The goose that lays the golden egg is a greedy SOB and is hording all the gold. It is not good for the greater good of society, it is a detriment.
CLUELESS Cliffy CRAPS out again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just like the Commissars at our CBC - Communist Broadcasting Corp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is an article illustrating the remarkable ABUSE of the democratic process that our civil service union HOGS are engaged in ........
at OUR expense - and it is a disturbing illustration of the creeping political COUP that LIE-berals and their HOG allies are orchestrating against us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With some comments of my own in brackets):
CBC sues the Conservative party over copyright, 'moral rights' of journalists
By: Michael Higgins National Post
Published October 12, 2019
Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer are posing for a picture: Video excerpts from the English-language leaders' debate were among the materials the Conservatives used that the CBC found objectionable.© Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
The CBC is suing the Conservative party, claiming its use of excerpts from the broadcaster violated the “moral rights” of news anchor Rosemary Barton and reporter John Paul Tasker.
(“Moral Rights”?? Sounds like SELF AWARDED HOG ENTITLEMENTS to me!! And whining about violation of “moral rights” SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO throw mud on Scheer - WITHOUT having to actually PROVE anything!
We all have LEGAL Rights but “moral rights” are not legally recognized and thus any complaint will require ENDLESS legal wrangling and appeals to higher courts for definitions that will not be resolved till long after the election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(CBC seems to have chosen this quick and DIRTY WAY of smearing Scheer as “IMMORAL” simply because it is a nasty sounding label that cannot be quickly disputed or resolved!! It looks to this cynic as if LIE-beral SMEAR tactics are evolving- one has only to think of the ATTACK on Patrick Brown in which vile allegations were made - in a form where NO RETALIATION could be made!!!!!!)
(Two women who CLAIMED that Brown sexually asaulted them made their accusations AT A TV STATION - to a reporter that one of the accusers was previously friendly with - and the media ran the story because it is the job of media to tell us important facts- except THERE ARE NO FACTS in what appears to be a POLITICALLY MOTIVATED smear job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(There are those who have said Brown should sue - but that takes years and will cost upwards of $100 grand - ALL out of Browns pocket - with the added bonus that his accusers own NOTHING so they will NEVER pay damages after losing - thus the attack on Brown SUCCEEDED by carefully taking advantage of multiple loopholes in our laws - most likely on gthe advice of a lawyer - just as CBC is apparently doing now trying to do to allegedly “immoral” Scheer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The excerpts — which included video taken at this week’s English-language leaders debate — were used on a Conservative party website and on Twitter.
(CBC CLAIMS to be our public broadcaster dedicated to bringing us important news so we may make informed choices - and yet CENSORSHIP of views the CBC HOGS do not like is THEIR PERSONAL and selfish CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
In the copyright infringement lawsuit, the CBC is asking for an injunction restraining the Tories from using the material as well as a declaration that the party “violated the moral rights of the applicants, Rosemary Barton and John Paul Tasker, who are the authors and performers of the copyright-protected material.”
Barton, co-anchor of The National program, and Tasker, CBC’s Parliamentary bureau reporter, are named along with the CBC as applicants bringing the action.
The action is being brought despite the material having been taken down from websites and deleted from Twitter.
(Yes- its dirty pool - it WILL NOT MATTER in a couple of weeks whether CBC is right or wrong in the eyes of the law -they GOT what they wanted- they smeared Scheer and wrecked a Conservative web site and ads - for the remainder of the election campaign !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
In a statement, the Conservatives said: “The Conservative party has grave concern that this decision was made on the eve of an election that CBC is to be covering fairly and objectively. The Conservative party considers this a complete distraction in the final days of a tightly contested election, and we will dispute this lawsuit fully.
“The video in question was removed from our platforms well before CBC lawyers made the decision to file their lawsuit.
(There is a strong argument to be made that Conservatives SHOULD NOT be compelled to take down the video and that it is CBC THAT IS IN THE WRONG!!
I believe that CBC has taken this legal action simply as a quick and easy way to HARASS SCHEER and the Conservative party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
“The 17 seconds of CBC clips in the video included (Postmedia columnist) Andrew Coyne highlighting how Justin Trudeau broke the law, Justin Trudeau telling a Canadian war veteran that he is ‘asking for more than we can give right now,’ and one CBC reporter questioning why the Liberals provided Loblaws with $12 million in tax dollars to install new refrigerators.”
