Thursday, June 26, 2008

ACTA Paranoia?

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ACTA paranoids - or those who are merely observant - will not be comforted by the U.S. Senate hearing that just took place regarding searchi...
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Legal File Sharing to Come in UK?

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The usually reliable The Register is reporting from the UK: Exclusive Legal broadband subscription services that permit file sharing may a...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Posner on Black and Ostrich Canards

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The one and only Justice Posner ruled today on the one and only Conrad Black's appeal. (unuprisingly denied). There 's really not...
Friday, June 20, 2008

From Bananas to Brazil

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Reuters reports that Brazil, having just won a trade-dispute over cotton against the USA, may follow the Antigua lead and cross retaliate...

Locks, Levies and Litigation - My First Take on Bill C-61

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OK. Better late than never, I hope. Here's my Power Point presentation (with a couple of updates arising from discussion) based upon my...
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Prof. D'Agostino on Bill C-61

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Prof. Giuseppina D'Agostino has an interesting op-ed in yesterday’s Toronto Star on Bill C-61. I won't comment on it detail but a f...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Ivor Tossell on Bill C-61

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Here's an excellent article with a link to a great online voice story by Ivor Tossell at the Globe and Mail. Here's the biting podc...
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Unmaking of the "making available" right

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Ten law professors have filed a brief in the American Thomas case supporting the argument that there is no "making available" ri...

Bill C-61 Padlock

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This image is bang on. See the excellent article from Vue Weekly from whence it came here. HK

Jim Prentice on Last Episode of CBC Search Engine

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Here’s Jesse Brown interviewing Minister Jim Prentice on Bill C-61 on the terrific CBC Search Engine show. Asked about issues as issues r...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

My Talk on C-61

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I'll be talking about the new bill on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 from 1 to 3 PM in Room 135 at Fauteux Hall - the U. of Ottawa Law School....
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Vox populi on Bill C-61

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Maybe we don't need an armada of copyright lawyers to decipher Bill C-61. Here's a collection of comments from the Toronto Star to...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Flashback to March 19, 2005

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On March 19, 2005, the Conservative Party of Canada - not yet Canada's New Government - published its promising Policy Declaration, whic...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Facebook at 50,000

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It's 11:33 on Friday June 13, 2008. Michael's Fair Copyright Facebook page just hit 50,000 members as I happened to be looking. Con...

Labyrinth of Locks, Levies and Litigation

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Re Bill C-61, I am, for once, speechless. Actually, not entirely. Here I was on Mike Duffy Live yesterday. But I won't be silent for too...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Bill C-61

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Here it is. Comments to follow. Government explanatory material is here. HK
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

D Day Tomorrow

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Tomorrow will be "D Day", as it were, for Canadian copyright. Let us hope that the "D" isn't as in "DMCA"....