Archive for November 6th, 2005

Broadcasters To Seek Judicial Review of Copyright Board Decision

While the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has expressed a desire to safeguard Canadian culture, paying for that culture is another matter.  The Globe and Mail is reporting that the CAB's members will seek judicial review of the recent Copyright Board commercial radio decision which led to a significant increase in […]

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November 6, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

The Canadian Move Toward Open Access

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) focuses on the recent message from national science advisor Dr. Arthur Carty who argued that scientific success increasingly depends upon fostering a "culture of sharing" based on open access models of communication that leverage the Internet to disseminate research […]

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November 6, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns

The Canadian Move Toward Open Access

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 8, 2005 as What Good Are Ideas If You Lock Them Up? Prime Minister Paul Martin’ s decision to appoint Dr. Arthur Carty, the former head of the National Research Council, as Canada’ s first national science advisor, clearly signaled the importance of […]

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November 6, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive