I would be surprised if there was a *single* item on TPB that wasn't copyrighted, whether it's legal or not.
Linux distros? Perfectly legal, but still copyrighted.
I couldn't resist, this one is too easy...
George Romero's 1968 classic "Night of the Living Dead" is in the public domain. This is mentioned in the pirate bay description. Here is a more detailed explanation from wikipedia.
-Mysteryvortex
This appears to me that it will weaken the existing prohibition against this practice by providing the "in writing" loophole. Calling without a real person on the other end was already illegal except in limited circumstances due to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)
[...]
(1) Prohibitions
It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or
any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the
United States--
[...]
(B) to initiate any telephone call to any residential
telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to
deliver a message without the prior express consent of the
called party, unless the call is initiated for emergency
purposes or is exempted by rule or order by the Commission under
paragraph (2)(B);
[...]
How much do you want to bet that consent to robo-calls will quickly be added to the boiler plate in all sorts of contracts as well as privacy policies and TOS notices.
If it doesn't show up in everybody's mail box as part of a change to their credit cards' privacy policies, that might actually surprise me.
-Mysteryvortex
Pair this with Cortado, instant flash killer!
I played around with Cortado a few years ago, it was impressive at the time. Java applets in the browser is a much more appealing alternative to me than flash. With the option of having embedded video with a fall back to the Java applet in the future, this is a win all around.
The Wikipedia page tells me somebody is already doing this.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss
