[d at DCC] Contrarians program on copyright

[Darryl Moore]

Thanks I'll listen to it on Winnipeg's feed now

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 09:57 -0400, tOM Trottier wrote:
> Tuesday, August 8, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
> 08/08/2006
> 
> It's the classic All-American success story - two kids invent the world's first superhero and it's up, 
> up, and away to superhuman levels of wealth and fame. The problem is, it's just not true. Joe 
> Shuster and Jerry Seigel had to give up copyright in order to get Superman published, and they 
> spent the rest of their lives fighting for money and credit. Just as Hemingway gave up the rights to 
> "The Sun Also Rises", and Stephen Foster sold "Oh Susanna!" for a bottle of whiskey. This week 
> on the Contrarians: ideas should be free. It's time to abolish copyright.
> 
> Yes, Michael Geist is on too...
> 
> Contrarians regularly airs on*:
> CBC Radio One
> Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. EDT
> Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT
> 
> The Contrarians is a radio show about unpopular ideas that just might be right. Each week, host 
> Jesse Brown invites listeners to step outside of their intellectual comfort zones and try an 
> unorthodox opinion on for size. You may be surprised by what starts making sense.
> 
> Listen on the web - http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html
> 
> tOM
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