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Kim Dotcom Wants K.im to Trigger a “Copyright Revolution”

As the trailer above for a new film about his situation indicates, Kim Dotcom probably has been accused of being the world’s most successful – as in richest – intellectual property pirate and currently is fighting extradition to the U.S. from New Zealand. Which makes the following article about his current plans even more fascinating than it might otherwise have been:

by Ernesto

Kim Dotcom hopes that his new file-sharing service K.im will create a “copyright revolution.” The platform will offer a secure platform for people to share files and get paid for them while offering copyright holders the option to monetize piracy.

For many people Kim Dotcom is synonymous with Megaupload, the file-sharing giant that was taken down by the U.S. Government early 2012. read article

John Ostrander: Should This Man Be Considered A Role Model?

by John Ostrander

“I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me.”

—Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1

Joss Whedon created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is credited with writing strong female roles and espousing feminist ideals – but not by his ex-wife, Kai Cole, who on the blog The Wrap accused him of being a serial cheater during their marriage and was a “hypocrite preaching feminist ideals.” This has led to a number of (now ex) fans venting their anger and feelings of betrayal. read article

Herbie J Pilato Remembers Richard Anderson – The Bionic Boss

by Herbie J Pilato

It was all style and all substance for actor Richard Anderson, who passed away from natural causes at age 91 on August 31, 2017.

When Anderson delivered a line, you believed him; it was like you were in the room with him, and not watching from any distance one of his countless performances on television, the big screen, or the stage.

Best known to TV viewers as Oscar Goldman, the government supervising official for the O.S.I. (“Office of Strategic Intelligence” – a.k.a. “Information”) on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, Anderson’s staple role on those two sci-fi superhero series of the ‘70s became signature for several reasons. read article

Peggy Bechko on What a Synopsis IS & What It ISN’T

  by Peggy Bechko

Found at WritersRelief.Com

I hear it all the time:
“Do I have to write a synopsis?”
“Why do I have to write a synopsis?”
“What the heck is a synopsis?”

Answers:
“Yes you do.”
“Because.”
“You better do a little research – seriously.”

Okay, plainly a synopsis can be a very different animal for every writer. But who it is for doesn’t change. It’s for the reader whether a script reader or a novel reader. It has to be short, succinct and really hook ‘em. read article

Larry Brody’s Poetry: ‘Another Day, On The Pueblo’

 by Larry Brody

NOTE FROM LB

The Navajo Dog revisits! I knew she loved us far too much to stay away!

Another Day, On The Pueblo

For a time, I lived on the Santa Clara Pueblo, read article