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Legal Today, Not Tomorrow? ~ Bill C-11
Bill C-11, Canada's so-called "Copyright Modernization Act" has passed second reading in the House of Commons and is now before the parliamentary committee.
Since I am preparing my debut novel for eBook release, I'm trying not to pay attention, yet I find myself reading Russell McOrmond's Bill C-11 Legisative Committee coverage. Russell is both Live tweeting and blogging about each meeting day. This legislation is simply too important to ignore, not just for me, as a self publishing writer, but for Canada, and the heritage and culture that is so much a part of who we are.
I can't actually watch the proceedings myself, even though they are being broadcast online by CPAC. Beginning with cable TV coverage, CPAC has provided Canadians with a ringside seat to Canadian parliamentary proceedure since 1992. The problem is that this video is provided onsite in Windows Media Player format.
Problem: In order to watch video in the proprietary Windows Media Player, you need to have Windows, and I don't.
It seems I can't watch the livestream of the actual parliamentary committee meetings because I have chosen to use free software. I don't use Windows anymore, nor do I use any of the various Apple computers. My operating system on *this* computer is Ubuntu, and the one on my desktop computer is Trisquel.
But of course, that's the point. Proprietary digital devices and content try to force the user to use the software or device specified by the manufacturer. Once you buy into any proprietary system, it is difficult to switch to another. In this case it's Microsoft, although it could as easily be Apple, or Sony, or any one of a plethora of rich and powerful companies that make proprietary software and hardware.
And why not? Microsoft built the Windows Media Player, and they want people to use it in their operating system.
In the past, circumventing proprietary formats might have resulted in a voided warranty. But it seems to me that Bill C-11 will make it illegal.
I expect CPAC paid rather a lot to be able to license the Windows media player. But since Windows is still the dominant OS, it seems like a reasonable choice to reach the most people. And CPAC wants all Canadians to have access to the video they create. That's what they do.
And CPAC understands, because it attempts to circumvent the problem by advising us to copy the link below the video into our own video player if we are having problems.
I tried that, but it didn't work on either the Ubuntu Movie Player or Banshee Media Player. Even so, I wasn't positive it was a proprietary issue the problem was until a friend tried to resolve it.
Apparently Flip4Mac WMV program converted the proprietary Windows video format to a proprietary Mac video format.
The other solution that CPAC offers is to use a program called VLC. Ironically I used that free software video player back when I still used Windows, but haven't managed to get it to work in either of my gnu/linux machines.
The long and the short of it is that, because I am not able to run the proprietary Windows Media Player, I am effectively locked out of the digital government video CPAC routinely shares with Canadians.
An Illustration of Bill C-11
In a strange way this demonstrates why legal protection of TPMs — regardless of legality — is the central point of Bill C-11 that has Canadians concerned. As written, Bill C-11 would criminalize Canadians who circumvent TPMs (technical protection measures) even if we are legally entitled to access the content that is locked by these "digital locks".
Although I'm neither a technical person or a lawyer, I think Bill C-11 would make software like the VLC player illegal in Canada because it circumvents proprietary TPMs.
And Bill C-11 will make both tools to circumvent and the act of circumvention of TPMs illegal.
It wouldn't matter that CPAC wants to share their content with me, Microsoft would have to grant permission to convert proprietary formats into free formats, or else it would be illegal. Microsoft's current policies indicate any such permission would be unlikely, but even if it did, the tools to circumvent the proprietary TPMs – like VLC – would be illegal, so I wouldn't be able to do it anyway.
Lawyers like Michael Geist and Howard Knopf and tech folks like Russell McOrmond, Wayne Borean, Bob Jonkman and Cory Doctorow have said Bill C-11 would not be such a problem if TPM circumvention was only illegal if tied to copyright infringement.
the shape of things to come
But if they pass Bill C-11 as written, it will become illegal for Canadians to circumvent TPMs so we can watch our government in action. Or to back up our software, Or format shift so we can watch DVDs on MP3 players.
Depending on what TPMs manufacturers employ, it may become illegal to read public domain eBooks on our e-readers, or play DVDs that aren't region encoded. Which would mean that independent film makers wouldn't be able to put their original movies on DVDs. Independent musicians might be prevented from distributing their original work digitally. The range of consequences are appalling.
How long until it becomes illegal to load free software on our computers?
If Bill C-11 passes, not long at all.
[Edited for readability (replacing a bit of awkward phrasing) but content remains the same.]
Image credits
Screencap cc-by 1111aether
Against DRM cc-by Nina Paley
Bill C-11 ~ this week's Links #copyright
Copyright law is in the air in Canada these days, as our government contemplates passing Bill C-11 (the draft law formerly known as Bill C-32)
If you're wondering why there is such a fuss about copyright, and why it should matter to ordinary Canadians, this is a great place to start on the issue. The highlight of this week's C-11 coverage was, hands down, Jesse Brown's interview with Michael Geist.
The draft C-11 Legislation has been "read" in the House Of Commons, and has now been sent to a Legislative Committee of MPs who will now attempt to clear up any problems. Canadians can now email our concerns to the appropriate MPs.
One citizen shared the reply he received from his MP boing boing
Russell McOrmond posted an interesting article contrasting the Conservative policy on gun registration with their push for digital locks
I've added two new blogs to my blogroll on the basis of their recent posts regarding C11.
The Copyright Modernization Act (C-11), Digital Locks and turning ISPs into Gatekeepers One Step at a Time
Canada's copyright reform bill: Desperately seeking economists (and evidence)
Michael Geist is writing "The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter" series in which he shares the stated objections of many varied opponents of the digital lock provisions of Bill C-11:
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 1: The Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 2: Canadian Consumer Initiative
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 3: Retail Council of Canada
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 4: Canadian Council of Archives
- http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6052/125/
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 6: Canadian Federation of Students
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 7: Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 8: Documentary Organization of Canada
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 9: Canadian Library Association
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 10: Council of Ministers of Education Canada
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 11: Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 12: Canadian Association of Research Libraries
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 13: Canadian Historical Association
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 14: Canadian National Institute for the Blind
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 15: Canadian Bookseller Association
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 16 – Canadian Home and School Federation
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 17: Film Studies Association of Canada
- The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 18: Canadian Bar Association
More Information
If you are looking for more information about this copyright law, you can use the search bar in my sidebar, search the Internet. The draft legislation currently known as Bill C-11 is a word for word reincarnation of what was called Bill C-32 in the last session of parliament, so searching for Bill C-32 will give you a lot of background information and analysis.
