Hey there, fellow Troikies! The boobs return as Mattie regales us of her time in nola. Also, there’s talk of unicorns and Jon’s big WHAAA? That’s right, it’s an intense week over here in Troika-land and you’re just moments away from epic win! So sit down, buckle up and enjoy the show!

Today’s intro music is “On the Planet Earth” by Danielle Ate the Sandwich. You can find more of her music at http://www.myspace.com/danielleatethesandwich.

• First story: Talk of Dollhouse and it’s disappointing 3 episodes. Also, should it have been a film instead?
• Second story: The Beetles coming to Rock Band. Sweet.
• Third story: The Author’s Guild wins and now Text-to-Speech is optional. Also, Amazon needs to grow a pair!
• Fourth story: A rather big Twitter talk, including Evan William’s TED talk. Seems like the Twitter guys don’t bring all that much to the table.

Picks of the Week:

• Mattie: Rage Toons
• Mike: The Sixty One
  
• Jon: CopyGator
  

Extra links:

• Technicolor Commentary (A NEW Troika production!)
• Yay Mike for sending those sweet posters!

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Without further delay, Geek Troika episode 18!

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CommentsPodcast Author's Guild, beetles, copygator, dollhouse, Kindle 2, rage toons, rock band, text to speech, the sixty one, twitter

Here’s a shocker: someone is pissed at new technology.

They don’t have the right to read a book out loud,” said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Author’s Guild. “That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.”

The Crunch Gear article I linked to above pretty much admonishes Paul and others of his kind to go after piracy where it counts–wholesale book piracy in China–and I heartily agree. Considering that Audible is owned by Amazon and that this would technically be them pirating from themselves, I don’t really see what the big problem is here. Maybe someone can enlighten me, but I’m thinking that this is just another person overreacting to what I’ve always considered a fun and quirky technology.

CommentsArticles Author's Guild, Crunch Gear, Kindle 2, Paul Aiken