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Clement: Sticking to the Digital Transition Deadline

The Canadian Press reports that Industry Minister Tony Clement remains committed to meeting the digital transition deadline of August 2011.  The change will affect hundreds of thousands of Canadians that access over-the-air television signals.

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April 8, 2010 2 comments News

Kevin Kelly on Movie Producers Thriving Among Pirates

Kevin Kelly has an interesting post on the movie businesses in India, Nigeria, and China.  The world's three biggest movie producing countries thrive with business models that have adapted to the possibility of little copyright enforcement.

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April 8, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

ACTA’s Injunction and Damages Provisions

KEI has published an exhaustive analysis of ACTA's current injunction and damages provisions, noting that ACTA's injunction provisions are significantly more restrictive than the provisions found in TRIPs.

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April 8, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

The Trouble With ACTA

Public Knowledge's Sherwin Siy with a good piece on some of the problems with ACTA.  As Sherwin rightly notes, "ACTA's status as a trade negotiation seems less based in the nature of its substance than in the convenience that this designation provides."

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April 8, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

RCMP Arrests Man For Modifying Game Console

The RCMP has arrested a Quebec man after a seizure uncovered hundreds of counterfeit video games.  The RCMP release states that "modifying a console and computer is considered an illegal act under Section 342.1 of the Criminal Code and is punishable by imprisonment for up to ten years."

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April 7, 2010 40 comments News