The authorities I look to for C-11 information include:
- Russell McOrmond's Digital Copyright,
- Howard Knopf's Excess Copyright,
- and Michael Geist's blog.
- Cory Doctorow has visited the issue in Boing Boing,
- and you won't want to miss Jesse Brown's podcast interview with Heritage Minister James Moore on Bill C-32.
What to do about Bill C-11 ?
I should be getting ready for NaNoWriMo. The problem is that the danger to Canadian culture posed by Bill C-11, the so called "Copyright Modernization Act," currently moving toward becoming law, is simply too great to ignore.
I can't ignore this and expect to get anywhere with my next novel. So I've decided to try to post something about C-11 every day (after making my NaNoWriMo word count :) Because both my self publishing efforts and writing my third novel during NaNo will claim most of my time, these posts will be much shorter than my usual blog posts.
The Canadian DMCA in Today's News
Cory Doctorow blogged about the response received by a Canadian citizen in answer to their C11 query from Conservative MP Lee Richardson, a member of the Standing Committee on Industry. Since copyright law falls under the joint purview of the Ministry of Heritage and the Ministry of Industry, Lee Richardson ought to be pretty well versed in this issue. Richardson is quoted as writing:
If a digital lock is broken for personal use, it is not realistic that the creator would choose to file a law suit against the consumer, due to legal fees and time involved."
— Conservative MP Lee Richardson
BoingBoing: Canadian Tory MP: Don't worry about violating our stupid new copyright law, because we probably won't catch you if you do
Cory Doctorow's assessment is that this amounts to advice from the Government passing this law is:
"…you should go ahead and break the law because you won't get caught."
— Cory Doctorow
BoingBoing: Canadian Tory MP: Don't worry about violating our stupid new copyright law, because we probably won't catch you if you do
Now, I am not a lawyer, but if this is not the law's intent, the law should say so. Just because the copyright holder might choose not to do this, is no guarantee that they won't.
Bill C-11 clearly allows them to sue Canadians.
Particularly when there have been innumerable clear instances of corporate "patent trolls" suing unsuspecting citizens in the wake of the American DMCA and every similar copyright 'reform' enacted around the world.
If this is *not* the government's intent, this part of Bill C11 must be changed.
The Canadian Government should not be encouraging citizens to ignore Canadian law.
what we can do
I believe there are various petitions being gotten up, but I urge all concerned Canadians to tell the government that we do not support the digital lock provisions in Bill C-11. Sending an email is a stronger message than signing a digital petition. The message you send doesn't have to be long and involved. Just weigh in and tell them what you think before this law is passed.
Write to Members of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-11:
[28 October UPDATE 2011-10-28T15:48:49+00:00]
Bill C-11 Legislative Committee Chair: Glenn Thibeaultof the NDP has been named as the Bill C-11 Legislative Committee Chair
email: email@example.com
Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Paul Calandra, Conservative Parliamentary Secretary to the Heritage Minister
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike Lake, Conservative Parliamentary secretary to the Industry Minister
email: email@example.com
Scott Armstrong, Conservative
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Peter Braid, Conservative
email: email@example.com
Phil McColeman, Conservative
email: email@example.com
Rob Moore, Conservative
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Charlie Angus, NDP Digital Affairs and Ethics Critic
email: email@example.com
Tyrone Benskin, NDP Heritage and Cultural Industries Critic
email: email@example.com
Andrew Cash, NDP
email: email@example.com
Pierre Nantel, NDP
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Geoff Regan, Liberal Critic for Consumer Affairs
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
As well, you can write to Heritage Minister James Moore
email: email@example.com
Industry Minister The Honourable Christian Paradis
email: email@example.com
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
email: email@example.com
and as always, your own MPP [Find your MP]
It is perfectly acceptable to send the same letter to all concerned, and although postal mail is taken more seriously, email is increasingly acceptable, particularly when time is of the essence.
If you have a blog (and if you don't, it's pretty easy to start one for free at WordPress) you can post your letter online, making sure to tag it with #C11 and #Canada and #Copyright. Talk to friends and family about this, as well as people in your social networks,because if this law passes as is, it will have serious repercussions to Canadian culture.
More Information
If you are looking for more information about this copyright law, you can use the search bar in my sidebar, or you can search the Internet. Bill C-11 is a word for word reincarnation of Bill C-32 in the last session of parliament, so searching for Bill C-32 will give you a lot of information and analysis.
The authorities I look to for C-11 information include:
- Russell McOrmond's Digital Copyright,
- Howard Knopf's Excess Copyright,
- and Michael Geist's blog.
- Wayne Borean has blogged extensively about this,
- Cory Doctorow has visited the issue in Boing Boing,
- and you won't want to miss Jesse Brown's podcast interview with Heritage Minister James Moore on Bill C-32.
2010 IP3 Awards
When I began this blog a little over a year ago I had no idea about what was happening in the world of Intellectual Property Law. But I've been learning. Some of the amazing people and organizations I've come across who are spending a great deal of time working to fight against changes that will be detrimental to us all are linked in my sidebar.
One such organization is the Washington based public interest group Public Knowledge, who work hard to defend citizens' rights in the emerging digital culture. Public Knowledge emailed subscribers asking for suggestions for nominations for their 2010 IP3 awards:
Let us know who you think should be honored for their good work in any or all of the "three IPs": Intellectual Property, Information Policy, and Internet Protocol. The IP3 awards are our way of paying tribute to the thought leaders who inspired us and our supporters during the past year."
