While we were participating in a great launch of In the Public Interest, CRIA was across town promoting two new surveys that seek to link seemingly all teenager problems and recording industry woes with file sharing. It is tempting to conduct a detailed analysis on how off-base these two new […]
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In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law Published
I am delighted to report that In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law has been published and is now available for purchase or free download under a Creative Commons license (I should note that all royalties will be donated to Creative Commons). I have great hopes for […]
Positionless at WIPO
As Jamie Boyle points out in a masterful piece in the Financial Times, this week (likely Wednesday), the World Intellectual Property Organization will move forward on a controversial Broadcasting Treaty by calling for a meeting later this year to negotiate a near-final text followed by a diplomatic conference sometime in […]
The Canadian Path To Google Print
The decision by the Author' s Guild to sue Google over its Google Print initiative is obviously the story of the week. I' ve stayed quiet on this primarily because there have been some great postings (Lessig, von Lohmann, Band, Crawford, and Google' s own response among them) that say […]
Emerson on Broadband
Industry Minister David Emerson used a speech in Toronto yesterday to emphasize the need to prioritize broadband access nationwide. This issue has unfortunately stalled in recent years as Canada has seen its global ranking decline. It is therefore encouraging to hear Emerson state that: "We’ve also been a leader in […]
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