Archive for August, 2009

ACTRA Chair Presses Moral Rights Reform

ACTRA Chair Ferne Downey publishes an op-ed in the Georgia Straight that focuses on moral rights and WIPO ratification.

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August 26, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Collier-Brown on Copyright Reform

David Collier-Brown, a published author with O'Reilly, posts his copyright consultation submission. Collier-Brown notes that the electronic availability of his book helped make it the outstanding seller in his class and warns that anti-circumvention legislation would harm him as an author.

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August 25, 2009 4 comments News

Meera Nair on Breaking Copyright Ranks

Meera Nair posts on why she is breaking with the AUCC on copyright and how Canada's student groups stand on the right side of the issues.

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August 25, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

CRTC Seeks UBB Pricing Answers From Bell

The CBC reports that the CRTC has asked Bell to provide specific answers about its implementation plans for wholesale usage-based billing.

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August 25, 2009 1 comment News

Visualizing Canadian Lobbying

This is a great post that maps current Canadian departmental lobbying priorities.

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August 25, 2009 1 comment News