Of course, being me, even though I am seriously new to all of this, I simply could not resist throwing in my two cents worth. Like this:
My Nominations
Nina Paley
I'm willing to bet that Nina Paley's decision to fight for "copyleft" by releasing her wonderful animated feature film Sita Sings The Blues under a creative commons license has done more to raise the specter of true independent film making than anything else could have.
Add to that her vocal advocacy for expanded fair dealing and copyright reform, topped by her recent decision to turn down what would certainly have been a lucrative Netflix distribution because they refused to distribute Sita free of DRM.
I believe Nina Paley's efforts are instrumental in demonstrating the value of legal file sharing which can help to preserve an open Internet.
Cory Doctorow
As a writer returning to writing after a long childrearing hiatus, I've been doing a lot of learning about copyright, and Cory Doctorow has become one of my personal heroes. His ability to clearly explain and inform about the history of Intellectual Property, as well as his radical new ideas about IP reform have helped educate me on these issues. Cory Doctorow makes good use of his popular boingboing website to raise public awareness about IP3 issues, as well as his place in the UK's The Guardian.
Even more brilliantly, Cory Doctorow's book "Little Brother" brings these issues to life in a fictional world, which more than anything else helps to shine a light on the possible abuses we will face if we don't pursue "the copyfight".
More than anyone except my family, Cory Doctorow is responsible for the many long hours I have invested in both IP3 self education and advocacy through my blogs and any other appropriate forum I can find, either on or offline.
Michael Geist
A year ago I was learning to make web pages and just starting my first blog. As I learned about the Internet and what you define as the IP3, Professor Michael Geist very quickly became a key source of accurate and informed online information.
Michael Geist's various websites have both directed me to other excellent IP3 excellent resources, like Public Knowledge, as well as providing me with a strong enough grounding in the IP3 fields to help me to advocate for intelligent copyright reform and against dangerous public policies like ACTA in my own blogs.
Public Knowledge instituted the IP3 Awards to say "thank you" to those who:
"have advanced the public interest in one of the three areas of "IP" –Intellectual Property, Information Policy and Internet Protocol."
– Public Knowledge Presents Seventh IP3 Awards to Samuelson, Crawford, Geist and Paley
So, two picks outta three ain't bad for a novice.
And of course, I can still keep my fingers crossed that Cory Doctorow will be the super secret recipient of the "President's Choice Award" that will be announced at the IP3 awards ceremony in Washington, on October 13th, 2010.
I haven't heard of the other two recipients, Pamela Samuelson and Susan Crawford, but then I am, after all, very new to all of this. They certainly sound as though they've more than paid their dues in the legal and political IP trenches from the PK article.
Congratulations to all on being chosen, and a very special thank you to Public Knowledge for the important work they do.
Image Credits:
- Sita Sings the Blues – Nina Paley's Sita, remix by laurelrusswurm
- Cory Doctorow, University of Waterloo – Independent Studies – Scholar in Virtual Residence – photo by laurelrusswurm
- Michael Geist, University of Calgary, 2008 – photo by D'Arcy Norman
creators fight back
Just thought you might like to know that I'm not the only weird creator who thinks the idea of copyright needs some help here. So I thought I'd share a few important links:
In Locus Magazine Cory Doctorow explains Why I Copyfight [Cory Doctorow licenses his books under Creative Commons.]
A blog called Techrisk (The vulnerable information society) Mathias Klang has published a list of books released under Creative Commons licensing cc books.
My brother Larry Russwurm's blog post this week uses/reviews a creative commons licensed cartoon making software in Playing With Bitstrips.
From May 16th, 2000 Salon.com has an unedited transcript of Courtney Love's speech to the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference about the record industry Courtney Love does the math
And on her own website, you can read terrifically talented singer/songwriter Janis Ian's stunning article the THE INTERNET DEBACLE – AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
But the best is from Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues Webpage. because Nina Paley's explanation of why she had to use the music she did drives home precisely how the changes made to copyright law over the past decades actually impede the creation of art. Because most of us aren't as brave as Nina Paley.
Most of us make the changes required by copyright law.
Real or imagined or feared, because we don't have the time or energy or money to fight lawsuits or pay extortionate amounts of money to use the creative works of artists that should have been in the public domain. We just want to make art.
And that is bad for art, bad for culture. For all of us.
Thanks to Adrian du Plessis for directing me to Janis Ian
Thanks to Jonathan Fritz for directing me to the Courtney Love piece
publishers, writers and rights, oh my
The Internet has changed the world faster than any other technological revolution in history.
corporate vs. creator copyright
When that obsolete stuff known as videotape was new, it, too, wreaked havoc. Suddenly movies and tv shows were being released on the new medium. But the big media companies felt no compulsion to actually share the new found wealth with the creators.
Some creators took issue with this, and fought it out in court. And courts duly ruled that creators were entitled to compensation from these new revenues.
Having written the music for the Disney classic "Lady and the Tramp," Singer/songwriter Peggy Lee was at the forefront of the fight. Urban Legend has it the Disney company did not take the court decision very graciously and vowed not to release the popular children's film again until after Peggy Lee's death.
It doesn't matter if the legend is true or not, it would be a reasonable business practice; a sound corporate strategy. Suppressing the work warns other would-be litigants about the economic risk of asserting their legal rights with the added bonus of imposition of artificial scarcity which inflates the value of the product when finally released.
To me it illustrates the difference between corporate and creator agendas, and in particular why corporations should never be allowed to hold copyright. Creative works of any kind, what human beings call art, are valued differently by human beings, while to a corporation, the only value of art is the bottom line.
enter the lawyers
Here in the Twenty First Century, Intellectual Property Law has become the "sexiest" area of the legal profession because it is both one of the most lucrative areas of law and the source of mind boggling power. IP law has been changing the world.
The primary changes to copyright and lawmaking have been driven by the big media interests.
Music, movies and television "rightsholders" have been driving the changes since those are some of the most lucrative forms of intellectual copyright product.
