Comments for The Open Rights Group http://www.openrightsgroup.org Protecting your rights in the digital age Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Sign up to support the Open Rights Group by WinAntiSpyware http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/01/14/sign-up-to-support-the-open-rights-group/#comment-164519 WinAntiSpyware Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=65#comment-164519 Your current antivirus solution is not protecting you against Spyware and Adware. Get real protection! http://www.go4soft.net Your current antivirus solution is not protecting you
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]]> Comment on About ORG by The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » ORG is looking for new Board members http://www.openrightsgroup.org/about-org/#comment-164516 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » ORG is looking for new Board members Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/about-the-open-rights-group/#comment-164516 [...] all aspects of its work, from payroll to policy decisions. We are very pleased to have in place a committed and expert group of volunteers to undertake these works. And with the organisation approaching its third birthday we are looking [...] [...] all aspects of its work, from payroll to policy decisions. We are very pleased to have in place a committed and expert group of volunteers to undertake these works. And with the organisation approaching its third birthday we are looking [...]

]]> Comment on Performers likely to get as little as 50¢ a year from increased term of copyright by Linkblogging for 07/09/08 « Thoughts on music, science, politics and comics. Mostly comics. http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/09/05/performers-likely-to-get-as-little-as-50%c2%a2-a-year-from-increased-term-of-copyright/#comment-164511 Linkblogging for 07/09/08 « Thoughts on music, science, politics and comics. Mostly comics. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:53:59 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=629#comment-164511 [...] that talk about copyright extensions being ‘for the artists’? The average performer is likely to get 50 cents (euro) per year out of [...] [...] that talk about copyright extensions being ‘for the artists’? The average performer is likely to get 50 cents (euro) per year out of [...]

]]> Comment on EU Commission proposes copyright term extension and ignores all the evidence by Tom Crirrick http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/07/16/eu-commission-proposes-copyright-term-extension-and-ignores-all-the-evidence/#comment-164505 Tom Crirrick Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:44:32 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=575#comment-164505 Whilst appreciating that Copyright in the UK is not perfect it does work for the small creator. I don't earn a great sum from my payments - I don't expect to as my material has a very small specialist market, but royalties do come to me from various parts of the world - payments that I would never have been able to collect myself. No system is perfect, but my experience in life is that we need sensible and constructive agrument to make changes, not ramblingsm and near ravings such as Mr Petigrew has propounded. I am afraid that there is not an official body in the world that will take such statements seriously, he damages the cause of copyright evolution more than he knows. I don't know if he is a creator - I suspect not, but please don't destroy what i have because it is one of your hobby horses. Whilst appreciating that Copyright in the UK is not perfect it does work for the small creator. I don’t earn a great sum from my payments - I don’t expect to as my material has a very small specialist market, but royalties do come to me from various parts of the world - payments that I would never have been able to collect myself.

No system is perfect, but my experience in life is that we need sensible and constructive agrument to make changes, not ramblingsm and near ravings such as Mr Petigrew has propounded. I am afraid that there is not an official body in the world that will take such statements seriously, he damages the cause of copyright evolution more than he knows.

I don’t know if he is a creator - I suspect not, but please don’t destroy what i have because it is one of your hobby horses.

]]> Comment on Commission adviser accuses Barroso of intentionally misleading European policy-makers and citizens on copyright by The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » Performers likely to get as little as 50¢ a year from increased term of copyright http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/08/21/commission-adviser-accuses-barroso-of-intentionally-misleading-european-policy-makers-and-citizens-on-copyright/#comment-164502 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » Performers likely to get as little as 50¢ a year from increased term of copyright Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:18:53 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=610#comment-164502 [...] The proposal is set to cost hundreds of millions to consumers, with repercussions to the public interest, follow-on innovators and cultural diversity. It serves as a windfall for an industry the Commission would have us believe is immune from simple economic logic. No wonder Europe’s leading copyright thinker - and adviser to the European Commission - has accused the Commission of wilfully misleading the European Parliament, and the citizens of the Europ.... [...] [...] The proposal is set to cost hundreds of millions to consumers, with repercussions to the public interest, follow-on innovators and cultural diversity. It serves as a windfall for an industry the Commission would have us believe is immune from simple economic logic. No wonder Europe’s leading copyright thinker - and adviser to the European Commission - has accused the Commission of wilfully misleading the European Parliament, and the citizens of the Europ…. [...]

]]> Comment on Support ORG by Cristiano on Tech/Life » Joined the OpenRightsGroup http://www.openrightsgroup.org/support-org/#comment-164499 Cristiano on Tech/Life » Joined the OpenRightsGroup Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:53:35 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/support-us/#comment-164499 [...] them only costs £5/month and if you want to know how that money is spend, go to the site to read more. They recently started a new campaign to reach 1500 members, so if you are a British [...] [...] them only costs £5/month and if you want to know how that money is spend, go to the site to read more. They recently started a new campaign to reach 1500 members, so if you are a British [...]

]]> Comment on ORG-GRO by The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » How to win friends and influence people (to support ORG) http://www.openrightsgroup.org/org-gro/#comment-164495 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » How to win friends and influence people (to support ORG) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:36:22 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?page_id=561#comment-164495 [...] fundraising campaign, ORG-GRO, continues apace. And although initial results look good - we’ve gone from 750 to over 900 [...] [...] fundraising campaign, ORG-GRO, continues apace. And although initial results look good - we’ve gone from 750 to over 900 [...]

]]> Comment on Number 10 responds to iPlayer petition… by SWEETLOUIS http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/09/06/number-10-responds-to-iplayer-petition/#comment-164493 SWEETLOUIS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:19:49 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/09/06/number-10-responds-to-iplayer-petition/#comment-164493 The only alternative would have been to delay the Windows version until the Mac and Linux versions become available. The only alternative would have been to delay the Windows version until the Mac and Linux versions become available.

]]> Comment on Support ORG by Chocolate and Vodka » Neil Gaiman & ORG, October http://www.openrightsgroup.org/support-org/#comment-164486 Chocolate and Vodka » Neil Gaiman & ORG, October Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:31:36 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/support-us/#comment-164486 [...] don’t just sign up to support ORG, don’t just come along to see Neil, convince a friend to sign up [...] [...] don’t just sign up to support ORG, don’t just come along to see Neil, convince a friend to sign up [...]

]]> Comment on Supporter update - August 2008 by Michael Holloway http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/08/29/supporter-update-august-2008/#comment-164481 Michael Holloway Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:39:17 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/?p=618#comment-164481 We're not expecting any incidents of impersonation or identity fraud here so its less a case of proving your supporter-ness and more a matter of registering for a ticket, then showing up and giving your name, which we'll check against a register of supporters. Does that satisfy? We’re not expecting any incidents of impersonation or identity fraud here so its less a case of proving your supporter-ness and more a matter of registering for a ticket, then showing up and giving your name, which we’ll check against a register of supporters. Does that satisfy?

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