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Ottawa Releases Strategy for Privacy and the Patriot Act

The Canadian government has released a new document establishing a strategy for concerns about cross-border data flows, the USA Patriot Act, and personal privacy.  I’ll have more to say about the document soon.

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April 7, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Supreme Court Rehearing for Robertson Copyright Case

The Supreme Court of Canada today announced that it will rehear the Robertson v. Thompson Corp. copyright arguments by reviewing the transcripts and videotape.  The case was heard by the court in December 2005, before Justice Rothstein joined the court.

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April 7, 2006 1 comment News

Canadian Software Innovation Alliance Launches

The Canadian Software Innovation Alliance, which brings together open source software developers and companies, has launched.  The CSIA will provide an important new voice to the copyright policy discussion.

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April 7, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Priorities

Yesterday's Speech from the Throne matched expectations as the focus was unsurprisingly on the Conservatives' five priorities.  There were, however, several noteworthy inclusions and omissions.  While there was no specific mention of copyright and the WIPO Treaties, Howard rightly points out that speech did say that "significant treaties will be […]

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April 5, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

CIHR Open to Open Access

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one of the three main federal research funding agencies, has just announced that it plans to pursue a new open access policy for funded research.  Notes the CIHR: "The aim is to establish a policy that will both help researchers gain access to the […]

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April 4, 2006 Comments are Disabled News