…Greenslade’s article in the Evening Standard today (which only recently become a free paper in London – an irony there). Greenslade’s argument is essentially as follows. The paywall might work, it might not, but no matter because we must all remember that “news” is a public service: “How can we preserve a public service that, not to be too pompous about it, is a key — arguably the key — bulwark of our democracy?” And in conclusion, he says: “If p…
Tag: copyfight
…whether to infringe copyright, but how much infringement is acceptable. When is piracy too much piracy? Things are definitely in a confusing state when people are forced to decide on a daily basis what degree of compliance to apply to a law. Of course, we also have tax evasion, benefit and insurance fraud, but retail piracy is fundamentally different. Retail piracy is what the public domain has now become….
…end’s c.d. or album if you really like it and give it all your friends for free, and god help us, keep reading books . If we do this, i really think we can make a difference. Anyone band, writer, author, musician, actress please feel free to contact me on this matter if you feel it is important.” But enough of the sub-Private Eye style satire. In attacking the very mechanisms that hold the best hope for musicians like her in the future, Allen make…