All the changes to Copyright Law over recent decades have been made to benefit corporations at the expense of both creators and culture; the rules of copyright have been quietly becoming madder and madder (as in the hatter).
writers and publishers
Ironically, although copyright began to provide incentive for the creation of literary works by making it possible for good writers make a living, the publishing industry has not been in the forefront of the current copyright war. The American book publishing industry was built on commercial piracy, more properly called bootlegging.
In the early days of twentieth century paperback novels sold for less than a dollar and writers were paid only a few pennies a word.
Nearing the end of the century I was surprised to learn that writers were still being paid mere pennies a word although paperback novels sold for upward of ten dollars.
The justification was always the great expense borne by the publisher. Printing and distribution costs rose with inflation while payment to the creators did not keep pace. Publishers impressed upon writers that demanding better pay would make books too expensive and lead to fewer books sold. Physical costs were tangible and so always managed to take precedent over the writer's intangible creativity.
The 21st Century we have seen the introduction of ebooks. Digital books differ from physical books in one crucial way: they cost next to nothing to copy.
Yet customers have been conditioned to spend on the order of twenty dollars for a physical book. Naturally publishers have been happy to sell the average ebook in the ten dollar range. After set-up production costs are negligible, making the revenue stream approach 100% profit.
Amazingly, these same publishers begrudge any change in the royalty payments to the authors. Instead of sharing this good fortune with their writers, the golden egg laying geese of the publishing industry, most publishers have been trying on the same power grab movie companies tried with video: laying claim to legal rights they had not been granted.
One of the most compelling reasons I never seriously considered placing my novel with a traditional publishing house was the problem William Styron's heirs had with the publisher.
Mr. Styron's family believes it retains the rights, since the books were first published before e-books existed. Random House, Mr. Styron's longtime publisher, says it owns those rights, and it is determined to secure its place — and continuing profits — in the Kindle era.
The discussions about the digital fate of Mr. Styron's work are similar to the negotiations playing out across the book industry as publishers hustle to capture the rights to release e-book versions of so-called backlist books.
–New York Times: Legal Battles Over E-Book Rights to Older Books
That was my tipping point. Would you trust this industry to do right by you? I wouldn't. Given the choice, I'm not willing to hand over my creative work to traditional publishing. Particularly since this same digital revolution gives me choice: technology has made self publishing a valid and viable option.
The arrogance of publishers to assert claims to ebook rights by default– simply because they'd published traditional physical paper version– is ludicrous.
At issue is who holds digital rights in older titles published before the advent of ebooks. Publishers argue that the ebook rights belong to them, and authors and agents respond that, if not specifically granted, the digital rights remain with the author.
–The Guardian: Publishers rage against Wylie's ebook deal with Amazon
On Friday (June 23rd, 2010) the Wylie Agency shook the world
by taking a stand for authors and against the publishing houses. (And for themselves, never forget that. Wylie has launched a whole new business here; this may well be straying into anti-trust waters.)
This Literary Agency is setting up the Odessey Books imprint under which they will release older works as ebooks; specifically books whose digital rights have not been signed over to the physical publishers.
The publishers who believed themselves entitled to this copyright are of course greatly outraged that works they believed safely under their control has been snatched out from under them.
Odyssey certainly appears to already be a going concern, with a set of clean simple text based digital book covers for the classics they are releasing exclusively through Amazon's Kindle for the first two years.
Good for Wylie, good for Odyssey.
From a consumer's point of view I have reservations. I only looked at the pricing for one book, so the prices may vary, but I have to wonder how the ebook version of a books could cost more than the physical paperback version also sold through Amazon. Yes, the ebook version is sleek and lightweight, but the Kindle is after all a reader laden with DRM that I understand prevents copying for both format shifting and backups. In other words, the ten dollar ebook will be locked inside a brick if the Kindle breaks down or becomes obsolete. But that's another story.
From an author's point of view, there may be financial problems. Odyssey doesn't seem to be offering authors such a great deal.
"Yes, there are costs of creating a digital version, but offering a 25, 30% royalty is insulting."
~Kassia Krozser, Today in Publishing: A Skirmish
Although I don't believe the Guardian's assertion that Wylie's Amazon deal brings the end of the publishing world nigh, I certainly do think this is a good thing.
It sounds to me that the Wylie Agency is stepping in and performing the service that that publishing houses should have performed for their clients. Adaptability is key to any business long term survival. The total control they have long held seems to have seduced the publishing industry in much the same way it has the recording and movie companies into believing that they deserve control of these copyrights.
this story can help start the copyright conversation
Technology has changed the world indescribably, and corporations have exerted untold amounts of pressure on lawmakers the world over to legislate anti-progress in the form of copyright laws and treaties.
@tonycurzonprice rt @tom_watson
DRM lobbyists are back in parliament. they want even more.
The changes being made to the world in the name of copyright are still largely unnoticed by most people. Demographically young computer savvy people are among the most knowledgeable sector of society about these issues, but they are a minority. And the fact remains that the whole world NEEDS to be part of the conversation. Allowing corporate interests to control the conversation is increasingly leading to greater and greater imbalance.
copyright and the public domain
I've never understood how anyone besides the creator is entitled to the proceeds from copyright. License the work to the publisher sure, but giving them copyright? No legal system should ever have allowed this. Copyright was meant to encourage creation for the good of culture.
In the beginning there was the commons. Ownership of the songs and stories of belonged to everyone. Story tellers preserved and shaped the culture, and in return society made sure they could make living at it. Minstrels telling a good tale or singing a good song were fed. The introduction of the printing press changed things in that the words of the writers could now be spread and shared through this artificial means. Copyright is an artificial right assumed by society in an effort to encourage creators to continue to create by controlling the monetization of their work for a finite period of time. When the term was up, the work went into the public domain so that all of society could get the benefit.
