http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/comment-page-1/#comment-48932 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Ode to a Cartel Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:23:07 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/#comment-48932 [...] What else to say about Barrie McKenna’s “from your PR playbook to my column” ode to US media cartels than if this is what the MSM does for us, can I please have what comes next? McKenna’s credulous piece is written in such stark “the end is nigh” terms that the more timorous among us will be soon be diving under their beds and shaking in their boots. It also contains exactly no context or contrary points of view even though they are legion (extraordinary fact: only this week our Justice Minister rejected calls for a camcording law, and McKenna’s piece, while making a case for such a law, mentions that fact, and the cartel’s recent lobbying campaign to get such a law, exactly never). Michael will make quick work of it, but the access to the public that this kind of nonsense gets is very frustrating. And this is strike two for the Globe on distinguishing copy-fact from copy-fiction. First Gayle MacDonald, now Barrie McKenna - who’s next?              Related Posts [...] [...] What else to say about Barrie McKenna’s “from your PR playbook to my column” ode to US media cartels than if this is what the MSM does for us, can I please have what comes next? McKenna’s credulous piece is written in such stark “the end is nigh” terms that the more timorous among us will be soon be diving under their beds and shaking in their boots. It also contains exactly no context or contrary points of view even though they are legion (extraordinary fact: only this week our Justice Minister rejected calls for a camcording law, and McKenna’s piece, while making a case for such a law, mentions that fact, and the cartel’s recent lobbying campaign to get such a law, exactly never). Michael will make quick work of it, but the access to the public that this kind of nonsense gets is very frustrating. And this is strike two for the Globe on distinguishing copy-fact from copy-fiction. First Gayle MacDonald, now Barrie McKenna – who’s next?              Related Posts [...]

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/comment-page-1/#comment-48310 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Yet Another Dose of Copyreality from Michael Geist Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:11:31 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/#comment-48310 [...] With regularity that would make a swiss watchmaker proud, Michael routinely deconstructs, disassembles and debunks the copyright fantasies peddled by the media cartels (if there is a Captain Copyright, it’s Michael). Most recently, the object of his affection is the recent MPAA claim of assorted dangers to Western civilization posed by Canadian camcording. Today, a two-fer: Michael’s article, and Mike’s post on it at Techdirt.              Related Posts [...] [...] With regularity that would make a swiss watchmaker proud, Michael routinely deconstructs, disassembles and debunks the copyright fantasies peddled by the media cartels (if there is a Captain Copyright, it’s Michael). Most recently, the object of his affection is the recent MPAA claim of assorted dangers to Western civilization posed by Canadian camcording. Today, a two-fer: Michael’s article, and Mike’s post on it at Techdirt.              Related Posts [...]

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/comment-page-1/#comment-44313 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » How Much For a Friendly Headline? Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/13/the-theatrical-pr-build-up-to-a-new-copyright-act/#comment-44313 [...] Perhaps entirely unaware of the irony, the Globe publishes a Canadian Press piece that points the finger at the web and wonders about torqued headlines. Oh, and by the way, in case you were asleep when reading the piece, its author, Bruce Cheadle, doesn’t appear to like Pierre Bourque (”failed Federal liberal candidate” - “unsuccessful”, surely?). How much for a friendly mention?              Related Posts [...] [...] Perhaps entirely unaware of the irony, the Globe publishes a Canadian Press piece that points the finger at the web and wonders about torqued headlines. Oh, and by the way, in case you were asleep when reading the piece, its author, Bruce Cheadle, doesn’t appear to like Pierre Bourque (”failed Federal liberal candidate” – “unsuccessful”, surely?). How much for a friendly mention?              Related Posts [...]

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