Archive for December, 2007

More MSM Copyright Coverage

The mainstream media coverage of copyright continues – the Montreal Gazette features a "bluffer's guide" to copyright, the Toronto Star reports on how "the copyfight is underway in earnest in Canada," and the Ottawa Citizen covers next month's private copying levy court hearing and the 2003 battle over the Lucy […]

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December 17, 2007 4 comments News

Copyright Delay Demonstrates the Power of Facebook

Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 17, 2007 as Facebook More Than Just a Cool Tool For Kids If 2006 was the year of YouTube, 2007 has been Facebook's year.  The growth of social media, led by Facebook, has taken the world by storm.  Since January, Facebook has added […]

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December 17, 2007 7 comments Columns Archive

The New Copyright Debate

In reflecting upon a remarkable week – the Canadian DMCA delayed until 2008, 15,000 new members of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group as the total passes 25,000, the Calgary meeting with Industry Jim Prentice, and the avalanche of blog postings and media coverage on Canadian copyright – it […]

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December 15, 2007 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

The New Copyright Debate

In reflecting upon a remarkable week – the Canadian DMCA delayed until 2008, 15,000 new members of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group as the total passes 25,000, the Calgary meeting with Industry Jim Prentice, and the avalanche of blog postings and media coverage on Canadian copyright – it […]

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December 15, 2007 15 comments News

How Did Copyright Become Cool?

The Globe and Mail's Ivor Tossell provides the answer.

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December 14, 2007 4 comments News