tweets from ORGcon
The UK Nonpartisan Open Rights Group, working to fight the UK's ill advised hastily passed Digital Economy Act, today held #ORGCon. Cory Doctorow tweeted highlights. Copyright and the Public Domain were central to the convention, and much of what @doctorow and other attendees shared online, particularly comments by keynote speaker James Boyle provide some powerful background for this article:
tweeting at #orgcon
rt @thepublicdomain
aka James Boyle keynote at #orgcon
- For the 1st time in human history, all the works produced by our contemporaries are inaccessible to us
- Paradox: absent Creative Commons etc, none of us will be able to share/use/mix anything made by our contemporaries in our lifetime
- Most works exhaust all commercial viability in 5 years
- Prior to 1978, 85% of works went into PD after 28 yrs b/c most authors didn't think it was worth renewing copyright
- Of works in British Library > 28 yrs old, only 3-5% are commercially available
- Retrospective copyright extensions cut us off from our own culture to the benefit of no one
- If industry norms on copyright clearance were given as exam answers in law school, you'd flunk out
- Why not say "Hell with it. Copyright is dumb… ignore it." Because culture's viability shouldn't be dependent on lawlessness
- Copyright maximalists have created a generation of lawbreakers, some guilty, some joyful. This is a great harm
- Prior to GOOGLE Book Search, books had been transformed into the least accessible place to put information
rt @owenblacker
Our educators' understanding of copyright is akin to playground understanding of sex
rt @footage
Baby Boomers can legally share/use/mix much of their own history after 28 yrs. Generation X & Millennials can't. Copyright discriminates.
rt @rob_jewitt:
The odds of copyright incentivising dead authors is pretty low
- Jennifer Jenkins: What used to be considered creativity is now thought of as theft.
- We're the first generation in history to deny our own culture to ourselves.
- The Digital Economy Act was the result of the biggest lobbying operation @tom_watson (not speaking on behalf of his government) has seen in his political life.
- "An entire generation has given up the idea that breaking the law is wrong"~ James Boyle
For further first person #org coverage read:
Elmyra's ORGcon 2010 Livejournal
rt @doctorow: Until the tenth Century a musicians just needed to play.
Until the 19th century musicians just needed to be literate.
In the twentieth century, musicians needed to be geeks,
But in 21st Century musicians need to be lawyers.
These laws will force all of us to be lawyers.
Everyone from professional media makers to children putting together school projects.
The United States has enacted the DMCA. The UK the DEAct. Canada has tabled Bill C-32, copyright legislation misleadingly titled "The Copyright Modernization Act". And the secret international copyright treaty A.C.T.A. seeks to subjugate the copyright laws of the whole world.
Copyright is no longer simply an area of special interest to publishers and writers. Changes being made in the name of copyright effect culture and the the way we access culture in every country of the world.
We all need to be part of the conversation.
Image Credits: spider web used under a CreativeCommons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (by) 2004 cybershotking
Fate of videotape (en:obsolence) © 2004 by Tomasz Sienicki used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license
William Styron, Santiago, Chile, 1988 photo by Marcelo Montecino Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
Wikipedia cropped cinema image of Peggy Lee, used under the public domain in the US and fair dealing in Canada
Accessibility and Copyright Treaties
Cory Doctorow"s boingboing column today mentioned Knowledge Ecology International's Writers and Journalists Open Letter in Support of WIPO treaty for People who are Blind or have other Disabilities
This important open letter says in part:
"In 1985, WIPO and UNESCO published are report calling for a new treaty to solve this problem, and create a global system of distributing works to persons who are blind and have other disabilities. Today WIPO is considering just such a treaty. We urge every country to move swiftly to support and enact such a treaty, so that a person who is blind, or has other severe disabilities, can read what we write."
doctorow Writers needed to sign onto letter in support of copyright treaty for blind/disabled access http://tinyurl.com/yeox3l3
As a reader, I want to be able to read what I want to read. Not being able to would be… indescribably sad.
As a human being, I think that everyone should have access to the world's knowledge.
As a writer, I hope that anyone wanting to read my words has the opportunity to read my words.
I'm no Cory Doctorow, but I too urge all writers to support this. Thanks!
Accessibility is necessary to build a healthy global community.
[And now back to working on my novel.]
In reading through the submissions, one of my favorites would be this one:
Goos, Aaron
"1. How do Canada's copyright laws affect you? How should existing laws be modernized?
Satire and parody are essential for democracy. Whether it's legal or not, it will be done by many so it's better to be on the right side of history on this issue. Also, fair dealing should be changed to fair use so people won't be confused.
2. Based on Canadian values and interests, how should copyright changes be made in order to withstand the test of time
Remember that copyright was originally designed to be 7 years and expired. That was enough for the creator to make a profit before others could start too. A liberal and expansive copyright promotes innovation."
(I so admire people who can say so much in so few words!)
Mr. Goos reminds us that copyright originally expired after seven years. In my submission I thought copyright term reduction to twenty years would be good, but really, seven years is probably plenty long.
Canadians were asked to submit our thoughts, feelings and advice to our government's Copyright Consultation process. This is why so many of us put so very much effort into our submissions. This was to be participatory democracy at its finest.
Thousands contributed.
Putting thoughts into words is easy for some but not most of us.
(This is why politicians hire speech writers).
Yet the copyright consultation website where industry canada is posting these submissions seems to have missed quite a few. I know that mine went in just in the nick of time. I personally know of two other submissions I've read that are also not evident on the September 14th page Nor is it on the page following.
I was led to believe that my government actually wanted to hear what I had to say.
We were led to believe that our government would actually listen.
The very few submissions posted on the site for the last few days open for submissions seem to have footnotes. If this is something that they want to do, fine. But only AFTER all of the submissions are posted. Considering that email submissions are submitted electronically, I don't understand what is taking so long.
Canadians want to be sure that our submissions were received, not lost or inadvertently destroyed.
If they have been damaged or misplaced, we will want the opportunity to re-submit, because we have all put in a lot of work on this. We want to make sure that we are heard.
Luckily so many of us have posted online.