(IN other words CBC is objecting to its LIE-beral PALS being cast in a BAD LIGHT using their own words against them!! We can bet that if there was video of SCHEER being shown in that bad light - that CBC BIGOTS would let it be shown all over the internet!! Such is the BIGOTRY AND LIE-beral GREED of our times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
It adds, “When you are funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, taxpayers should be able to use the footage.”
(And THERE IS A MORE COMPELLING ARGUMENT - set forward by Cdn Law Professor Michael Geist- who has also commented on DELIBERATE CBC censorship in the 2015 election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
In a blog post, Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, said the Conservative party has a strong case for arguing “fair dealing” in use of the material.
The CBC’s “claim is based on an odd collection of unconvincing arguments, including the notion that clips from the debate might lead someone to think that the CBC is biased, contrary to its obligations under the Broadcasting Act,” he wrote.
(IN 2015, Geist commented that CBC was in violation of “fair use policy” - which means that political commentary IS NOT SUBJECT to the same copyright laws as other types of media!! Our democracy has evolved such rules to permit use of political comment for the purpose of EDUCATING the public regarding policies and ideas of our leaders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(After the 2015 election Professor Geist stated that CBC was using a deliberately distorted interpretation of “fair use” to CENSOR ANY VIEW that was hostile to LIE-berals!! I think that CBC HOGS have learned much from Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
“Moreover, the claim over short clips over debate footage is enormously troubling, considering both the importance of broad dissemination of the debate and the fact that the debate involves little specific contribution for any individual broadcaster. CBC has an unfortunate history of overzealous use of copyright to stifle freedom of expression and that approach appears to have reared its head yet again as the 2019 campaign hits the home stretch.”
(Yes- LAW PROFESSOR Geist offers us an elegant condemnation of deliberate CBC CENSORSHIP and bigotry against Conservatives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The lawsuit alleges the offending material was used on a website run by the Conservatives called “Not as Advertised” as well as on Facebook and YouTube.
The CBC excerpts included material taken from The National when Barton interviewed Coyne in December 2017; a town hall event featuring Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in January 2018; an excerpt from the Power & Politics program in April 2019; and a clip featuring commentary from Rex Murphy on The National taken in September 2016.
“The CBC material captures the skill and judgment of CBC journalists and producers,” says the lawsuit filed on Thursday.
(Oh!! “Skill and judgement” is apparently now LIE-beral speak meaning bigotry and deceit!!! CBC HOGS have NEVER made any secret of which party THEY support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The lawsuit says the use of the material in a partisan way “diminishes the reputation” of the CBC and leaves it open to allegations that it is biased.
(This is Hog ENTITLEMENT at its most GROTESQUE!! WE should ask why CBC presented the leaders debates in the first place - if for any other reason than to supply public information - EXACTLY according to the fair use policy that has governed such political discourse for centuries!! CBC DAMNS its own position by trying to HIDE FACTS AND STATEMENTS that it does not like - using BAD legal interpretations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
“Further, selectively editing various news items together to present a sensational and one-sided perspective against one particular political party may leave a viewer with the impression that the journalists are themselves biased, contrary to their obligations to be ‘fair and balanced’,” it reads.
(I say CBC INSULTS OUR INTELLIGENCE HERE!! CBC presented the ENTIRE DEBATE!! Later- Conservatives selected certain moments from the debate to HIGHLIGHT LIE-beral faults!! LIE-berals WILL DO THE SAME - IF they can ever catch Scheer saying DUMB stuff like Our idiot Boy Justin!!!!!!!!!!!)
(I say CBC HOGS are essentially claiming the MORAL RIGHT to PROTECT Our idiot Boy and his loser LIE-berals from the fallout of their own big mouths and stupid political choices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Equality is a fine thing - but TYING THE HANDS and restricting the public comments of certain groups SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SMARTER than LIE-berals and LIE-beral supporters IS NOT DEMOCRATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(The fact that CBC HOGS live or die according to which govt is in power and thus have a HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE - is a FINE REASON to savagely CUT BACK the CBC budget so their bigotry and greed will not further erode our democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)