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quarrelled over things — food and sleep.

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to the door. Greenspan, one of Can. ada’s most brilliant criminal lawyers, is totally mystified by anything mechanical and was incapable of removing the bells or silencing them. ‘The result was a string of middle-of-the-night rows over his fridge-raiding and her interrupted sleep. e anecdote is one of

scores. in Greenspan: The

Case for the Defence, written by the eminent lawyer and George Jonas, a Toronto writer and longtime Green- span pal.

It is an odd book in some ways, since Greenspan writes chapters devoted mainly to interesting, even sensational cases he was involved in, while Jonas pro- vides the anecdotal and bio- graphical material that rounds it out.

It’s not a biography, but it adds up to an engaging por- trait of a man utterly devoted to the law but inept and even sloppy in many other areas. He's a pest to friends and colleagues because he never wears a watch, never has a pen, usually needs change, is a chain-smoker often without matches and frequently loses things like his driver's li- cence.

But Jonas’s chummy con- tributions have an admiring, protective ring to them and if Greenspn, 43, has any serious warts or dark sides to his personality, Jonas doesn't reveal them.

Nelson to exhibit Raphael collection

A display of reproductions of Madonna paintings by Raphael is the special pre- Christmas exhibition in the Mildred Erb Gallery at ‘the Nelson Museum Dec. 5 - 19.

The collection of Monsig nor Frederick han is

includes framed prints, spec- ial editions of stamps, and a slide collection. Among the stamps and slides are works by other masters

Piracy: phony tapes make quick profits

By MURRAY OXBY Canadian Press

TORONTO — Thousands of people will rent the movie Lethal Weapon this month and watch it at home on their video cassette recorders. Probably 10 to 15 per cent of those cassettes will be illegal copies, made by video pirates.

So, a movie's a movie, isn’t it?

Not in the view of the Canadian Motion Picture Dis-

tributors tion. Max Gordon, a film security officer for the associa- tion, says modern-day pirates are not only robbing the film studies but they're swindling their customers by renting tapes with low-quality picture and sound.

As the popularity of video cassette recorders has mushroomed — Statistics Canada says 45 per cent of the country’s households have one — so has the problem of illegally duplicated cassettes.

The association's members — film studios and video distributors — estimate film and video pirates deprive them of $1 billion worldwide and $10 million in Canada every year. They fight back through regional security offices in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, which help police and Crown attorneys find and prosecute pirates.

The film companies depend on a video release to help recoup the average $25-million cost of producing, marketing and distributing a feature film. Only about one-third of U.S. films break even.

“Pirates siphon off revenues from the most successful films, the very films which enable the studios to continue to reinvest the large budgets required to develop new properties,” the association says in a pamphlet.

COMMON SCAM

Gordon, a former police officer who runs the associa tion's Ontario office out of his suburban Toronto home, says the most common scam is “back-to-back” copying, where a dishonest retailer will buy one original release and use two VCRs to duplicate it.

While new videos cost, $80-$100 each, a bootleg can be made for the price of a blank tape — as little as $7, Gordon says. By the end of October this year, police had

seized 19,569 illegal cassettes and 25 video pirates were convicted and fined more than $100,000,

The association is having increasing success, especially in Ontario, prosecuting video pirates for fraud under the Criminal Code rather than relying on the feeble ary hg Act, which allows a maximum fine of only

10 per tape

Recently, ‘one Toronto retailer caught with 150 illegal cassettes was fined $11,000, and a pirate in nearby Mississauga was fined $10,000 for 863 bootleg videos.

But one retailer complains that recent fines aren’ more than a fraction of the pirate's profit. "%

Suzan Baker, who runs the Adventure Theatre video store in suburban Brampton, Ont., calculates the Missi- ssauga pirate would have paid about $6,000 for the 863 illegal tapes, an inventory that would have cost an it retailer $69,000.

“There's no deterrent there. It just infuriates me. I'm not saying the courts are at fault but they've got to realize the amounts of money that are involved.”

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Baker said a pirate's illegal tape would pay for itself in as little as two rentals while other retailers might have to wait up to two months, even on popular movies, to see a return.

While he can understand Baker's frustration, Gordon says he hesitates to criticize the courts because they are more responsive than ever.

Piracy is so extensive, he says, “I don't go looking (for bootleg cassettes). I act strictly on complaints. Where possible, I conduct my own investigation and try to confirm the complaint rather than involve police forces in wild goose chases.”

Illegal tapes can be spotted through their amateur packaging labels, including black and white or color and

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“I can tell (through a description) over the phone 99 times out of a hundred if it’s a dud without even seeing it,” said Gordon, who accompanies police on raids to identify the cassettes and acts as an expert witness in court.

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donna cards saved during early years, later augmented on his trips to Europe to see the real paint- ings, with reproductions purchased in Venice, Rome, and other cities.

A collector of stamps since his Prince Edward Island boyhood, Father:.Monaghan had Prévioubly SEibited his Madonna stamps at the an- nual stamp show in Castle- gar, as they are a specialized collection of wide interest. His reproductions are ex- hibited some years ago at the Langham Cultural Centre in Kaslo. This is the first public showing in Nelson.

