Post Tagged with: "copyright"

Captain Copyright Goes Offline

Earlier this week, I wrote that if Access Copyright was serious about relaunching the Captain Copyright site, that it would take the site offline while it is being reworked, drop the linking policy, and identify its advisory board that will be asked to ensure that the site is balanced.  Today, […]

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August 17, 2006 2 comments News

CBC’s Contrarians on Copyright

The Contrarians ran a good program on copyright today (I was among the guests interviewed). You can catch it again on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Update: An MP3 version of the program is now online.

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August 8, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

RCMP Lays Charges Over Karaoke Copyright Infringement

And they actually thought it warranted a press release.

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July 27, 2006 4 comments News

WaPo on the RIAA

Steve Pearlstein, a Washington Post business columnist, calls for "pruning of overgrown copyright laws."

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July 19, 2006 1 comment News

Canadian Copyright Lobby on G-8 IP Statement

The Canadian copyright lobby, including CAAST, CRIA, CMPDA, and several others, have issued a release congratulating the government on the G-8 statement on intellectual property issues.  The release (which I can't find online) says that the associations support the statement and look "forward to the Canadian government fulfilling these commitments […]

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July 18, 2006 1 comment News