Posted in challenges, media concentration on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Today in the Georgia Straight there is an article by Carel Moiseiwitsch and Gordon Murray who claiming sole responsibility for creating the parody of the Vancouver Sun that has got Mordecai Briemberg sued by CanWest. They argue convinciengly that political satire is a fundamental freedom in Canada.
I’ve been surprised and disappointed that there has been [...]
Posted in media concentration, tagged protest, parody, free speech, SLAPP on June 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s the BCLA resolution on CanWest and Free Speech that was passed by the membership at the AGM in May. Also check out the article on Briemberg’s case in Adbusters.
See you Friday!
Posted in media concentration on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Mordecai Briemberg, webmaster/administrator of canpalnet (Canadian-Palestine Support Network), is being sued by CanWest, over a parody of the Vancouver Sun. Here’s a pdf of the first page, and here is the full text of the parody.
There are so many reasons why this lawsuit sucks:
Briemberg claims he didn’t write the parody, or even distribute it
He’s [...]
Posted in collection development, media concentration on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
This past summer, according to the BCLA site:
BCLA has written to the Secretary General of the CRTC (the regulator of Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications), in response to a call for submissions on the diversity of voices in the Canadian media. BCLA’s contribution asks the CRTC to establish a market domination cap and break up concentration [...]
