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"....

Copyright Comic

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Gordon Duggan, founder of Appropriation Art , has a fantastic copyright comic book, which can be found here. It features all the usual susp...
Saturday, June 07, 2008

iTunes Movie Rollout in Canada - sans DMCA

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Apple is making available lots of movies for Canadians. iTunes users in Canada and the United Kingdom will now be able to download and rent ...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Charlie Angus' Net Neutrality Bill

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This is a private member's bill and they rarely go anywhere. I have immense respect for Charlie Angus, but this bill as quoted - presum...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

New Copyright Law - "Product of Canada"?

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The Government is about to tighten up food labelling laws so that we won't any longer be faced with situations where, according to Prime...
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More on Getty Images

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My earlier post on Getty Image's exorbitant demands resulted in several replies, which are posted here. A couple of readers pointed to ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Day of Reckoning?

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If Michael is right, we copyright people will have have a tense and interesting summer ahead. The long awaited/dreaded/overdue/delayed/ant...

Lessig on Orphan Works

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Larry Lessig is suggesting in the NY Times today that: Following the model of patent law, Congress should require a copyright owner to...
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Toronto Conference on New Distribution Models - May 22, 2008

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The good news is that there will be a balanced and informative copyright event in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2008 on new distribution mode...

Patry on RIAA - "Canada Insulted Again"

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Here is an essential-reading posting from Bill Patry, great American copyright treatise author. It concerns the US Congressional Internatio...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

ISPs and Content Providers Playing Footsie....

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Anyone who wonders about why ISPs are degrading internet service - except for content that they they like - might want to look at the progra...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Watching Getty Images Watching Canadians

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I have become aware of multiple instances recently in which Getty Images has been sending demand letters by e-mail to Canadians whose webs...
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And the Winner at WIPO is...Francis Gurry

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Francis Gurry of Australia is the next DG. In a surprisingly quick vote, Francis Gurry won by a close 42 to 41 vote margin. Mr. Gurry is an ...

WIPO Watching

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We are getting near the election of a new DG at WIPO. Here's the latest bulletin from IP-Watch. The Pakistan Daily Times is painting t...
Friday, May 09, 2008

Speed Debating with the ESA

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Stevan Mitchell is VP of IP Policy wtih the Electronic Software Association. He was up in Canada lobbying the "IP caucus" on chang...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

MPAA & Canada

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According to IP-Watch : Mike Robinson , who joined MPAA's anti-piracy department two years ago as vice president of US anti-piracy wil...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Q & A on Net Neutrality from Fordham

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Here's an interesting Q & A on net neutrality from Fordham on March 27, 2008. The questioner is Richard Pfohl from CRIA. The questio...
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Thursday, May 01, 2008

ACTA Analysis

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CIPPIC provides some much needed and, indeed, exemplary analysis of the mysterious ACTA (anti-counterfeiting) initiative being led by the U...