Monday, September 17, 2007

EU Court Upholds Microsoft Competition Ruling

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From the EU Court of First Instance ruling today upholding Commission's large fine and its finding of abuse of dominant position regardi...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Otttawa Citizen on Copyright Lobbying

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Deirdre McMurdy - who is a new face on the copyright journalism beat - though very experienced on related matters - is off to a very good...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Economic Value of Fair Use - Size Matters

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A very important study by the CCIA on the economic value of fair use in the USA has just been released. Here's Gigi Sohn's ( Public...
Friday, September 07, 2007

Joyful noise from the EU

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EU Directive Limits Orchestra Loudness By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 7, 2007 VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Shhhh! Mute the br...
Thursday, September 06, 2007

Breakthrough at the Copyright Board on architectural plans?

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Mr. Justice Vancise, who is the Chairperson of the Copyright Board and a Court of Appeal Judge in Saskatchewan has presented what seems to ...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Knopf v. Speaker of the House of Commons - the Appeal

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Here's an update to the litigation in Knopf v. Speaker of the House of Commons , which I wrote about last year , when the Federal Court ...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Gambling on International Law and IP

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It looks like Antigua has beaten the US Government fair and square and at the Appellate level of the WTO on the latter's prohibition of ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

More lost Billions and Billions....

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The Institute for Policy Innovation has a new overwrought study about the billions and billions of dollars lost in the USA and worldwide ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Piracy, Counterfeiting and Montebello Manifesto

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As expected, there’s a whole lot of huff, puff and stuff about counterfeiting and piracy from Montebello. I’m sure that it’s purely coincid...
Monday, August 20, 2007

No CDN lawsuits aginst individuals for file sharing?

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There’s a Slyck interview from August 17, 2007 with David Basskin, spokesperson these days for the CPCC - the collector of private copying ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

WIPO Broadcasting Treaty - CDN Government Report

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The Canadian government has made its report on the recent WIPO meeting concerning the proposed WIPO Broadcasting Treaty available. It follo...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Cellular Backwater in Canada

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Michael's post today took me to the National Post. This took me to the NYT Editorial. Read it while you still can for free before the...
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Thursday, August 02, 2007

"Audience Isn't the Enemy" - Zero Tolerance in US Movie Theater

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One thing that legislators should be forced to recite every day - and which law schools should hammer home in every class - is that the wors...

A Warning Shot about Copyright Warnings

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An important warning shot has been fired about overblown copyright warnings that literally threaten jail sentences and severe fines for acti...
Monday, July 30, 2007

Euro v . Kraft - Further Thoughts

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Some further thoughts beyond my first take on the Kraft decision of the Supreme Court of Canada delivered July 26, 2007: 1. While it ...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Euro v. Kraft Decision - First take on landmark parallel imports decision

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Updated* Here's the Supreme Court decision in Euro Excellence v. Kraft. Here's my quick analysis on this landmark decision. 1. Th...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Choral Performance of SONY EULA

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Here's a choral performance of the Sony/BMG End User License Agreement -- remember the Rootkit fiasco -- set to music and arranged for ...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

Kraft Decision - Judgment Day Set for July 26, 2007

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The Supreme Court of Canada today announced that it will deliver its judgment in the very important case of Euro‑Excellence Inc. v. Kra...

iPod Levy - Déjà Vu All Over Again?

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Last week the Copyright Board ruled that CPCC's proposed new tariff that would include a levy on Digital Audio Recorders, e.g. iPods, c...
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President Bush on Neighbouring Rights

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This was the President's response to a question posed during his recent visit to Nashville: Q Mr. President, music is one of our lar...
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