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The Art of Telecom Lobbying

Dierdre McMurdy, who is becoming a true must-read on political and lobbying side of telecom reform, has an interesting piece in today's Ottawa Citizen that provides a scorecard for the players in the current round of telecom lobbying efforts.

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June 25, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canadian Cultural Goods Deficit Grows

Statistics Canada has released new data on trade in cultural goods, which show Canada's deficit grew to its highest level since 1999.

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June 25, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Movie Piracy and Olympic Marks Bills Receive Royal Assent

Minutes before the Senate shut down for the summer on Friday, both the movie piracy bill (C-59) and the Olympic marks bill (C-47) received royal assent and are now part of the law of the land.

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June 23, 2007 2 comments News

Government Says No Further Copyright Reform in the Criminal Code

During the Senate debate over Bill C-59, a Conservative Senator was asked this week whether the government has any intention of putting other copyright infringement activities under the Criminal Code.  Senator Janis G. Johnson responded no.

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June 23, 2007 3 comments News

WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Fails to Progress

Good news from Geneva this week where the proposed Broadcasting Treaty failed to generate much support.  A diplomatic conference for 2007 is now off the table.  Reports from IP Watch, EFF, KEI, and Howard Knopf.

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June 23, 2007 Comments are Disabled News