‘Spacing’ Hissyfits readers
Dapper Matt Blackett plans to republish blog comments in a book, without permission or payment, it seems
View ArticleWhen Creative Commons accomplishes nothing
John Hilton III wrote an article claiming Creative Commons makes more derivative works possible. And on that score, he is quite wrong
View ArticleFreelancers as panhandlers
While I’m waiting for tens of thousands of dollars in a copyright-infringement settlement (now delayed), I’m pitching again for contributions to The Cranky Copyright Book. But there’s a payoff: The...
View ArticleAnother article to remind you how famous General Idea was
Instead of actually dissecting A.A. Bronson’s baseless “copyright” claims, the Toronto press runs yet another profile of the art supergroup that was always fabulous
View ArticleJohn McCoy: Typical American
John McCoy isn’t just wrong but actively hypocritical about moral rights
View ArticleCopyright revision masquerading as defence of writers
The Writers’ Union of Canada launches its own bill of rights for writers (“for the digital age”)
View ArticleCorrecting John Barber
Globe and Mail publishing reporter John Barber allowed a serious factual error to creep into an article about the future of professional writers. But the Globe itself darkened that future
View ArticleThe Design Exchange and RBC propose to steal the work of “emerging designers”
The so-called Emerging Designer Competition will allow the Royal Bank to do whatever it wants with entrants’ work
View ArticleThe least honest statement Cory Doctorow has ever made
“I don’t pretend that I have all the answers”
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