Monthly Archives: January 2010
Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0003
The largest copyright pirates are the large corporations, particularly in the content distribution business. Yes, those companies who scream the loudest that their customers are ‘pirating’ movies, songs, books, etc. In this series, we are going to look at cases … Continue reading
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Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0002
And the worst thing is that Mike hasn’t done anything major since. Just think, the talent who could produce one of the greatest live action stop motion animation movies ever, and he hasn’t produced another major work. Now I didn’t talk to Mike, and I don’t know for certain that his experiences in having his work ripped off are the reason why, but I have my suspicions. Continue reading
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Invent Help Sues IPWatchdog Alleging they are Not a Scam
I don’t often agree with Gene Quinn over at IPWatchdog. Gene thinks that if it moves, you can patent it (or at least it seems like that). Gene thinks that Climate Change is a myth. So we disagree on some issues. Continue reading
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Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0001 – ITunes
So, who’s the pirate I should go after? A kid who downloads my album because it isn’t available in non-DRM format and costs $30 on Amazon? Or a huge multi-billion dollar corporation that has been selling thousands of dollars worth of my music and not even acknowledging it? Continue reading
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No Proroge Demonstration – Pictures – Part 2
Most of the demonstrators marched down to Lois Brown’s constituency office for the second half of the demonstration (my leg was killing me, so I drove). Here’s pictures and comments. Note that even though (or maybe in spite of) being told that we’d be coming, Lois wasn’t in. Continue reading
No Prorogue Demonstration – Pictures
Ah, the pictures finally finished uploading! Here’s the demonstration as we arrived at 1:00 PM Continue reading
No Prorogue Demonstration in Newmarket Ontario
My wife Heather and I attended the No Prorogue demonstration in Newmarket today. It was a great event (thanks to Liz who did most of the organizing). About 250-300 people showed up, everyone was in a cheerful mood, even the cops. Continue reading
Talking to Pirates
Cliff has drawn some interesting conclusions from all this, and is changing parts of his business model to address the issues that came up. I wish him the best of luck in this. I think he’s on the right track, and will see considerable success come his way. Continue reading
Prorogue Polka Revisited
We have a government, that doesn’t want to govern. We have a population that is so upset that 208,228 people have joined a Facebook Group in protest. Canada had a population of 33,739,900 in 2009 according to Statistics Canada, which … Continue reading
Graduated Response and Copyright – a Practical Solution for Copyright Infringement
Copyright Infringement is a problem. And it’s one that is getting worse. I’ve been tracking a series of infringement cases over the last year, and the more I look at the situation, the more I am convinced that something needs to be done, and it needs to be done soon. Continue reading
