After all the claims about Canada as a movie piracy haven and the threats about delaying the release of films, the MPA has issued a confidential report that casts Canada in a much different light. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the annual MPA report on all-media sales shows Canada as […]
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Shades of Captain Copyright?
The U.S. Library of Congress has released Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright, which includes an animated video on how "copyright's got your back" and answers question on whether work can be used without permission ("it's always best for people to ask your permission first").
Olympic Marks Legislation Passes House of Commons
One day after Bill C-59 cleared the House of Commons (it had first reading in the Senate yesterday), Bill C-47, the Olympic marks bill, also received unanimous approval. The final bill includes the parody exception and specific protection for the electronic media. It now moves to the Senate for final […]
A Similar Plan
Today business and entertainment groups called on a government to address piracy and counterfeiting claiming that "our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned. If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year." The groups unveiled a six-point plan that includes:
- increasing investigative and enforcement resources;
- strengthening enforcement of counterfeiting laws at borders;
- increasing penalties for trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods;
- improving federal coordination of IP enforcement efforts;
- reforming civil and judicial processes to combat organized criminal trafficking; and
- consumer education.
The country?
Foreign Affairs Launches IP Public Consultation
The Department of Foreign Affairs has launched a public consultation on Canadian views on intellectual property interests in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and the Caribbean Community. Although the consultation is clearly aimed at the corporate sector and the protection of Canadian IP in those countries, there is the […]
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