Copyrights, Copywrongs, and Copyconfusion

“Last week, I received a call from Erin Anderssen, a writer and
reporter from the Globe and Mail, Canada’s great national
newspaper. She was directed to me by a colleague of mine who
suggested that I might just be the sort of person she wanted to
talk to. Specifically, she wanted tech-savvy parents so she could
find out how they explain copyright violations to their
children.

“My children are a little young yet (not quite 3 and not quite
6) so that discussion is a few years away. Nevertheless, as those
of you who know me will not find surprising, I did have some
opinions on the subject. So for the next 20 or 30 minutes, we
talked about this very issue. I probably asked Erin more questions
than she asked me because I’m like that. If you ask for my opinion,
I’m infinitely curious as to what your opinion on the same matter
might be. I may not agree with you, but I’m still curious. So we
talked . . . and on Sunday, the article was published. under the
title, “Illegal downloading: How do you explain it to the
kids?”

“I am sure you can appreciate that what you get from the Globe
and Mail article is a handful of words from yours truly, hardly
enough to make any sense of what I might actually believe when it
comes to this subject. Other than, perhaps, my belief that the
issue is far from cut and dry.”

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