5 Seriously Dumb Myths About Copyright the Media Should Stop Repeating

Canadian novelist and poet, John Degen, who is also the Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada, wrote a no-nonsense piece debunking the five lazy lies routinely deployed by “copyleftists”. As we look ahead to a week when WIPO’s copyright committee will meet to debate several issues with potentially highly significant impacts on world publishing, John kindly gave the IPA permission to reproduce his article, which he originally posted on his blog.