Oh, That Liberal Media!

"Political ads, particularly during election campaigns, are by nature one-sided."

Yes, and this gives all political parties free reign to use this information as one-sidely as they see fit.
What, scared of facts favouring one side are you? Tsk tsk.

As Ezra Levant would say, "The answer to a problem with free speech, is more free speech."

The "Ministry Responsible for Propaganda" aka the Parliamentary Press Gallery are going to make the unfounded assertion that they are 'fair, contextual and responsible'...HA HA HA HA

The Media Party decries 'fair use and fair commentary'!

Hypocrisy, we're not the press gallery we used to be...

Cheers

Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”

Does copyright protection extend to illiteracies like "free reign"?

Your moral and intellectual superiors ;o)

(Fair use.)

Nicely done, Brian Lilley. Yay, Sun News!
You can run, Justin, but your sycophant Media Party can't hide your drivel.

You can bet the farm that the media party will give each other permission to use their news footage if it is in an ad that denigrates the Conservative party.
However, they will likely block anything that is detrimental to JT's aspirations.

Also, if the CBC is upset that the Conservatives used Justin's idiocy about terrorists "feeling completely excluded", what is next???
Will sites such as this and others that are critical of the Liberal party have to ask to use their news coverage?
Will I be in trouble if I speak about Justin negatively at work after hearing him screw up in a scrum that CTV broadcast?
It is a slippery slope.

BTW, Troy Reeb,who signed on to this farce, is one of the people who took Sun News and Ezra to task for the 'chingra du madre' chiquita banana episode.

God, I get ill just listening to Lisa LaPhlegm,Peter Mansbridge et al, thankfully don't have to, a few clips showing their absurdity in broadcasting on SNN is all I need to know they're, they're all part of the Media party, the obvious but unofficial opposition.

Justin is not up to the job so they're going to protect him. Maybe the LPC will keep him under wraps to protect his supposed lead in the polls but he has to show for the debates....will they find a way to protect him there too?

Did The Simpsons Predict Ebola Outbreak Back In 1997?

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2014/10/did-simpsons-predict-ebola-outbreak.html

Off topic re: media...

Can someone please get Marie Vastel and Kady O'Malley off that CBC Power and Politics show ? My God, they are annoying and one-sided.

I just stumbled across this article which sort of explains the government's desire to modify copyright laws:

Copyright And Political Ads: Insight Into a Certain "Consortium"
http://excesscopyright.blogspot.ca/2014/10/copyright-and-political-ads-inisght.html

I'm not a member of the media party. I'm a photographer who relies on sales of his work to make a living. If I take a picture of any politician (using my $40K plus worth of gear and vehicles), I expect to get paid when it gets used. I would also like a say over how it is used. The last party I expected to ever float an awful idea like this would be the Conservatives. Very disappointed. :(

Saw the drivel being passed off as news on CTV-gag me with a ladle-and could not believe what they were trying to do. So it's okay for the left to use negative press coverage against Harper but it's not okay if he does it. Do they realize how tupid they look?? Even my liberal brother-in-law, a hard core liberal-thinks Justine is an idiot.

My Flickr stats make it clear that my images have been viewed millions of times. Maybe not by millions of people, but I definitely can claim to have an audience. I know that it takes time and money to create these images. I know it isn't fair when people make money off my work and I don't get a slice of that pie. Sorry if my being pro intellectual property rights and pro capitalism is annoying everyone here.

The MSM are petrified that JT will be seen for what he is...absolutely petrified.

... like more than ~61,000 should see this ridiculous speech. The guy's a friggin gold mine for attack ads.. no wonder the defense is tightening up.

A few animal rights groups have tried to license use of this image:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mccormickphotography/5604254470

I have not sold usage rights for this image as I am concerned about how it will be used. As much as I like money, I have friends and family who raise cattle and I support them and their industry. I don't want my work being used in a way that could hurt them. Copyright allows me to protect my work from being misused by unscrupulous individuals. I am wary of any proposals that could weaken copyright law. Sure it's about money, but it's also about being concerned about how my images are used (or misused).

Also, no amount of fiddling with copyright law will keep Shiny Pony from looking stupid. Just hand Boy Blunder a microphone and watch him go.

Most disturbing is that there is a document signed by executives of major media organizations clearly indicating their intentions.

The media no longer wants to hide their bias anymore.

I would have thought that some behind the scenes oral agreement would have been sufficient.

I once took a photo of Seahawks stadium back in 2002, that I sent out to someone else by e-mail way back when. I randomly came across my photo in a news article last year, it had made it rounds over time and found its way into a media article. I thought it was interesting but didn't care much to say anything.

From: DemocracyRules
To:
Laura Payton
President, Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery

Please list, on a single page, all the stories you have published regarding the crimes of Stalin.

