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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank and Doug to discuss Ben’s joining the Leaderboard Network. But first Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

The Power Glove reborn? Sony patent points to finger-tracking controller

It’s actually easy to force people to be evil

Disney CEO asks employees to chip in to pay copyright lobbyists

Use a wireless mouse? This $15 hack could compromise your laptop

‘No-selfie zones’ set up in one of the world’s biggest cities

Then Ben shares some headlines of his own.

Delving Into the Photoreal World of Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’ Remake

Reallusion Launches iClone Character Creator 1.4

Internet Creators Are Pressuring Youtube To Respect Fair Use Laws

Joe Dante Talks About ‘Termite Terrace,’ The Film He Tried To Make About Warner Bros. Animators

Ben tells us about joining the Leaderboard Network, a gaming vertical of the Channel Frederator Network. He hopes it’ll help bring some guidance and structure to the YouTube channel as well as to make some friends/collaborators.

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

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank and mid news by Doug. After a bit of catching up Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Makers in Uproar over Poached Thingiverse Models on eBay

‘The Simpsons’ to Tap Motion Capture for Live Broadcast

Real or virtual: Scientists ask—can we tell the difference?

Pixar and Khan Academy Release Free Online Course for Aspiring Animators

Apple vs. FBI: Battle over unlocking phone gets nastier

Everyone spends a bit cracking wise and then it’s time to hunker down for some trivia. First Scooby Doo Basics and then newspaper comics. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank and Doug to discuss YouTube Multi-Channel Networks. But first everybody plays catchup and tells us what they’ve been up to. Then Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Kids, forget console gaming—play the FBI’s browser-based game instead

Warning: Bug in Adobe Creative Cloud deletes Mac user data without warning

Potentially deadly drug interactions found mining FDA complaint bin

PayPal To Settle $3.2 Million Class Action Lawsuit

Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law

Then Ben digs into his bag of news stories as well.

Ontario byelection candidate changes name to ‘none of the above’

How Happy Is Your Uber Driver? Survey Offers Candid Glimpse Of Gig-Economy Workers

Porcelite Ceramic Resin for SLA/DLP 3D Printing

‘Ed’ by Taha Neyestani

Justin.tv To Relaunch As Snapchat Channel

Self-Help Author: Robots Are Taking Over So Learn Animation Before It’s Too Late

Animate CC is HERE!

• #MadeWithAnimate

Fuller House – Official Trailer – Netflix [HD]

Pee-wee’s Big Holiday – Date Announcement – Only On Netflix [HD]

First Look Media Keeps Building, Adds Comics Site The Nib to Stable of Web Properties

How X-Men: Danger Room Protocols Came to Life—Without Facing the Wrath of Marvel

• Animated ‘X-Men: Danger Room Protocols’ will take you back to the ’90s
• ‘X-Men: Danger Room Protocols’ shut down after one episode
• X-men: Danger Room Protocols…Cancelled

Ben found this story on the Rubber Onion Animation Podcast and recommends others go check them out.

Sony Rounds Out Voice Cast for ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’

Shout! & Studio 100 Announce Multi-Picture Deal for ‘Maya the Bee’

Moving on to the main topic this week, Ben asks for opinions on joining Multi-Channel Networks, or MCNs, on YouTube.

WHICH YOUTUBE NETWORK SHOULD I JOIN

Should You Join a YouTube Network? The Pros and Cons of YouTube Partner Networks [Reel Web #67]

Complete Guide to YouTube Optimization: Everything You Need To Improve Your Channel

Channel Frederator

• Channel Frederator: The Declaration of Cartoon Independents
• The Definitive Guide to Making YouTube Thumbnails That Will Be Clicked

Mondo Media

Finally, everybody hunkers down for a title match of hair metal band lyric trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank. But before anything useful can start: Puppy Monkey Baby

The fellas do some catching up and discuss plans for Don’t Starve Together and Chill. Then Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Popular YouTubers Try To Trademark ‘React’ [UPDATE]

Sony is trying to trademark ‘Let’s Play’ videos

Scientists get ‘gene editing’ go-ahead

The Chemical Brothers – Wide Open ft. Beck

Behind the Scenes: The Chemical Brothers ‘Wide Open’

Lego ‘Ghostbusters’ set gives hints for the upcoming film

Then Ben brings a few headlines of his own.

Joe Alaskey, R.I.P.

• Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck Joe Alaskey Dies at 63
• Bugs and Daffy Voice Actor Joe Alaskey Dies

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Joins Disney Series ‘Milo Murphy’s Law’

• Weird Al Yankovic Stars in Disney XD’s ‘Milo Murphy’s Law’

Jim Gaffigan, Carl Reiner Join ‘Duck Duck Goose’ Cast

DreamWorks Debuts ‘Trolls’ Teaser

Universal Releases Expanded Look at ‘Secret life of Pets’

Nick Animated Shorts Names 2015 Selections, Opens Submissions

• Nickelodeon Continues Its Never-Ending Search For Entertaining Cartoons

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

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank to take a look at recent changes made to the site. There’s also a late appearance by friend of the show Doug. But first, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

PancakeBot prints flapjacks in any shape you can trace.

Lucid Physics for 3dsmax is out.

What’s stupid this month: Xerox patents sharing documents online.

Warrantless stingray case finally arrives before federal appellate judges.

US Commerce Department wants courts to be kinder, gentler to file sharers.

Then Ben brings us a few more headlines.

What The Hell YouTube?

Netflix Picks up ‘Stretch Armstrong’ Series from Hasbro Studios.

‘The Angry Birds Movie,’ Now With Piss-Swapping and Piss-Swallowing Gags.

