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Archive for December 20th, 2010
TVO Planning Free Digital Archive
TVO is planning to launch an online public archive in February that will include some its best educational content from the past 40 years.
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A Failure of Enforcement: Why Changing the Law Won’t Fix All That Ails Canadian Privacy
December 7, 2018
“Why Are You Recommending Notice and Takedown?”: The Canadian Bar Association’s Puzzling Position at the Copyright Review
December 6, 2018
Boycott: What If The CRTC Launched a Consumer Internet Code and Consumer Groups Refused to Participate in its Development?
December 4, 2018
Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 10: Rejecting Access Copyright’s Demand to Force Its Licence on Canadian Education
December 3, 2018
Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 9: The Remarkable Growth of Free and Open Materials
November 30, 2018
Recent Columns
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December 7, 2018 
Why the USMCA Will Enhance Online Free Speech in Canada
October 5, 2018
Setting the Standard?: How the USMCA Quietly Reshapes Global Digital Trade Agreements
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The USMCA and Copyright Reform: Who is Writing Canada’s Copyright Law Anyway?
October 3, 2018
Notice the Difference?: Supreme Court Rules ISPs Can Be Compensated for Copyright Costs
September 17, 2018
