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Dutch Appeals Court Refuses to Disclose File Sharers Identities

When CRIA lost its file sharing lawsuits against 29 alleged file sharers in 2004, it immediately characterized Canadian law as out-of-step with the rest of the world and dismissed the privacy-related concerns that arose from the case.  Two years later, The Register brings word that the Netherlands appears to be […]

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July 15, 2006 3 comments News

The Pig and the Box

In a direct response to Access Copyright's Captain Copyright, a Victoria writer and artist has produced The Pig and the Box, a short children's story designed to foster the values of sharing.  Indeed, the work is available under a Creative Commons licensed and the author advises that it has already […]

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July 15, 2006 1 comment News

Copyright and ATIPs

The Tyee runs an interesting article on some of the barriers to using Access to Information legislation, including potential copyright limitations.

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July 15, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Net Hate Purveyor Nets Nine Months in Jail

Justice Konrad Von Finkenstein (yes the same judge from the CRIA file sharing litigation) has sentenced a London, Ontario man to nine months in jail arising from a case involving Internet-based hate speech.

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July 15, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Ryerson Study on Workplace Monitoring

Avner Levin of Ryerson University has conducted a new study that finds that Canadian employers engage in widespread employee surveillance, typically with little concern for the privacy implications of such activity.

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July 11, 2006 2 comments News