Erasing David – someone should

If you’ve not seen the film “Erasing David” and intend to watch it and don’t want it spoilt then please stop reading now, as I’ve just finished watching it and really the man problem couldn’t erase an etcha-sketch without assistance – so I feel the need to rant and highlight a “few” of the mistakes he made. +20

They really don’t like photographers do they

The original of this article is over on Copyright Action, but they seem to be having bandwidth issues so I reproduce it in it’s entirety here. (reproduced with permission and all copyright and content remains © Copyright Action 2008 – 2009). When you’ve finished reading this consider a few things: 1) The police are generally unhappy at being photographed 2) How likely is it that the ICO provisions won’t be extended to all photographers after a suitable pause? 3) If we have our photographic copyrights removed today, what protects any of our other creative rights? 4) How much luck do … Continue reading

Strange days indeed

The end of the world must surely be coming, that or I’ve fallen into some odd alternate reality, for today we have: Tom Harris saying Daniel Hannan is right (which he is) and elsewhere Peter Tatchell is defending homophobes (well their right to free speech). All these attacks on our liberties and sovereignty do make for some strange alliances. +1-1