Archive for March 13th, 2008

New Canadian Business IP Coalition on the Way

Sources indicate that there may be a new business IP coalition on the way, presumably to counter the Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright.  The BCBC, which includes a who's who of telecommunications, Internet, broadcast, and retail companies, has called on the government to adopt a balanced approach that addresses fair […]

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March 13, 2008 10 comments News

CMEC On Fair Dealing

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada has published its third bulletin on copyright reform, this time explaining why it believes fair dealing is insufficient for its needs and that an Internet exception for education is the better approach.  The bulletin highlights again how CMEC and its allies have failed […]

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March 13, 2008 8 comments News

E-Publishing and the Law

Last week I gave a public lecture for the Canadian Journalism Foundation titled E-Publishing and the Law.  Roger Cullman provides a good summary at the BlogTO site.

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March 13, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

EyeWeekly on the CRIA AudioMaxxx Mess

EyeWeekly reviews last week's odd series of events involving CRIA's release and retraction about AudioMaxxx.

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March 13, 2008 Comments are Disabled News