CBC the Bounty Hunter? That is not my CBC

January 30, 2010

I just wrote the following note to the CBC:

I thought the CBC was a public service supported with public dollars? If that is the case does Crown Copyright not already cover the content? And is your content not public domain and would a Creative Commons Attribution license not be the way to go? Otherwise why give you public dollars? You want my support, and I give it, but now you are going to far! This is not my CBC any more. My CBC broadcasts the news in myriad formats to keep us a critical thinking democracy, my CBC does not sell me the news or thwart me from sharing that news with others providing I attribute the source. My CBC is a knowledge disseminator and not a bounty hunter, that is not my CBC.

Via: CBC’s new licencing plan: Pay to Print, Email, and Blog, and outsource enforcement to American Copyright Digital Rights Bounty Hunters and

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation signs up with weird American copyright bounty-hunters

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  1. Right on! Sorry about the loss of your friend and musician Dalal.

    Comment by Beijing York — February 15, 2010 @ 5:37 pm

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