Yes very good let him remain stupid about what really went on in our country!! He wasnt perfect and made a lot of mistakes but admit he also did a lot of good! Its thanks to who that your son goes to school? Im certain that if you are lucky to recieve your pension you are going apply or because Mintoff did it you aren’t? and im sure you never cashed your children’s allowance! So yes deprive your son from the truth!! Let him believe what you want him to believe and never teach him the truth! Although from your stament above you have your own truth.

Vielen herzlichen Dank for the information. You are the profi in that field.

A producer has to pay royalties for literally every second taken from a score he wishes to use for his work.

For those, who might be interested in publishing
on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright?hl=en-GB

Publishing law regarding the ‘World Wide Net’ is still a ‘broad field’ though.

Ms.Mallia, so are the ways of the world, the ways of life. See it, and humbly acknowledge it, as a reflection of the personal freedom of “those”, to whom you refer. “Those” would most probably react by saying same of the other “those”, who dwell in a different (political) world.

Another example for certain people thinking they can get everything for free. A producer should know about the existence of copyright, in his/her own interest as well.

Retrospectively, I should actually not share your opinion in toto.

I have provided links to YouTube clips from a programme produced by WE. The legal warnings on YouTube are comprehensible. What would be, what is, the legal standing when users of this blog post on this blog excerpts of articles, or remarks, published elsewhere? Would such behaviour not be analogous to one using excerpts from your articles “elsewhere”? I watched the WE programme live and I could not win the impression that WE used a complete soundtrack for their production. Unfortunately, the respective programme is not available on demand (as far as I can see).

[Daphne – Nope, it’s not at all the same. There are laws on performing rights which specifically cover music, and laws on copyright which specifically cover republication in print.]

I’m glad you think so. If you disapprove it means I’m on the right track. Would be worrying otherwise.

Waylon
“Didn’t anyone notice the soundtrack taken from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? “

My son recognised the music (he has a better ear than I have). I think he said it’s been used for other programmes in the series.

Daphne
I guess you’re right about discussing politics with him. I wanted to let him and his much older brother form their own opinions without being influenced by mine but the truth is that nobody can truly do so freely and autonomously. There are too many loaded political messages everywhere you look, some of them aimed specifically at children and young teenagers. If Joseph Muscat had his way, a child who is still 12 today would be voting in the next elections.

[Daphne – Ahem. I can’t trespass at the Marsa Club today, either, because I’m not a member. Now as then, it is irrelevant to me because trespassing at the Marsa has never been on the list of things I must do before I die. You mean there are no idiotic Maltese? Check out http://www.timesofmalta.com‘s comments board. My maid is Maltese. It doesn’t follow that I’m lazy. No, Mintoff took away people’s dignity. Dignity came in the post-1987 years, with education, work and opportunities for all within a democratic environment. You are quite out of your mind to say that the very man who trampled on the human rights of the Maltese was the one who gave us dignity. You cannot have dignity without fundamental human rights. I do respect history. I am academically trained to do so.]

I must admit that I have also, inadvertently, not sought permission from WE, and I have paid no royalties, but Peppi and Lou can see my name and be grateful for the PR, which I provide them with.

[Daphne – That’s completely different. You can’t just pick a soundtrack and use it for your own production purposes, just as you can’t take one of my articles and use it elsewhere.]

His words in that speech were, more or less: “Iggilidna kontra l-gvern Ingliz, iggillidna kontra …, iggilidna kontra MIN JOBGHOD IL-HADDIEMA” (Amid loud cheers, naturally.)

U min jobghod il-haddiema? Min jimpjeghom? If the ones I know are anything to go by, then my oh my, how wrong he is! He was the one “li kien jobghod il-haddiema”, for keeping them ignorant and feeding them the only rubbish they knew, both literally and figuratively.

And then there are those who still drool when they see him….