Message: 10 Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 From: augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com>
Augusto writes: AND a few stray thoughts on Frederick Noronha, who besides being a compulsive inter-nutter is also in charge of the editorial page of the Herald and writes the editorials in the Herald. Though of course he is not legally responsible for any of the editorials he writes because it is Ashwin Tombat, who is on long leave, who is responsible for the content of the paper under the Press Registration Act. Frederick Noronha widely publicised the release of the book on tiatr, When the curtain rises, in the editorial page of the Herald in his capacity as the unofficial in charge of the editorial page. Never mind that he, by his own admission, worked closely with the author and is the publisher of the book. RICO DOUBLESPEAK AT the release function, several tiatrists were agitated over the fact that someone calling himself JoeGoaUK on the internet has been posting Konkani CDs and snippets of tiatrs on the internet, apparently without any permission from either the tiatrists or those who have brought the CDs. Which is clearly a violation of copyright laws. But Fredrick Noronha, in a signed edit-page article in the Herald issue dated April 28, 2010 has rushed to the defence of JoeGoaUK claiming that Joe's photographs and videos are motivated by the desire to make the work of Goan artists more visible globally. Never mind that JoeGoaUK insists on being anonymous, so nobody can even sue him. Which is the crux of the issue. We have no problems with comments or criticism, even if they are often vicious. But let those who make these postings identify themselves and accept accountability. I have myself been the victim of extremely nasty postings on the internet. But when a proposal came up for taking legal action against the blog called penpricks, I objected saying that it would be unfair to do this because we must be willing to accept criticism. The difference between the internet and the print media is that there is no accountability on the internet. On the other hand, if I make any allegations against Frederick Noronha or anyone else in the print media I am liable to be hauled up for defamation. I have always accepted responsibility for all my views unlike Fredrick Noronha who has most of the time sought to make insinuations against people under the cowardly mask of anonymity. I believe that there should be a regulator to ensure that people do not make anonymous irresponsible comments on the internet. I was under the impression that by posting Konkani CDs and snippets of tiatrs on the internet, was intended to boost sales and not otherwise. It was always the practice to show 'trailers' of comming movies in the movie theatres, the intention was to promote and not to hurt the ticket sale. As long as the CDs are not downloadable, there should be no problem, or is there? My comments: About 'Standoff..... tiatr today." The latest reference material used for the book named:'Standoff to the curtain: challenges facing the tiatr today' dates way back to 2003. When I brought this to the attention of the author, Rafael, he responded that "The situation is worse now.The Tiatr Academy hopes to remedy it through one of the schemes that would substantially support/ encourage a tiatr by a 'village' [waddo]. I do not know how far this is true. But it is our tendency to speak against anyone who simply wants to do something good, spend time and effort etc in doing it. I have gained much from the contribution of these gentlemen refered by Augusto. And I feel they have all the good intentions, nothing more. FOR TORONTO KONKANIS: "DUKH" >From the Director of the highly acclaimed tiatr "ADEUS" comes another masterpiece "DUKH" written & Directed by 'Jr. Menezes' and Produced by James Fernandes' on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 2.30 pm at Michael Power Auditorium, Toronto. For information please contact Olavio Da Costa at 905-803-0371, Winnie Crasto at 905-890-2725 or Lourdino Rodrigues at 416-244-7923 BOOK EARLY. Regards MD.