Showing posts with label piracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piracy. Show all posts
Sunday, April 18, 2021

A Non-Fungible Future?

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There was once a man who bought an original sketch in an inventory-draw-down sale. The sketch was done during the course of employment by a ...
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Saturday, July 18, 2020

The Secret Hold

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The Authors Guild and others believe that The CASE Act (S.1273) may at long last come up for a vote in the Senate. The Copyright Alliance ...
Sunday, May 03, 2020

What You Don't See (May Bind You)

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First there was the "fine print"; then there was the probably intentionally mind-numbing scroll of all caps print, page after page...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

Look Who Is Behaving Badly Now

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Conspiracy theories about the Wuhan Coronavirus abound. I haven't seen any that suggest it was intended to destroy copyright , but the c...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

False Flags

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This week, the Authors Guild exposed a gob-smacking abuse of the public trust and of the concept of law order and copyright. Kudos to Author...
Saturday, December 07, 2019

Who Sells Your Phone Number ... And Inaccurate And Defamatory Info About You?

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When was the last time you "DuckDucked" your own phone number? (Apologies to Duck Duck Go, but I cannot bring myself to type ...
Sunday, September 01, 2019

Big, Big Theft

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Happy long Labor Day weekend! As some of us celebrate the honor and dignity of an honest day's hard work, and a workman's desire ...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

"Stifling Creativity" AKA The Profitable Ingenuity Of The Lawless

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Applying bricks-and-mortar laws to the internet would "stifle creativity" and prevent "the sharing" of "information...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Erotica Dungeons, Infringing Flagpoles, Child Sexbots, Rampant Piracy, and Bubbles....Allegations

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Authors have long been aware that their romance titles can be summarily sentenced and dispatched to Amazon's erotica dungeon without not...
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Sunday, January 07, 2018

Mashing The Mot Juste

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Do you believe that words are "fungible"?  Are all synonyms equal, or are some synonyms more equal than others? In other words, do...
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Saturday, October 21, 2017

Copyright-Related Reading and Dirt

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This week, a publisher wrote to authors about the dismal prospects for newbies and traditionally published "mid-list" authors.  ...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Other People's Work

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I'd like to share some important writings by other  people. The common theme is big balls, for good or evil, at least, that's my tak...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

'Hello, Granny" And Other Dodgy Doings

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"Hello, Granny," said the mystery man. From my caller ID, I could see he was telephoning from somewhere exotic and faraway. ...
Saturday, August 08, 2015

It Was True In 2013 and Is Just As True Today (Digital Piracy)

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This article by Chris Whitten was published by The Trichordist in 2013. http://thetrichordist.com/2013/12/03/the-politics-of-piracy-guest-p...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Congress, Close Those Pirate-Friendly Loopholes, Please!

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For the benefit of authors and interested readers of this blog who are not members of Authors' Guild, I am sharing recent news from th...