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Pinned Posts in PinterestThe Literary Review of Canada's June issue is about to hit the newsstands and it includes The Upcoming Copyright Clash, an essay I wrote on copyright reform in Canada.
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Task Force Report a Roadmap for Canning Canadian-Based Spam
Lost amidst the high drama on Parliament Hill last week was the release of Stopping Spam, the National Task Force on Spam’s final report.
The Test
Alex Cameron, who successfully argued the privacy issues in the BMG v. Doe file sharing case at both the trial and appellate level, has written with his reading of the test articulated by the Federal Court of Appeal. Alex has done a great job of pulling out the many precautions […]
Over-Dose
Earlier today I provided links to some of the coverage from Thursday's file sharing decision. A small article from Dose, the free Canwest daily paper, was not included (it isn't online) but merits some attention.The article features brief Q & A's with Alex Cameron, who argued the privacy issues for CIPPIC, and with Graham Henderson, CRIA's President. In response to an open-ended question on his thoughts on the decision, Henderson responds:
Media Coverage of File Sharing Decision
Not surprisingly, the media jumped all over yesterday's file sharing decision. Among the stories:
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The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 2: ”It’s Time to Modernize the Laws” 
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