I guess it has been done for as long as there has been complex language, but it appears to be happening more and more. It passes itself off as a moral thing but that really is not the case. Meanings get distorted as a way to control public perception.

Not copyrighting an image is among one of the most common and tragic mistake made by inexperienced artists.

But then they will most likely chicken out when they are given just that opportunity. What do you say you would do if you could but then wouldn’t because you would just have to roll over and play chicken? Mix your metaphors? Let’s go for some of the usual suspects – and don’t forget to have your say too.

Poor man’s copyright and rules.

This is what happened to me at Walmart when I wanted to get my pictures.

Have you noticed that there are copyrights on everything we see? From lights to cars everything is copyrighted. But are the companies going to far?

An open letter replies to Doctorow’s recent essay “Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It’s 1996″, agreeing with many points but disputing the optimism.

To many outside the music business, music publishers are a myth, a mystery or a non-existent entity. But for those wanting to enter the musical industry, you must be able to identofy what role they play as they may be your key to millions.

Preservation or innovation: what is the future of digital media?

Copyright laws hurt both artists and consumers. Recording companies and profiteers take money when they themselves do nothing to make the material they sell. This is a list of just a few of the things we can’t do because of the copyright legislation they’ve pushed into law.