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Canadian Recording Industry Hit With $6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit

Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 7, 2009 as Record industry faces liability over `infringement' Chet Baker was a leading jazz musician in the 1950s, playing trumpet and providing vocals. Baker died in 1988, yet he is about to add a new claim to fame as the lead plaintiff […]

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December 7, 2009 2 comments Columns Archive

TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright

Last Friday, I participated in a 40 minute debate on copyright on TVO's the Agenda.  The discussion focused on the events of the past two weeks, the primary concerns with a Canadian DMCA, and the influence of the U.S. on the Canadian copyright process.  Other participants included David Basskin, Mathew […]

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December 17, 2007 23 comments News

TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright

Last Friday, I participated in a 40 minute debate on copyright on TVO's the Agenda.  The discussion focused on the events of the past two weeks, the primary concerns with a Canadian DMCA, and the influence of the U.S. on the Canadian copyright process.  Other participants included David Basskin, Mathew […]

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December 17, 2007 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Slyck Interviews the CPCC

Slyck features an interview with David Basskin of the CPCC.  The interview includes the inevitable question about the applicability of downloading songs on P2P networks, which Basskin responds to by instead focusing on uploading on P2P networks.

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August 19, 2007 3 comments News

CPCC Responds to Private Copying Column

CPCC's David Basskin responds this week's private copying column in a Toronto Star letter to the editor.  Basskin points to a CPCC-commissioned public opinion survey that found public support for the levy.

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August 10, 2007 2 comments News