of the Bogus:

• 1:34 – Presidential Candidate Lawrence Lessig Steps Up To Assist Kim Dotcom https://torrentfreak.com/presidential-candidate-lawrence-lessig-steps-up-to-assist-kim-dotcom-150916/
  • Kim Dotcom case is ’simple fraud’, court told http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/24/kim-dotcom-case-is-simple-court-told
  • U.S. Uncovers Kim Dotcom’s Self-incriminating Skype Calls https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-uncovers-kim-dotcoms-self-incriminating-skype-calls-150924/
• 7:26 – TSA Doesn’t Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked https://theintercept.com/2015/09/17/tsa-doesnt-really-care-luggage-locks-hacked/
  • Obama faces growing momentum to support widespread encryption https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/tech-trade-agencies-push-to-disavow-law-requiring-decryption-of-phones/2015/09/16/1fca5f72-5adf-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html
• 13:11 – George W. Bush Tried To Retroactively Declare Illegal, Unconstitutional NSA Surveillance Legal, Because He Said So https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150921/11301932319/george-w-bush-tried-to-retroactively-declare-illegal-unconstitutional-nsa-surveillance-legal-because-he-said-so.shtml

17:18 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: NYPD Union President Patrick J. Lynch http://www.capitalnewyork.com/sites/default/files/PatLynchLetter1.pdf

22:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire: PETA https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150922/11063332329/monkey-business-peta-sues-behalf-monkey-selfie-claims-copyright-belongs-to-monkey.shtml

This Week’s Quote: “When we’ve got these people who have practically limitless powers within a society, if they get a pass without so much as a slap on the wrist, what example does that set for the next group of officials that come into power? To push the lines a little bit further, a little bit further, a little bit further, and we’ll realize that we’re no longer citizens—we’re subjects.” —Edward Snowden

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Co-host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – First Library To Support Tor Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150910/13090332217/first-library-to-support-tor-anonymous-internet-browsing-effort-stops-after-dhs-email.shtml
  • New Hampshire Library Rejects DHS Fearmongering, Turns Tor Back On https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150915/23161932266/new-hampshire-library-rejects-dhs-fearmongering-turns-tor-back.shtml
• 9:53 – The FCC Imposes Netflix’s Broadband Policy  http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fcc-imposes-netflixs-broadband-policy-1441149876
• 18:47 – U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/12/us/politics/us-drops-charges-that-professor-shared-technology-with-china.html

24:59 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: GCHQ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/stop-using-difficulttoguess-passwords-uks-spying-agency-gchq-recommends-10497048.html

34:04 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (nominated by Travis Retriever) https://theintercept.com/2015/09/15/richard-glossip-set-to-die/

• Richard Glossip Stay Of Execution Dismissed http://news.sky.com/story/1553236/richard-glossip-stay-of-execution-dismissed
• Richard Glossip Execution Is Halted by Oklahoma Court http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/us/richard-glossip-execution-oklahoma.html

This Week’s Quote: “The day is coming when we will be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that we’ve executed an innocent person. On that day, we’re all murderers.” —Penn Jillette

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Co-Hosts: Dave Turcotte, Matt Page, and Jeremiah Harding

IP Special:

• The Superplex Bros vs. Teespring http://superplexbros.com/superplex-bros-vs-teespring-the-complete-story/
  • T-Shirts, The Superplex Bros https://www.teepublic.com/show/281387-the-superplex-bros-german-suplex-shirt
  • File:Nintendo.svg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo.svg
  • Wikipedia:Public domain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain#Fonts_and_typefaces
• 12:19 – WordPress Adds Subaru to Takedown “Hall of Shame” https://torrentfreak.com/wordpress-adds-subaru-to-takedown-hall-of-shame-150908/
• 22:14 – Getty Images Tries To Copyright Troll 2600 Magazine Over Content It Has No Copyright Over https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150908/18123432199/getty-images-tries-to-copyright-troll-2600-magazine-over-content-it-has-no-copyright-over.shtml

This Week’s Quote: “Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 1:07 – US Govt. Denies Responsibility for Megaupload’s Servers https://torrentfreak.com/us-govt-denies-responsibility-for-megauploads-servers-150901/
• 7:10 – What reporter Will Ockenden’s metadata reveals about his life http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-24/metadata-what-you-found-will-ockenden/6703626
• 13:42 – Video Game Developers Face the Final Boss: The FDA http://fee.org/anythingpeaceful/video-game-developers-face-final-boss-the-fda/

21:53 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Konami (nominatd by Dave Turcotte) http://ps4daily.com/2015/09/kojima-retweets-fan-made-mgs-5-pic-konami-files-copyright-claim/

• 危ない Wolf on Twitter: “la li lu le lo ! @Kojima_Hideo @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN made by the amazing ❤ @DesertmanDrake https://twitter.com/all_snake/status/638215295396655104
• Everything The Same Is Infringing: How Hugh Hefner Used Mario Bros. To Show YouTube’s Copyright System Sucks https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150831/05364632117/everything-same-is-infringing-how-hugh-hefner-used-mario-bros-to-show-youtubes-copyright-system-sucks.shtml

26:23 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Cumberland County, NC Sheriff’s Office http://reason.com/blog/2015/09/02/teen-boy-will-be-charged-as-adult-for-ha

This Week’s Quote: “Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.” —Mark Twain