Since he killed far more than Hitler, I'm sure you have published a great deal on this subject.

On the other hand, if you have not published anything, please note that on the single page.

If you fail to respond, I will understand.

Sometimes the absence of evidence is the evidence of absence.

[I will attempt to cross-post this comment on the press gallery website. Wish me luck.]

First off, Don Martin at CTV is an asshole, which I believe is common knowledge even to him, but he is also a liar and like the medias candidate for PM quite the drama queen, "Fascist", really? Sheesh, what a dipshit! The Media Party aren't at all worried about their material being used by third party's, they are simply worried that the Conservatives will be using media footage that makes the Shiny Turd look like the imbecile he so clearly is. Not surprising that the lefty media whores are championing censorship and demanding an end to free speech after all, they have an idiot to elect and like Obola down south, radical idiots and unqualified leftist ideologues don't elect themselves.

"I am wary of any proposals that could weaken copyright law."

What part of 'fair use is already legal' don't you understand?
Please be specific. Oh sorry, you'd have to understand it in order to be specific. Just so you know, Kate McMillan(owner operator of SDA) is a photographer and graphic artist and airbrush artist etc. too.
http://www.katewerk.com/photos.html

Otay...a just law to rightly protect intellectual property is now harnessed to suppress genuine news content?

For example, an interview or photo of a private individual requires a "model release" to publish....for money or other consideration....UNLESS it involves a GENUINE NEWS EVENT.

Now it seems the media party is now declaring ANY content or image they publish or broadcast to be copyrighted intellectual property.

Like most sophistry....there must be a logical originating basis.

"I do not believe Fair Dealing was intended to cover partisan advertising purposes.[...] Had an issue with a news org using an image of Danielle Smith from my portfolio a couple of years back."

Then the law as it's already written works. They took your whole image or only part of the image? The whole picture, yes? Fair Dealing/Use says they can only have a small percentage of your work(not sure how much, less than 10% if I remember rightly) and they must attribute it to you.

Still have a problem, then it's your problem. If Kate doesn't have a problem with it then why do you? Seems to me Kate is more concerned with the Media Party fighting Fair Dealing/Use in order to protect Trudeau and you already have the protection you need for your images.

Everyone commenting has to contact their MP. I will be doing so right away. This needs to be stopped ASAP.

Any bets that the letter from the press gallery is going to become part of an advertisement?

Perhapsa bit of introspection.
I look forward to the next few months of the media and Trudeau trading gaffes.
This last week or so has forced the liberal friendly media to report on justin truthfully not because they wanted to but because they feared someone else would and feed the conservatives narrative they where covering for an ineffective leader.

No honour among thieves and all that.

Perhaps a bit of introspection.
I look forward to the next few months of the media and Trudeau trading gaffes.
This last week or so has forced the liberal friendly media to report on justin truthfully not because they wanted to but because they feared someone else would and feed the conservatives narrative they where covering for an ineffective leader.

No honour among thieves and all that.

I wonder where both CBC and CTV were when the Ontario Libs during one election lifted Global News' content and used it in an election ad against what they would deem as one of the evilest Conservatives ever, certainly for his time -- Mike Harris.

During a Global News interview a head of an all-premiers meeting with the federal Lib gov of Chretien, Harris was asked what he will do if the feds wouldn't restore health care cuts totaling billions to the provinces. Harris responded that they would have to deal with "one mean, mad Mike Harris."

The libs lifted his comments for a political ad and superimposed it over video of OPP riot squad batting OPSEU union members outside Ontario's legislature -- Harris' words (with haunting, dungeon-like reverb for effect) and the OPSEU riot had no link whatsoever.

Global News, to their credit, did complain but to no avail -- the Libs would not drop the ads from the election. But the most interesting thing was how both CBC and CTV didn't seem to care, certainly not forming a pack with the 3rd broadcaster whose content was not only lifted but ACTUALLY taken out of context, unlike what the Conservatives do with ads targeting Trudeau.

No need I guess since the Lib ad that had lifted Global News' content was used to attack conservatives.

For the Media Party, it's all for one and one for all (...sometimes, I guess).

I read an article about this in todays paper by Stephen Maher who COVENIENTLY fogot to mention the letter by Mansbridge to other networks when he admits it has to do with protecting Turdo. I want to send this clown an email but can't find his address.He is on twitter but I don't have twitter(as I think it is for twits).How can I contact him thru twitter?

The "scrum" on CTV's Question Period were in full freakout today. The audacity of the CPC to use our journalism against us. The first ime since Junior was elected they actually admitted he was unknowingly sitting on both sides of the fence.
True to form Pet's apologist Craig Oliver still did hid best to zpin the vacant ones verbal diarrhoea.
Good on the CPC.