Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Irving Brecher 1914-2008 - Writer and Fighter

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A great behind the scenes figure in American film and TV has died at the age of 94. According to the New York Times: Irving Brecher was born...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Politics of Antitrust Enforcement

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The respected journalist and commentator Declan McCullagh has a provocative piece i n CNET today about Microsoft's role in the non-deal...
Friday, November 14, 2008

WIPO SCCR Meeting Geneva November 3-7, 2008 reports

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Here's the Chairman's Report. Here are Jamie Love's KEI blogs. HK
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Judge Patel on Copyright

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Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, who is the American judge who shut down the original Napster, and who is very highly respected has just given an i...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Update on Getty Images

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Getty Images is still threatening people, so it seems from comments that continue to come in on my earlier posting on Watching Getty Images ...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

Apotex v. Sanofi - Canadian Supreme Court Decision

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Last week on November 6, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered it judgment in an important patent case concerning "selection pat...

WIPO Copyright Activity

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The week long SCCR meeting at WIPO has just concluded and William New reports on it in some detail here. The proposed broadcasters' righ...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

Does Apple Compete with IBM?

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Does Apple compete with IBM? According to a former IBM employee recently hired by Apple: "To the best of my knowledge, IBM does not de...

What Happened to SNL in Canada?

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It now seems that you can't get there from here when it comes to getting from Canada to Saturday Night Live on the Web. One gets an erro...
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Friday, November 07, 2008

Constitutional Challenge to RIAA's statutory damage claims...

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The well known Harvard professor Charlie Nesson is leading the charge on a challenge to the constitutionality of the statutory damage provis...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

The Obama Effect on IP

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IP-Watch has a good analysis of the likely direction of the Obama administration here. IP-Watch also speculates on some Obama appointments ...
Friday, October 31, 2008

WIPO SCCR Meeting Geneva November 3-7, 2008

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The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will be meeting next week in Geneva. It gets together typically about twi...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Tony Clement - New Minister of Industry

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Congratulations to Tony Clement on his appointment as the new Minister of Industry. Minister Clement previously was the Minister of Health. ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A Victory for Freer Expression Online in Canada

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Off topic but important news: The courageous Jon Newton and his excellent libel lawyer, Dan Burnett , have won an important victory in BC ag...
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Google Settlement

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Big news from the USA - re the Google Books litigation. There is a big settlement. Here are some links: Some details about the agreement is ...
Monday, October 27, 2008

SOCAN's Tariff 22 - the latest chapter

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The Copyright Board has finally released its decision this past Friday, October 24, 2008 on the remainder of SOCAN’s Internet based “Tariff...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

$54 million pants suit appeal

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Ex-Judge Roy Pearson of Washington, DC apparently had his appeal heard today in his $54 million dollar great American pants suit. One must a...
Friday, October 17, 2008

On Poetic Justice and Subsidies

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Countless reputable pundits and reports have pointed out that the Conservative Government may have missed its opportunity to get a majority ...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Audting Access Copyright?

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As I mentioned yesterday , the League of Canadian Poets is on the case about Access Copyright, a collective that has over $37 million in mo...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Improper DMCA Takedowns and US Presidential Campaigns

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EFF - bless them - is onto the use of improper DMCA takedown notices that stifle free speech in the course of the current US Presidential el...
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