Wednesday, February 24, 2010

22nd Example of How Canadian Copyright Law is Stronger than US - and Another Possible US Treaty Violation

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I can add a new 22nd example to my list of 21 ways in which Canadian copyright law is stroner than that of the USA. James A. Trigg and Josep...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Should USA Black List Itself on its Special 301 "****" List?

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Should USA Black List Itself on its own Special 301 "****"List? The renowned Jesse Brown asks this question on his TVO " SEAR...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Perennial IIPA Blame Canada Litany

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The annual International Intellectual Property Alliance ( "IIPA" ) litany of misleading and overwrought allegations against Canada...

Long Live Gordon Lightfoot!

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Happily, Gordon Lightfoot is alive and well and was on the way from his dentist to his offfice when his death was wrongly exaggerated by, wh...

Some Thoughts on the Google Book Settlement Hearing of February 18, 2010

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I’ve said very little about the Google Book Settlement (“GBS”) to date because it is so complex and because is raises so many unanswerable q...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Annual “301" Show - USTR Calls for Comment - 21 Reasons Why Canadian Copyright Law is Already Stronger Than USA's

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The deadline for submissions on the U.S. “301" process has been extended until 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 18, 2010 due the Washingto...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Toyota and TPMs

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Toyota is sticking (pardon the pun) to its supposed rights to control the TPMs in its cars' black boxes. These boxes may contain useful ...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Nelson Landry Appointed to Copyright Board

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Nelson Landry from Montreal has been appointed as a part time Member of the Copyright Board. Nelson has had a long and very distinguished...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Secondary Liability v. Authorization - Terminology Matters

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There will likely be another round of confusing use of terminology involving "secondary liability" and "authorization" f...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

ISP beats Hollywood in Oz iiNet decision

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The Federal Court in Australia has given a huge victory to an ISP that fought back against Hollywood. Justice Cowdroy's landmark judgmen...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Jon Newton Shuts Down P2PNet

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Jon Newton's one of a kind P2PNet site is shutting down for lack of funds. Even Wired has taken notice . Jon was ahead of his time in m...
Monday, February 01, 2010

Paul Krugman on the Virtues of "Boring" Canadian Policies

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Here's Nobel Prize winning economist and NY Time columnist Paul Krugman writing today about the comparative role of Canadian and Ameri...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Robertson v. Thomson - Claims Filing Date Extended Until March 30, 2010

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I've been advised by a lawyer involved in above matter that, as expected: " the Court has issued an order (today's date) extend...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Obama v. United States Supreme Court?

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Somewhat off topic but not as much as some may think (as to why, more may follow): With all due deference to separation of powers, last week...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Robertson v. Thomson - January 18, 2010 Class Action deadline likely to be extended

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The deadline of January 18, 2010 for potential claimants in the Robertson v. Thomson class action has now come and gone. Apparently, and n...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Hadopi - Strike One

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Apparently HADOPI, the "three strikes" anti-infringement creation of French President Sarkozy, whose wife is an entertainer, and t...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

UK 3 Strikes to Cost £500million and add £25 a year to ISP Bills

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The Telegraph reports that UK 3 Strikes to 'will cost consumers £500m' and add £25 a year to ISP Bills according to UK Gov impact ...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

VANOC Disrespects IP amd Creators in 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

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VANOC has shown that it can disrespect intellectual property - actual intellectual property - and its actual creators - just as much or even...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

US Takes Postive Step Towards Possible Treaty for the Blind

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The US Delegation in Geneva at WIPO - notably and interestingly led by the very capable Prof. Justin Hughes - has just delivered as very pos...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Weapons of Mass Distribution Redux? - The White House Summit

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While the environment evaporates in Copenhagen and the rights of the blind are being blindsided in Geneva, rest assured that intellectual pr...
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