Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Cause to Rejoice With $240,000 Cost Award

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A professor at Stanford who took on the highly litigious James Joyce estate has been awarded $240,000 in costs. She had some very high power...
Friday, September 25, 2009

A Real Debate on Copyright

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Those interested in a real debate on copyright may wish to attend the Canadian Constitution Foundation ("CCF") Conference October...

How to Search Canada's Copyright Consultation Database

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The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has done what the Government of Canada and Nick Nanos have, for whatever reason, not done. It ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Where Have the Submissions Gone?

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Michael has a post about the missing submissions in the consultation process. Mine is not up. Can't search for it because the search to...

The Great Copyright Un-Debate Goes on Tour

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I wrote an op-ed in the Hill Times of September 21, 2009 about the great Sookman/Schwartz so- called “debate” that will take place tomorrow ...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Twenty Years and Counting

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2009 happens to be the twentieth anniversary year of two copyright institutions. The Nigerian Copyright Commission recently celebrated its t...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

When is a Sound Recording Not a Sound Recording?

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Earlier this year I posted about the NRCC's attempt to get a tariff on the use of sound recordings as embodied in the soundtracks of mov...
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"Claire de Loon"

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My good friend Jeremy has a great blog here on copyright in performances and compositions by or involving animals. Complete with a performan...
Monday, September 14, 2009

The Proceeds of Canada's Blank Media Levy

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Here's some interesting data backed up by the new Savethelevy Website and confirmed on the BNN interview with David Basskin and myself ...
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An Agenda for Posterity: Copyright and the Collective Canadian Past

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The redoubtable Wallace McLean has posted here his erudite and meticulously documented brief for the Copyright Consultation process. Note t...
Friday, September 11, 2009

World Economic Forum - Canada Beats US, Japan & UK on IP

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From the prestigious World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report for 2009-2010 , a report that ranks Canada #18 on IP Protection , ah...
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Woodrow Wilson Canadian © Event: Dialogue, Debate, or Duet?

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The Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, The Canada Institute on North American Issues, and the CIBC ar...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

US Copyright Offfice is Opposing Google Books Settlement

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The Google Books Settlement ("GBS") is being opposed by the US Register of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters. This is very significant. ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Another Attempt at an “iPod Tax”?

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David Basskin, a director of the CPCC , and I, in my personal capacity, debated here on BNN at 5:20 PM today the CPCC's proposed ...
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Monday, September 07, 2009

Third IP Cross-Retaliation Strike Against USA at WTO

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For the third time, a successful complainant against the USA at the WTO has won the right to cross-retaliate by limited suspension of intell...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Copyright Consultation in the Peterborough Pasture

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Yesterday, I attended the last scheduled Round Table of the 2009 summer Canadian Coypright Consultations. It was held at the Royal Canadian...

Six Ways to Simplify Canadian Copyright Revision and WIPO Ratification

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Here is the gist of my presentation yesterday at the September 1, 2009 Peterborough Round Table event hosted by Dean Del Mastro, M.P. I wil...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Canada Kicks Worldwide Butt on Facebook Privacy Issues

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Congratulations to Canada's Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, and to complainant CIPPIC (Pippa Lawson and David Fewer) for kick...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

UK Flip Flops into Controversy on Three Strikes

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The UK government is stepping into major controversy by ignoring Lord Carter's Digital Britain recommendations, the views of former Cabi...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

My Response to Prof. Charles Nesson re Tenenbaum

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Concerning the Tenenbaum case, Prof. Nesson of Harvard, who led Joel’s defense, has asked me on a closed academic list, on his blog , and o...
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