Tuesday, September 30, 2008

To Plagiarize, "Research" or "Shade Your Eyes"?

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There has been much discussion today of plagiarism in the context of the Canadian election, with accusations reported around the world of ...
Monday, September 29, 2008

NDP on Copyright and the 2008 Election

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The subject of copyright still remains apparently a non-issue at the leader level. The NDP does at least mention it in their Platform , as ...
Friday, September 26, 2008

VANOC's Excessive IP Efforts

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There’s a big fluff over VANOC’s trade-mark application for WITH GLOWING HEARTS. See the Globe and Mail story, for which I was interviewed,...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

No DOJ Subsidies for RIAA etc. Litigation

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The Bush administration has stopped an attempt by the RIAA, MPAA and others to turn the US Department of Justice into a taxpayer funded civ...

No Making Available Right in USA + Statutory Damages Dissed

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In a very important decision in the Jammie Thomas case , Judge Michael J. Davis, the Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Distri...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Canadian Election & Copyright

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Things are starting to get interesting in the Canadian election concerning copyright and culture. Jack Layton and the NDP are offering a $20...

New Zealand Considers Allowing Satire and Parody

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New Zealand is now considering an explicit provision in its copyright legislation to allow for satire and parody. This follows a recent ame...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Supremes Won't Hear Ringtones Case

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that it won't hear an appeal concerning the ringtones tariff. See my previous posting for what ...

RIAA Outdoes Itself

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Just when you think that things cannot get much crazier in the USA, they just have. The RIAA is now trying to sanction Ray Beckerman, a terr...

ACTA - EFF Sues USTR

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The redoubtable EFF has sued the secretive and determined USTR over its allegedly insufficient disclosure under the US Freedom of Informatio...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Ringtones - Supremes to Rule on Leave Application

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We shall find out this Thursday, September 18, 2008 shortly after 9:45 AM whether the Supreme Court of Canada (hereinafter “the Supremes”) w...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Bill C-61 - Dead or Undead?

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Is Bill C-61 really "dead", now that an election has been called? Or is it really in the realm of " The Undead "? Sinc...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Copyright as an Election Issue?

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Gilles Duceppe, the Bloc Québécois leader, met with Prime Minister Harper on August 30. According to the CBC and the Montreal Gazette , cop...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Bill C-61 and the [posssible] Election

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Don Martin - a columnist who is regarded by many as being very sympathetic to the Conservative Government and well informed on how it oper...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Made Worse in Canada

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"Made in Canada" or "Made Worse in Canada"? The phrase I coined on June 12, 2008 - the day that Bill C-61 was introduced...

CLA Advocacy Material on Bill C-61

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The CLA has posted some advocacy material on Bill C-61, available here. Although the suggested letter contains some good points, I'm fr...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Troubles in Brussels

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The often playful IPKat has a very serious and gloomy report on Bernt Hugenhotltz' open letter to Dr. Jose Manuel Barroso, President o...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Copyright as Olympic Censorship Tool - Updated

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Slashdot has a story about how the IOC invoked the DMCA to take down a pro-Tibet video that presumably offended it by showing the famous fi...
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Sunday, August 03, 2008

The End of William Patry's Blog

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Yesterday was a dark day for copyright law, and even bigger issues such as the ability of passionate and informed scholars to use the blogos...
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Saturday, August 02, 2008

ACTA Secrecy Concerns Increase

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On July 28, 2008 Michael Geist reported in the Toronto Star that: According to documents obtained under the Access to Information Act and re...
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