Archive for January, 2013

Crystal Ball Gazing at the Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy

Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 30, 2012 as The Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy Given that few would have predicted that Internet protests last year would have led to the defeat or delay of legislation in the United States (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and Canada […]

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January 3, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

New CIHR Open Access Policy Takes Effect

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have launched a new open access policy that took effect on January 1st.  The new policy requires CIHR funded researchers to make their peer-reviewed publications freely available within 12 months of publication. Moreover, researchers are now required to deposit certain data immediately upon publication […]

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January 2, 2013 9 comments News

Faulkner, Hesse Lead Public Domain Day 2013

Wallace McLean has posted his annual celebration of public domain day, listing dozens of authors whose work entered into the public domain in Canada on New Year’s Day. Notable names this year include Nobel Prize winners William Faulkner and Herman Hesse as well as  poet e.e. cummings. The list is […]

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January 1, 2013 4 comments News

Ten Canadian Tech Stories That Mattered in 2012

Peter Nowak has a great review of the big tech stories in Canada in 2012, including UBB, throttling, the CRTC, lawful access, and copyright reform. Meanwhile, Ars Technica has a good review of the U.S. experience and the 1709 Blog has a global look at copyright issues in 2012.

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January 1, 2013 Comments are Disabled News