WATCH: New Trailer Arrives for LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’.

• New ‘Kubo and The Two Strings’ Trailer.
• ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Gets New Trailer, Posters.

Jared Hess to Write and Direct ‘NickToons’ Film.

The Life and Death of the Flash Cartoon.

Moving on to the main topic for this episode, Ben discusses with Ian why he feels it’s important to have your own site and not simply a profile on social media. He asks the guys to take a look at what the site used to look like. Then he tells us about going from looking at portfolio plugins to deciding to change to GridStack – Responsive Agency WordPress Theme. He shows them the demo page for the theme and then asks them to click around NoRightsProductions.com to give him feedback. They share their opinions that he should keep on keepin’ on.

All three hunker down for some movie trivia. Who will emerge victorious this episode? Tune in to find out!

Then, as things are wrapping up, Doug joins in to say hi to everybody. Fun times are had.

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank in an early show to discuss the Gig Economy. But first Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search engine for sleeping kids.

Walmart will close 269 stores this year, affecting 16,000 workers.

Pornography actor opens up ‘Porn University’ for aspiring adult film performers.

And, following up on a discussion with Frank over why he went with AMD over Intel in his recent PC build, Intel paying up after allegedly ‘manipulating’ benchmarks 15 years ago.

Ben then shares a few headlines of his own.

The Asylum Launches Animation Division with ‘Izzie’s Way Home’.

• The ‘Sharknado’ Studio Has Found A Way To Cash In On ‘Finding Dory’.
• ‘Sharknado’ Producers Launch Animation Division.

What Is The Animation Wage-Fixing Lawsuit? An Explainer for the Community.

Interview: Richard Williams Talks About His Oscar and BAFTA-Nominated Short ‘Prologue’.

Aaron Augenblick To Direct R-Rated Feature ‘The Adventures of Drunky’.

Aardman Animates Stephen Hawking Lecture.

Today’s show is a discussion of the Gig Economy, where freelancers and independent contractors use apps to find work. There’s been a number of articles written on the possible exploitation; Apploitation in a city of instaserfs; Word of the year candidate ‘gig’ reflects a new economic order; Goodbye Jobs, Hello ‘Gigs’: How One Word Sums Up A New Economic Reality; and at least one In praise of the gig economy. As always, everyone on the podcast is in favor of security and protection for the working class. Apps may make things easier for clients and consumers, but there’s a balance to be struck in terms of convenience when considering people’s livelihoods.

Frank ducks out early to attend a birthday party but Ian and Ben hunker down for some 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 Frank, Doug, and Nate. First up, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Driverless, out-of-control car does doughnuts on street.
Bernie Sanders lawyers to Wikipedia: Take down our logo, you’re violating DMCA [Updated].

Hideo Kojima exits Konami, signs with Sony for new PS4 exclusive.
How malware developers could bypass Mac’s Gatekeeper without really trying.

Woman takes to crowdfunding site to get back her Powerball losses.

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

This 3D Printer Builds Full-Color Paper Models!

Every Single Movie Critic In North America Hated ‘Norm of the North’.
‘Simpsons’ Creator Matt Groening In Talks with Netflix For Animated Series.

Finally everybody hunkers down for some trivia. First they try one about movies but eventually decide to go with heavy metal. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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Returning from the New Year’s break Ian and Ben are joined by Frank and Nate this week. After some catch up and talk about Frank’s new computer, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better

Will Supreme Court tackle 1st Amendment issue in Madden NFL litigation?

Disney, Animators Launching Contract Negotiations

DreamWorks Animation Wins Big ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Lawsuit (Exclusive)

New 3D printer makes models out of paper, ink, and glue

Ben then brings us some news stories of his own.

Introducing Movi, the Live Event Camera

• Livestream’s Movi gives you multi-camera sheen within a pint-sized package
• Livestream’s $399 Movi camera lets you edit 4K footage while you shoot
• The Livestream Movi puts the power of a multi-camera setup in your pocket
• Hands-On with Livestream Movi 4K Camera

Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Talk “Anomalisa”

‘Gravity Falls’ Creator Alex Hirsch Landing at Fox

Can You Make A Career Out of Internet Animation? The Pegbarians Are Definitely Trying

Learn How Pixar Makes Its Films with the Free Pixar in a Box Program

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

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This week Ian and Ben are joined by Frank and Doug as they take a look back at the year and plan ahead for the next one. But first, Ben sparks conversation by sharing TOO LIKED TO FAIL – Get rich or die vlogging: The sad economics of internet fame by Gaby Dunn. This leads to a discussion on YouTube, social media in general, Patreon, and the realities of success online. Everyone shares memories of the year, challenges they face looking to 2016, and has a grand old time.

Doug bows out but everyone else hunkers down for a round of Christmas 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 to discuss things on the internet. Kicking off that discussion, Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Pixar co-founder warns virtual-reality moviemakers: ‘It’s not storytelling’

Crystal Pepsi is Ready for a Comeback

• Prepare Yourself for Crystal Pepsi’s Comeback
• CRYSTAL PEPSI IS BACK BABY!!!! (feat. L.A. BEAST)

Ordering Domino’s pizza just became as easy as pushing a button

Patience, people. USB’s getting better, but first comes confusion

UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own

• Disney drops—then doubles down on—DMCA claim over Star Wars figure pic

Then Ben shares a few headlines of his own.

Teaser: Laika’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Is A Stop Motion Action-Adventure Film

Can Cartoon Saloon’s Amazon Pilot ‘Eddie of the Realms Eternal’ Make It To Series?

Toonz Inks Broad Content Deal with Gummybear

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

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