Archive for February, 2006

Supreme Court Nominee Could Have Big Impact on IP

Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 27, 2006 as Rothstein’s Said A Lot About Tech Law When Prime Minister Stephen Harper’ s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada, Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein, appears before a House of Commons committee today, intellectual property law issues […]

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February 26, 2006 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

The Private Copying Levy Distortion

The Copyright Board of Canada last week released its proposed tariff for 2007 for the private copying levy.  The numbers remain unchanged: 21 cents per CD-R.  As prices have dropped, however, the levy now frequently comprises a significant percentage of the retail price.  Consider the purchase of 100 blank Maxell […]

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February 26, 2006 12 comments News

Alberta Privacy Commish Releases Outsourcing Report

On the heels of last week’s discussion over LSAT fingerprinting, Alberta Privacy Commissioner has released a lengthy report on the privacy implications of data outsourcing by public bodies. The report recommends ensuring that a public body has a template or check list in place to ensure that an outsource provider […]

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February 26, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

A Fourth Wireless Carrier?

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Telecom Policy Review panel may recommend creating a fourth wireless carrier in order to stimulate competition.  Not surprisingly, the established players say it is completely unnecessary.  Number portability would be another way to stimulate competition as would greater attention to the broadband […]

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February 26, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

TTC: Talk To Counsel?

The TTC stands for the Toronto Transit Commission but Talk To Counsel might be more appropriate after it sent a cease and desist letter to a blogger who posted an anagram version of the transit map.  As Rob Hyndman says "Incomprehensible.  Just incomprehensible."

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February 26, 2006 Comments are Disabled News