This week Ian and Ben are joined by friend of the show Nate and Ben’s bro Frank. It’s Ian’s birthday this episode! 😀

After playing catchup on what everybody’s been doing this week, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Video: 3D printed TSA Travel Sentry keys really do open TSA locks. “Empty” Epson ink cartridges are still 20 percent full. Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 to PCs, even if you don’t “reserve” a copy. Chipotle is facing a lawsuit from a woman who says she was hospitalized twice after eating there. AT&T sales reps accused of scheming to unlock phones.

Ben then shares a continuing story that’s been running through the rumor mill lately, Nickelodeon Will Resuscitate Its ’90s Cartoons With The Splat.

This of course spawns nostalgia talk as everyone shares their opinions on retro programming and the quality of current shows.

Finally, everybody hunkers down for some toy trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Ben’s bro Frank and friend of the show Nate swings by before excusing himself with a migraine. After playing some catch up Ian brings us this week’s news stories.

Cartoon Network Imagination Studios Launches Kids Competition. Glen Keane – Step into the Page.

AnimationABC which spawned discussion on animation courses online like Animation Mentor and iAnimate as well as gaming resources like  DISCIPLINE: PROGRAMMING 3D Buzz. TIGForums. Physicists Built a Wormhole for Magnets. How 3-D Printed Glass Could Lead to Some Wild Architecture.

Ben also brings us a couple news stories this week.

Watch: 5 Gobelins Shorts That Pay Tribute To Women Animation Pioneers. ‘Avengers’-Style ‘Nicktoons’ Movie in Development.

Frank excuses himself to mow the lawn while Ian and Ben hunker down for some seriously tough cartoon trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Ben’s bro Frank as Ian discusses his plans to upgrade his audio setup to accommodate more guests. But first, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Siri saves teen after truck collapses on him. Inside The Persistent Boys Club Of Animation. T-Mobile promises to “eliminate” customers who abuse unlimited data. Acer unveils ‘building block’ Revo computer. Mobikoma A Modular Concept Smartphone. Mega drone carries man into the air and other tech news. Arrests made over zombifying drug known as ‘devil’s breath’.

Ben also tells us about an animation challenge going on over at the Draw with Jazza YouTube Channel. Check out the linked videos for information on prizes and how to submit an entry.

Finally, all three hunker down for a round of video game trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Ian’s friend Mathias as well as Ben’s bro Frank and friend of the show Doug. After doing some catch up Frank and Doug roll in during the news Ian dishes out for us.

‘Sesame Street’ to Air First on HBO for Next 5 Seasons. KENT STATE PHYSICS PROFESSOR RECEIVES GRANT TO DEVELOP OLED TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD BE USED IN FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS. Pluto probe gets new assignment. LG brings OLED tech and HDR to non-curved 4K TVs. Here’s That Lexus Hoverboard Finally in Action.

Doug tells us he’s over OLDEs as he feels they’re too expensive. Ian also gives us his thoughts after finally seeing Terminator: Genisys.

Finally, everybody hunkers down for some title match-level trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by friend of the show Nate and Ben’s bro Frank. After playing catch up with everybody and enjoying Frank’s guitar playing, Ian brings us the news.

Ashley Madison hackers leave footprints that may help investigators. The new, underground sport of first-person drone racing. Change your mind about Windows 10? Here’s how you can roll back. Spotify has announced a ‘creepy’ new privacy policy and people are worried. iPad Pro rumors: The jumbo iPad may launch in November with a Force Touch stylus.

Ben also links two videos, ELDERS REACT TO 3D PRINTERS

and ELDERS REACT TO 3D PRINTERS (Bonus #63).

Finally, everybody hunkers down for some scifi trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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Ian’s unavailable this week but luckily Doug and Ben’s bro Frank are here to help hold down the fort. After playing catchup, talking fiddle playing and oil leaks, Ben brings us some headlines.

Target Finally Listened to My Viral Tweet About Boys’ and Girls’ Toys. Tech’s Selfish Reasons for Offering More Parental Leave. SHORT FILMS IN FOCUS: “THE OCEANMAKER”. Pixar’s Universal Scene Description Going Open Source. Watch Homestar Runner and Strong Bad panic about the impending death of Flash.

Interview with Matt Chapman from the Jeff Rubin Show mentioned on the podcast.

SESAME STREET IS GOING TO HBO, AND TWITTER HAS…OPINIONS. WINDOWS 10 DEFAULTS TO KEYLOGGING, HARVESTING BROWSER HISTORY, PURCHASES, AND COVERT LISTENING.

Finally all three hunker down for some 80s music video trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by friend of the show Nate. After playing a little catch up Ian brings us the news.

Verizon is doing away with contracts. Microsoft wants you to pay $15 for DVD playback in Windows 10. Galaxy Note 5 leak shows glass back, fixed battery, and no microSD slot. Hackers are attacking US gas stations. Japanese court rules that bitcoin can’t be ‘owned’.

Then Ben brings us a few news stories of his own.

This 3D Tribute To Hayao Miyazaki is Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous. Hayao Miyazaki CG Tribute Made with Open Source Tools.

Netflix Reboots ‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’ in Series from DreamWorks Animation (Exclusive). Disney Explains Its Powerful New Hyperion Rendering Engine. Path Tracing on Wikipedia.

Hollywood is Developing Pez Dispensers, The Animated Feature. The New Silent Hill Will Break Your Heart. Amazingly intricate ‘Star Wars’ scenes were cut from single sheets of paper. Open Sourcing the Windows Bridge for iOS.

Finally, all three hunker down for some organized crime trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben deal with the little gremlins in the audio equipment. (Or in Ben’s case, his cat.) Folks at home can play along and spot each issue that comes up. After a little catch up, Ian shows us some of the code he’s been working on with shaders. Then it’s time for the news.

MagicPicker and new Photoshop and Illustrator CC 2015. Synthetica – dead easy texture synthesis from photo. KFC’s new chicken bucket is also a Bluetooth photo printer. Nvidia recalls 88,000 Shield tablets over possible fire hazard. BMW paying electric car owners to delay charging in Bay Area. 3D-printed cast heals broken bones, doubles as Bluetooth speaker.

After returning from the restroom, Ben shares a few news stories of his own.

Maker Studios Is Shutting Down Blip Next Month. Razer CEO talks OUYA, Forge TV and upcoming game streaming service in AMA. New Footage: Disney XD’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Series. WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper Dies at 61.

Finally our hosts hunker down for some Saturday morning and 80s cartoon trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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Ian is busy with family this week but Ben brings us friend of the show Doug and his bro Frank to talk news and discuss Orphan Works. But before that, and even before the news, Doug shares his first short story with us, An Exercise in Futility. Aka A Love Story.

In this week’s news, Ben shares a story relevant to previous  articles, Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It. This ducktails into a story from Doug, Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.4 million vehicles following remote hack. He also brings us a story we recently talked about, Spending a night in Japan’s robot-staffed hotel. That’s quickly followed up with a discussion over US senator wants feds to investigate Apple over music streaming. Ben then tells us about Police arrest US teen who built gun-firing drone. Keeping the drone conversation hovering (see what we did there? :V ) Ben shares Drone Vlog – Yogscast Book Announcement.

Also, since Frank’s on the show and embracing Android, Ben tells him the good news about Fallout Shelter Coming To Android August 13th. Finally Ben asks Doug to chime in on our last news story, WWE terminates contract with Hulk Hogan.

Moving along to our main subject this week, Ben tries (and probably fails) to explain the concept of Orphan Works in layman’s terms. That concept being, when the copyright holder of a piece of content somebody wants to use can not be found through a good faith search to credit and pay them properly, the work can’t be used outside of when fair use applies. This is a concern for people looking to reinvigorate that material in new ways, as they can’t legally move forward if the current copyright owner isn’t known. However, previous attempts to address this have come under fire by creators as potentially orphaning their works and destroying existing copyright protections.

Ben recently became aware of the video Everything You Know About Copyright Is About To Change – Brad Holland, where Will Terry interviews Brad Holland, both illustrators we respect and admire.

It’s been making the rounds on twitter, along with a lengthy blog post. In it Terry and Holland warn that a potential new bill could hurt creators’ rights. Thus far there’s been at least a couple written responses to it, (Terry has referred to the first as an attack article) DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPERBOLE, THERE’S NO ORPHAN WORKS LAW BEFORE CONGRESS. There’s also been an episode of the podcast Surviving Creativity with Cory Casoni, Brad Guigar, Scott Kurtz, and lawyer Katie Lane on the topic. Lane has also written a response, What’s This “Orphan Works” Business About?

We here at NoRights Productions obviously care deeply about protecting creators’ rights. We know it’s a lot to wade through but feel it’s important that people stay calm and look at the facts. Currently there is no proposed bill, only a report, Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: A Report of the Register of Copyrights. You can read it and submit comment.

Finally, Frank ducks out to spend time with his wife while Doug and Ben hunker down and go head to head in some Archie comics trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can also watch the video for this podcast here.

This week Ian and Ben play catchup discussing things they’re working on. Ian’s been buried in code while Ben’s fussing with shading (after launching his new webcomic Billy Badass which you should check out). Then they each have some news stories to share this week. Ian goes first.

Retail video game industry bounces back to life in June. Japan’s robot hotel opens its (automatic) doors. Google Self-Driving Car Involved in First Injury Accident. ‘Warcraft’ teaser trailer shows Stormwind in 360 degrees.

New perpetual licenses of most individual Autodesk products will not be available for purchase after January 31, 2016.

Then Ben delivers a few headlines he’s found this week.

Firefox blocks Flash, and Facebook calls for its death. ‘Bloom County 2015’: Berkeley Breathed Revives Comic Strip. The Animated Film ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Will Become a TV Series. Nelvana, Sony Team Up For ‘Hotel Transylvania’ TV Series. How to Produce A One-Man Web Series: Pat Smith on Making ‘Blank on Blank’. ‘The Simpsons’ Will Soon Start Selling Real-Life Duff Beer.

Finally, our two hosts duke it out in a round of movie tagline trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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