Blayne Haggart, a PhD student at Carleton, has a great post explaining why the attempted linkage between Buy American policies (largely state and municipal) and copyright policies (federal) are false. Dec.10/09Comments (0)
Howard Knopf provides his take on why SOCAN wanted to keep its copyright submission secret. The key issue - retroactive legislative reform. Dec.10/09Comments (0)
The Georgia Straight features an editorial on ACTA by NDP MP Charlie Angus. His conclusion:
the Tories have to come clean on ACTA. This treaty spells bad news for citizens, democratic rights, and the development of an innovation agenda. Canadian citizens need to get active and fight back. As it stands now, the Conservative government appears ready to sell us down the digital river to appease the U.S. corporate lobby. Dec.09/09Comments (1)
TVO's Search Engine turns to ACTA this week with an interview with me on the latest developments and the implications for future Canadian copyright policy. Dec.09/09Comments (0)
The Globe and Mail and Howard Knopf report on a talk from U.S. trade lobbyist Scotty Greenwood, in which she urged Canadians to enact U.S.-style copyright reforms. Greenwood argued that progress on that issue would result in movement on the "Buy American" provisions that have cropped up in the United States. Dec.09/09Comments (4)
Jamie Love has a great post comparing the level of transparency during the FTAA negotiations with the ACTA talks. Several drafts of the FTAA agreement were released to the public, refuting claims that ACTA secrecy is standard practice. Dec.07/09Comments (6)
