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The Google – YouTube Deal

Lefsetz hits on precisely the right point – "if we can have a legal YouTube service, we can have a legal P2P service."

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October 9, 2006 1 comment News

Appropriation Art Meetings

The Appropriation Art coalition, which has attracted an incredible number of artists and museums in support of balanced copyright reform, reports that representatives have had recent meetings with officials from the government and opposition parties.

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October 9, 2006 1 comment News

SCC To Release Robertson Decision on Thursday

The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will release its decision in Robertson v. Thompson, the long-running freelance copyright case, on Thursday morning.

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October 7, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

The End of WIPO?

Last week's WIPO General Assembly is being rightly billed a major victory – the development agenda will continue with all issues on the table, while a diplomatic conference on a proposed Broadcasting Treaty has been made contingent on two prior meetings and the resolution of all outstanding issues (a marked […]

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October 6, 2006 1 comment News

Canadian Heritage’s 2005 Music Industry Profile

I'm several weeks late on this, but Canadian Heritage has released the 2005 Music Industry Profile.  The most noteworthy data point comes in the introduction – Canadian artists have seen their sales increase since 2001. Sales of Canadian albums have increased from 6.8 million units in 2001 to 8.5 million […]

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October 6, 2006 Comments are Disabled News