Google found me these insightful copycon submissions:
Blaise Alleyne: Unity Behind Diversity
Denver Gingerich: A Better World
Scott Elcomb: Libertatia Canada
Cory Doctorow: Submission to the Canadian Copyright Consultation
Cory Doctorow's reference to the "You wouldn't steal a car" shorts put me in mind of this very funny anti-piracy parody clip from Britain's Channel 4 comedy series "The I.T.Crowd"
I hope that they will make some kind of announcement as to why so many copycon submissions are not visible. Perhaps the best thing at this point would be for the government to let Professor Geist know what's happening so that he can spread the word,


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Good Mexican Food near Biltmore/Phoenix
The Arizona Biltmore is somewhat isolated on its lush grounds, so no restaurants of any type are within immediate walking distance. If you are willing to walk up to a mile, you can walk to the Biltmore Fashion Park mall and the business district at 24th and Camelback. While you'll find lots of restaurants there, none will be independent Mexican restaurants. The area is just too upscale for most mom-and-pop places.
If you want non-chain Mexican, you'll need to rent a car, take a bus, or use a taxi. One place that would be fairly close to the Biltmore via bus or taxi is El Napolito at 24th and Thomas (two miles south of Camelback). I haven't made it there yet, but I've been hearing good things.
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That would be my recommendation. Don't be turned off my the dingy-looking strip mall location - the food is outstanding and CHEAP. Not sure they do margaritas as I've only gone at lunch time. I do know, however, that Ajo Al's (16th St/Camelback, probably still too far for walking) does make some killer ones.
There's Sam's Cafe at the Biltmore Fashion Park, too. It's a chef-driven chain with just a few locations. Some may find it a bit corporate in feel, but I've never been unhappy with the food there. They have great margaritas -- I like the blood orange, though that may be seasonal. I also like the little white chocolate tamale they bring you with the check.
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I like Sam's, but I consider it more contemporary Southwestern than authentic Mexican. Still, I don't think it gets the respect it deserves, so I'm glad you mentioned it. It may be the best choice for the OP if proximity to the Biltmore resort is the highest priority.
I think the Biltmore resort will drive guests to the Biltmore shopping center at no charge.


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John Axford picks 'Argo' for best picture
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher John Axford annually lists his Oscar predictions on Twitter, from spring training. Here are his picks.
The Academy Awards are soon upon us and I'm going to give my best predictions. Trying to beat last years 11/15. There are a few pure guesses and even some that I'm predicting even though they weren't my favorite, but it's about who I think will win!
Here we go.
Best Picture - Argo
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln" (there is no chance for anyone else)
Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook" (the Academy could go old and give it to Riva)
Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for "Django Unchained" (that's a vote of who I really think should win...but Tommy Lee Jones could)
Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables"
Best Director - Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln"
Best Original Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino for "Django Unchained"
Best Adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio for "Argo"
Best Foreign Language Film - "Amour" (has to win if it's nominated for best picture as well)
Best Documentary - "Searching For Sugar Man" (pure guess)
Best Animated Feature - "Brave" (my son loves it)
Best Cinematography - Claudio Miranda for "Life of Pi"
Best Film Editing - William Goldenberg for Argo
Best Original Score - Mychael Danna for Lif of Pi
Best Original Song - Adele for Skyfall
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Last week, Mary Bush of Wallingford spotted a bobcat in her backyard. Bush, a photographer who lives on Scard Road near the Mackenzie Reservoir, immediately grabbed her camera and started snapping photos.
Wildlife experts say daytime sightings of bobcats are rare. The nocturnal animals are most active right after dusk and right before dawn. They tend to stay hidden during daylight hours.
Bush's recent sighting may be a result of a rise in the bobcat population in the area, according to Paul Rego, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The regrowth of forests in the region has improved the animal's habitat, he added.
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Just two weeks after conservative gubernatorial candidate Ovide Lamontagne appeared at a rally for Congressman Charlie Bass in Windham, he will be heading back to town.
Lamontagne will visit town on May 2 at 7 p.m. to attend a meet and greet. The event will take place at the home of Ken Eyring, who serves at the co-coordinator of the Southern N.H. 9-12 Project.
According to a release from Eyring, the event is open to the public, and will provide the opportunity for anyone interested to meet and speak with Lamontagne.
The address for the event is 3 Locksley Road.
Eyring issued a statement regarding the general election in November:
Currently, there is handful of democratic and republican candidates who are running for Governor, but only the primary winners for their respective party will be listed on the ballot for the general election in November. In order to have the best candidates to choose from in the general election... it is imperative that we all do some homework and find those candidates that best match our goals and values.
He described the event as informal, where it is not necessary to know the host ahead of time. Drinks and snacks will be provided, and no RSVP is required.
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Today would be the 260th birthday of the 4th American president, James Madison. Long honored as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role at the Federal Convention of 1787, Madison is also regarded as the most thoughtful and creative constitutional theorist of his generation. This reputation owes much to his celebrated contributions to The Federalist, the set of essays that he wrote with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in support of the Constitution. Two of these essays, the 10th and 51st, are widely viewed as paradigmatic statements of the general theory of the Constitution. Some time ago on OUPblog, Lawrence Goldman explained how reading The Federalist Papers can further an understanding of present-day America.
Madison's political career during nearly half a century is interesting for the way in which it combined deep reflection about constitutional principles with the exigencies of public life. To celebrate his birthday, I've gathered some quotes from The Federalist Papers, and a few others I found scattered amongst the pages of the Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2nd ed, 2005) and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (7th ed, 2009).
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency." – The Federalist, no. 10
"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results." – The Federalist, no. 10
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." – The Federalist, no. 51
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." – speech in Virginia Convention, 16 June 1788
"The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy." – 'Republican Distribution of Citizens' in National Gazette 5 March 1792, in R. Ketcham (ed.) Selected Writings of James Madison (2006)
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." – Political Observations [pamphlet published in Philadelphia] 20 April 1795, in R. Ketcham (ed.) Selected Writings of James Madison (2006)
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge…is the only guardian of true liberty." – letter to George Thomson, 30 June 1825, Letters and other Writings of James Madison (1865) vol. 3
"So strong is the propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts. But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property." – The Federalist, no. 10
"As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed." – The Federalist, no. 10
"The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property." – The Federalist, no. 10
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A long-shot dream for Huckabee
Knoxville blogger Brendan Loy: What Huck needs is for some other unrelated major breaking-news event to happen tomorrow, distracting the media, so he can quietly win KS and LA, thus signaling to his Virginia supporters that he's still viable without getting the attention of McCain's Virginia supporters. Thus, the McCainiac independents/centrists in the Old Dominion State will vote for Obama on Tuesday (and perhaps a few McCainiac security/experience voters will vote for Hillary), and Huck's true believers will drive a low-turnout, winner-take-all upset...
With all due respect to Brendan, this one is over with. Put a fork in it. The chances of Huckabee winning the nomination are right up there with Bobby Knight becoming civil.
Didn't Romney make his "I can be a vice-president" speech yesterday? Does Huck think he can make one too? Will Fred Thompson make one?
I always find the MSM's obsession with a running mate humorous, when polls for decades have shown the VP pick has very little, if anything, to do with a person's choice for president.
Vice President Dan Quayle. I rest my case.
yep, no one has ever quipped angrily, "You, sir, are no Dan Quayle."
still, Gore surely helped Clinton win, yes? but that is truly the only case where it seems to have made a diff.
I don't think Gore did. Picking a VP is a wee bit of ideology and a whole ton of geography. If memory serves me correctly Clinton already pretty much had the South.
heh, i was thinking more that he helped in the Northeast and among the beltway followers ...
but, really, i think you're right the VP isn't a vote getter.


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Being a stay-at-home Mom isn't as glamorous as some tv shows would have you believe.
We don't have a staff of housekeepers, assistants, personal trainers, chefs, and 5 nannies to help us out. It all falls on us. We are everything to everyone, but we love every crazy busy minute of it and wouldn't have it any other way!
Between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. I am roused awake by my daughter to either some sort of song (generally the Star Spangled Banner or Oh Canada ... yeah ... we're hockey fans). Then when I don't get out of bed the second she starts singing I get chanting "Mama, I'm awake. Mama, I'm awake. Mama, I'm awake" until I drag myself half alive into her room and promptly lay down in her bed until my son wakes up, usually within a few minutes.
I then yell at my husband to get our son and I scrape myself out of Evie's bed to get the kids their milk and Mommy and Daddy coffee. Then we all sit in the living room for about 15 minutes until we really wake up (well, that's not true. Evie wakes up like a tasmanian devil, my husband and I are more like molasses in sub-zero temperatures). My husband then gets ready for work while I play with the kids until breakfast time.
This is when the battles begin. I ask her what she wants for breakfast, confirm that's REALLY what she wants, make it, and promptly get yelled at for not making what she wants. (Does someone have my IV drip of coffee? PLEASE?)
After breakfast Evie watches a show or two while Milo naps for about an hour. I get Evie ready for the day, which is where the next battle begins. If it's 100 degrees out she wants to wear fleece pants. If it's 30 degrees out she wants to wear shorts.
Brushing teeth and hair are probably the most epic battles of the day so I don't even bother brushing her hair anymore (she has really curly hair anyway ... ). When Milo gets up, I get him ready, have enough time to make another cup of coffee and run out the door to whatever activity we have going on that morning. Not until I pull out of the driveway do I notice that I'm not only still in my black yoga pants and t-shirt I threw on when I woke up, but that they are covered in smushed fruit and yogurt. Oh well.
We usually do something outdoors or with friends in the morning. This involves me chasing my son all over creation while trying to keep Evie from killing herself by doing something far too dangerous, or stealing someone's toy and not giving it back, or putting her brother in a headlock. But I am ever thankful for all my Mommy friends. They are the reason I have any sanity left. They make my days go so much more smoothly and when I leave a playdate, albeit exhausted, I'm refreshed from awesome conversation and the knowledge that I am not alone!
Nap time is my favorite part of the day. Generally my kids fall asleep on the way home and I'm able to transfer them to bed. On the rare occasion, my daughter feels naps are beneath her and she decides she's not into it. So we try and have quiet time, which is generally pretty successful. She really loves her bed so I am SUPER lucky in that respect. On days that doesn't work, well, let's just say Mommy has to get creative.
After nap time, which usually lasts until 3, I usually play with the kids until Daddy gets home around 5. We play inside or outside or sometimes I just lie on the floor and let them crawl on me because I don't have the energy to do anything else.
Daddy gets home and he plays with the kids while I either go to the gym or make dinner. I am incredibly lucky to have the most AMAZING husband and Father to my children. more than anything.
After dinner, it's either bath time or playtime until Milo goes to bed at 7:30. Bathtime with two kids has become quite the event and a two-person job. My son only wants to be in the bath for like a minute and my daughter wants to spend all of eternity in there. So usually my husband quickly bathes our son and then I run in there and finish Evie. This is usually where the last battle of the day occurs; the hair brushing.
I try being nice, I try being mean, I try everything and nothing works so I end up just combing it while she's screaming and batting my hands away. Awesome. Then we put on jammos and Evie gets a show to wind down. Before bed we read three books and climb in bed. Bedtime is fairly easy in our house but it wasn't always that way and we worked really hard to get it that way. happened in our house with both kids. It wasn't pretty but it was necessary.
And then after the kids go to bed, my husband and I park ourselves on the couch and watch some tube and before bed. It's the recharge we need and so important to our relationship (even though sometimes I make him watch terrible movies or the Golden Girls and he whines the whole time ... but he always lets me because he's the best!). And then by 11:00 p.m. I'm usually comatose and drooling on some horrible tabloid magazine in bed. Then I wake up and do it all over again!
My day gets off to a start at about 4:00 a.m. when my 1 year old starts getting annoyed at his wet diaper and empty belly. He doesn't fully wake up at this point though, so I've learned that I can change his diaper and give him his milk and then he happily goes back to bed for another few hours.
At 4:30 a.m. the alarm goes off reminding me to wake my hubby for work. (He is capable of sleeping through just about anything, so I'm the alarm keeper and waker-upper.) Then at 4:45 I make sure he is actually awake and I try to go back to sleep before the kids wake up for the day.
