Category Archives: Copyright
John Degen’s Article – The Attack On Creativity
John Degen is terrified. He’s scared of the future. I can’t blame him. Change is scary. It has John ranting about all the people who want to steal from him, and not looking at all the people who want to … Continue reading
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The Real Reason for Bill C-11/ACTA/SOPA/PIPA
One of the major complaints from the Motion Picture Association of America has been how can you budget a high-priced thriller, if you can’t charge huge amounts of money for tickets? They keep asking this question, even though they know … Continue reading
Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0012 – Sony Corporation
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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Futurist Prediction Update – Copyright – Update 1
I’ve written about Copyright since 2008. My original articles were explanatory, for friends and relatives. That changed when Doctor Mihály Ficsor borrowed Barry Sookman’s blog. That post, which consisted of so many inaccuracies that I couldn’t count them, got me … Continue reading
Futurist Prediction – The CPU Registry – And You Thought the Long Gun Registry Was Bad…
If you think the Long-Gun Registry was a debacle, think again. Wait till you see the CPU Registry.
Copyright Wars Volume 4 is now Published
Copyright Wars Volume 4 has now been published. It was rather fun reading the old posts, and looking at the things that have changed, and have not changed since I originally wrote the articles. Regards Wayne Borean Saturday December 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Politics, Publishing, Writing
Tagged Canada, Copyright, intellectual property, Politics, Publishing, Writing
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Email to Costas Menegakis, Member of Parliament, Richmond Hill
Dear Costas, Thanks for replying to my email. You seem to have missed the points I was trying to make, so I’m going to lay them out carefully. This will be a long email.
Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0011a – Hephaestus Books – Follow Up
On October 31, 2011, I wrote about the Hephaestus Books scam, following a blog post by award-winning writer C. J. Cherryh. Since CJ spotted the problem, a variety of things have happened.
Posted in Copyright, Corporate Copyright Scofflaws, Scam
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Ellen Seidler – And Then Came Lola (2009)
Piracy as it is inaccurately known (the correct term is copyright infringement) is a polarizing term. Mention of it often causes otherwise sensible discussions to degenerate into innuendo and name calling.
Corporate Copyright Scofflaws 0011 – Hephaestus Books
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
Posted in Copyright, Corporate Copyright Scofflaws, Scam
Tagged Copyright, Corporate Copyright Scofflaws, Scam
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