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4 Minute Roundup: Pirate Bay Case; Oprah-geddon on Twitter

2009-04-25T00:00:14Z

Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. This week I look at the recent ruling in the Pirate Bay case, where four men at the file-sharing site were found guilty and sentenced to a year in prison -- but are asking for a retrial due to a conflict of interest by the judge. I also mention @Oprah's entry to Twitter and whether there will be a backlash on the service now that's it's gone mainstream. Speaking of Twitter, I ask "Just One Question" to PR blogger Steve Rubel about how he thinks Twitter will make money.

Check it out:

4MR podcast 4-24-09 final.mp3

Background music is "What the World Needs" by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

Pirate Bay defendants found guilty at News.com

Pirate Bay judge accused of conflict of interest at News.com

Why Everybody Lost The Pirate Bay Trial at TorrentFreak

Pirate Bay Four: Scurvy Dogs May Not Walk the Plank at InfoWorld

Oprah's Twitter feed

Oprah's First Tweet Will Be Tomorrow On Her Show. Soccer Moms To Take Over The Service? at TechCrunch

Pushed By Celebrities, Twitter Is Poised To Double Its Monthly Traffic Once Again

Despite Oprah, Twitter Is Not like Studio 54 Gone to Seed at MediaPost

Twitter's Monetization Strategy: Developers, Developers, Developers at Steve Rubel's Micropersuasion

Here's a graphical view of last week's MediaShift survey results:

Also, be sure to vote in our poll about local watchdog journalism sites on MediaShift!

Comment from joe on 2009-04-25

2009-04-26T05:48:11Z

I think Oprah is going to blow a fuse in Twitter traffic. She's so popular that she'll suck up all the attention on Twitter.

Comment from Jordan Hirsch on 2009-04-26

2009-04-26T15:22:38Z

Great roundup, Mark. Here's hoping the Twitter backlash take hold and all the johnny-come-lately's bail out. Yes, everyone has their own personalized feed of Twitter, but the infrastructure is obviously not 100% up to all the new traffic it's getting as a result of the media finally realizing that it exists. I don't want to see it become the next Facebook, it's actually fun & useful!

Comment from Felicity on 2009-04-26

2009-04-26T16:23:13Z

Amazing how these guys get imprisoned for copyright laws and yet youtube actually hosts copyrighted material and get away with it!

Comment from Mark Glaser on 2009-04-26

2009-04-26T16:59:27Z

Jordan, Definitely there have been problems. My 6-year-old son wanted to Twitter (not sure why) so I set him up @julianlego and it was swallowed up by another account. Eventually it came back to life a couple days later... Pretty flaky. Felicity, Well the DMCA currently protects sites like YouTube until a take-down notice is given for copyrighted content -- at least in theory. It's just now being tested with a huge lawsuit by Viacom for $1 billion, still in courts... We'll see.

Comment from Everest Poker Bonus on 2009-04-27

2009-04-27T10:15:25Z

No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers. The site hosts BitTorrent links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.