Usually around 7:00 a.m. Joey wakes up ready to play. He almost always wakes up happy and plays in his crib a little bit while I drag myself out of bed. Then I change and dress him and get his milk. He and I snuggle on the couch for a bit while he has his milk and then he's off to play. He is very independent lately and loves to roam the house on his own.
So, I close all the bedroom and bathroom doors and put baby gates in the entryway to the kitchen and do a sweep to make sure that anything breakable isn't in reach and everything is safe for him. I also put the dog out for a little bit and make sure he has food and water.
Claire wakes up around 9:00 a.m. (sometimes happy, sometimes not so happy) and I take her potty, brush her teeth, dress her, and get her some milk. She likes to have snuggles on the couch while she has her milk too. Then she goes off to play with Joey and I get some laundry started.
After that we I fix us all some breakfast and we get ready for the day. I make sure that is all packed with milk and snacks, take Claire potty one more time, change Joey one more time, put on everyone's shoes, and then we're off to the car.
Most days we have a play date planned this time of day. On the days when we don't I get caught up on my errands like grocery shopping. The days when we have play dates are great because I get to see my friends and my kids get to see theirs. Even if I'm exhausted from chasing my kids in two different directions, making sure Claire doesn't forget that she needs to stop to go potty, and Joey doesn't eat sand or anything else he's not supposed to, these days go much faster and we all feel better afterwards.
I dread errand running days because Joey doesn't like to be in and out of the car so the more stops we have to make, the crankier he gets. Claire is pretty good about it all, but she has her limits too. She lets me know when she's had enough by telling me, "All done choppin Mama. I want to go home now." Luckily this happens when I'm pretty much done anyway and she usually doesn't fuss too much about it.
We go home and have lunch around noon and then Joey's ready for his nap at about 1:00pm. After he goes down for his nap, it's Mommy and Claire time. I like to make sure each kid gets some sort of one-on-one time with Mommy during the day. We play together, read books, color, and do puzzles. She also likes to "help" me do the laundry and tidy up the house. She's very good at helping me to pick up and put away the toys and books that at this point are strewn pretty much all over our house. Then she has a snack and gets to watch a show while Mommy sneaks off for a quick shower.
My hubby usually gets home around 3:30 p.m., which is also about the time Joey wakes up from his nap. He notices how tired I am so he changes Joey and gets him something to eat while I get a quick little break. Then we all hang out together before it's time to start dinner.
I start dinner around 5:00 p.m. and while I'm cooking, my hubby and the kids spend some time together playing, reading books, and having tickle fights. When dinner is ready we all eat together. Afterwards I clean up the dining room and kitchen and then I join my hubby on the couch for a little tv time.
At about 8:30 p.m. it's bath time. We tried bathing them together and, while it was super cute and both kids loved it, it was way too difficult and nerve wrecking. So now, my hubby bathes one and I bathe the other. Then we get them into their jammies and have some more milk and snuggles on the couch before bed. They both go to bed at about 9:00. Joey starts to fall asleep while he finishes his milk, so I put him to bed and then come back to get Claire. I take her potty and brush her teeth then Mommy and Papa go tuck her into bed. This usually involves lots of snuggles and kisses (as well as a ritual she has come to insist on where in I make a funny voice for her "Po-bear" and then she giggles) and we all say goodnight.
I put the in her doorway so that we don't have a tired confused toddler roaming the house in the middle of the night (yes, it has happened before and scared all of us). Then the hubs and I head off to bed to watch the news together and talk about our plans for the next day.
At about 10:00 p.m. I get up and tidy up the house one last time, get caught up on Campbell Patch and Facebook while I watch a couple of my dumb TV shows. I put the dog out one last time and once again make sure he has enough food and clean water. I make my husband's lunch for the next day and then I head off to bed at about 11:00 p.m.
Of course, there are the other countless diaper changes, trips to the potty, snacks, and other activities that go on during our day. But these are all kind of a blur by the end of the day. If I'm lucky, I'll get a few hours of sleep before the whole cycle repeats again tomorrow!
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Heroes of Animated Cinema #6
Felix the Cat
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4 comments :
- said...
I can still sing the Felix theme song!
- July 15, 2008 2:54 AM
- Vanwall said...
A God of Animation.
- July 15, 2008 3:41 AM
- VP81955 said...
The real Felix was the one in the brilliant '20s silent cartoons, not the cat on the insipid early '60s TV series, the version of which is unfortunately pictured here. (Although the '90s Felix on the splendid, short-lived CBS program was true to his original feline roots.)
- July 15, 2008 12:54 PM
- swac said...
Felix put on a few pounds during his trip to Canada.
- July 16, 2008 8:27 AM
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I've made this a dozen times - always in my 5 quart crock pot. I use a 5-6 pound boneless shoulder. I drizzle liquid smoke all over the roast until it's coated - and then cover the roast with sea salt - I never measure. I put little if any water on the roast and cook it on low for about 10 hours. I always remove the roast from the crockpot - remove and discard the fat (before my husband can see it) and shred the meat (usually it's already falling apart.) I add a little of the liquid (put it through a strainer) to the pork for flavor/moistness. I always serve with bbq sauce (sometimes I make my own - sometime I don't.) Depending on who I'm serving it to (home or work) I add 2 bottles of bbq sauce to the meat - or leave the meat plain and let them top the meat with sauce. Makes amazing sandwiches - I take this to work often on football Saturdays for the whole department (at least my watch.)
Traditionally, you'd want to bake it at a much lower temperature, often not much higher than 300 because you want the pork to steam NOT bake. i'd improve this recipe by halfing the salt, increase the pork to 5lb, and bake covered in foil at 300 for 8 hours. takes a long time, but the Hawaiians used to steam it for an entire 24 hours. PS i like in Hawaii.
This is a GREAT recipe....very easy without many ingredients...however, I found that 1/4 cup of salt was waaayyy too much.....my 'butt' roast was just under 3lbs so I compensated and used a little less than 1/4 cup....but it was still too much....I usually don't add a lot of salt to my recipes anyway, but I'll definitely make this recipe again, with much less salt...the texture was terrific! I think I'd also add a bit more of the Liquid Smoke....
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