CRAIG SILVERMAN

In March I highlighted some of the problems with the terms & conditions for The Gazette’s new hyperlocal citizen journalism website. One of my biggest concerns was the section requiring people to waive their moral rights in order to contribute to the site. Simply put, it’s not a right that needs to be waived in order for The Gazette to …

Thanks to Roberto Rocha, I just learned that The Gazette will soon be launching a hyperlocal website for the West Island of Montreal. Steve Faguy also has a post up about it.
The site is in “late beta testing” and anyone can visit and sign-up. In general, I think this is a step in the right direction for the paper. The …

Canadian freelance writers should be paying close attention to hearings currently underway at the Palais de Justice in Montreal. We have some essential background about the case up on the PWAC Quebec website, but the quick summary is that the Electronic Rights Defense Committee is asking a judge to decide in favor of letting a class action lawsuit proceed against …

Earlier this week I picked up the phone to hear Bill Brownstein, a columnist for The Gazette (Montreal), on the other line. Bill and I have never met, but we share a few friends in common and I’ve long been a reader of his columns. It was great to speak with him, and especially nice that he called looking to …

I recently published a feature article in the Montreal Gazette about LibriVox.org and its remarkable growth. (I wrote a related piece for the New York Times in late August.) The paper decided not to put the story up online, so here is the full text of the piece, with three sidebars at the end.
Montreal Gazette
Saturday, October 7, 2006
CRAIG SILVERMAN
Hugh McGuire …