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Mister changes style

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — After Mr. Mister’s last LP produced a multi-platinum surprise for RCA Records, most music critics assumed

” the next album would simply

follow the same formula.

Go On has proved them wrong.

“We-felt it was important to take the next step,” said bassist and lead singer Rich- ard Page, one of the band’s main songwriters.

“You want to stay on top. You want to be successful and everything, but not at the expense of just fulfilling. We just wanted to go on, go a step further. Hopefully, we've done that.”

The recent release was produced in part by Kevin Killen, who engineered Peter moan those who observe the stark departure from Mr. Mister's techno-pop songs of the past with rich, rhythmic arrangements and smatter- ings of jazz.

“Lyrically and musically, this might be the best stuff we've ever done,” said Steve

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“It’s new, it's artistically different and it’s a change for us, but there's more depth to it. We weren't following any formula this time,” said gui- tarist Steve Farris.

“It's less machinery and the lyrics are great on this record,” said,drummer Pat Mastelotto.

Most of the album's 10 songs deal with world prob- lems or with the struggle for spiritual redemption.

Dust is a haunting tune about Amerasian children who were fathered by sold- iers in Vietnam, stranded there when the war ended and now ostracized and or- phaned in large numbers.

“Their only crime is that they're half American and half Vietnamese,” said Page, adding that the lyrics were written by his cousin, John Lang, the unofficial fifth member of the band.

Three ballods on Go On speak of spiritualistic quests — Man of the Thousand Dances, Healing Waters and The Border.

Other songs make folly of TV addicts (The Tube); be- maon those who observe the world from a safe distance (Watching the World); wish of mastering one’s own des- tiny (Control) and encourage people to take a stance in life (Stand and Deliver).

The album's first single is Something Real (Inside Me- Inside You), recorded in 1985

and used in the Rob Lowe hockey movie, Youngblood.

“We thought we'd give the song another shot,”

Page. “We still felt like it was right. I've always felt it could be a big single for us.”

Mr. Mister became the talk of pop music with two No. 1 singles — Broken Wings and Kyrie — off the Welcome to the Real World LP, which has sold 3.6 million copies since its 1985 release.

Their 1983 debut album, I Wear the Face, had peaked at No. 170 on the charts despite the hit single, Hunt- ers of the Night.

As Mr. Mister embarks on a world tour of Europe, Japan and Canada, they hope Go On will become a critical and commercial success.

Area resident returns to release new book

A former Kootenay resi- dent returns to the area this week to introduce her newly published children's book, Starshine!

Ellen Schwartz, taught elementary school in Revel- stoke and Slocan City, and danced with A Question of Balance dance group in Nel- son. She now lives in Van- couver where she works as a writer, teacher and mother.

Starshine! is about a nine- year-old girl with an unusual

name, Starshine Bliss Sha- piro, and an unusual hobby — spiders. But Starshine has a problem that is familiar to many kinds — how to earn money for a school outing.

With the help of her friend Julie Wong, Starshine em- barks on some creative prob- lem-solving. The result is a delightful story that easily catches young readers in its web.

While on her visit to the Kootenays, Schwartz will

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read from her book at Lucerne School in New Den- ver and speak to Communi- cations students at Selkirk College.

In Nelson, she will be at Oliver’s Books on Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. to talk with people and to sign auto graphs.

Starshine! is published by Polestar Press in Winlaw and is intended for children from six to 11 years old. The cover illustration is by well-known watercolor painter John Hodges, also of Winlaw, and his original painting will be on display at Oliver's.

Schwartz’ first book was the popular children’s story Dusty. She is currently work-

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- Four Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and Norma

sisters received the Order of the Rose: (from left) Kathleen Pinckney, Anne Peterson, Barb Dessault,

Sorority accepts pledges}

The Beta Sigma Phi Sor- ority annual fall banquet was held Nov. 20 at the Sandman Inn. The evening commenced with a short social. Attending were members of the three local chapters. Beta Omicron, Xi Gamma Rho and Alpha Phi.

‘The pledge ritual was pre- sented by Linda Worley, president of Xi Gamma Rho, to four new girls: Anna Langille, Lois Thill, Debbie Ewing (of Xi Gamma Rho) and Philomena Archambault (of Alpha Phi). Each girl was presented with a pledge pin and a long stem yellow rose (symbolizing Beta Sigma Phi ideals).

‘The ritual of affirmation was handled by Linda Wor-

Women's Aglow to meet

“Christmas” is the theme of the Dec. 2 Women's Aglow Fellowship, A special pro- gram and music will be pre- sented at the Fireside Place.

The speaker after the lun- cheon will be June Read of

sitting is available and reser-

ley for Linda Swanson, Don- na Kingdon (of Xi Gamma Rho) Wende Arnett, Audrey Archambault and Karen Zav- aduk (of Alpha Phi). These members have completed their first full year in sor- ority. Unable to attend was Diane Pickering.

Paul Belton presented the Order of the Rose in honor of four sorority sisters, Kath- leen Pinckney, Norma Mac- Donald, Anne Peterson, and Barb Dessault.

Order of the Rose signifies 15 years in the sorority; the recipients were presented with 15 yellow roses; repre- senting their 15 years of membership.

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