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Thursday February 14, 2013 |
The IIPA, the umbrella lobby group that represents the major movie,
music, and entertainment software lobby groups, released its recommendations
for the U.S. piracy watch list last week. Those that thought
passing Bill C-11 - the Canadian copyright reform bill that
contained some of the most restrictive
digital lock rules in the world - would satisfy U.S. groups will be
disappointed. The IIPA wants Canada back on the piracy watch list,
one notch below the Special Watch List (where the US placed Canada
last year).
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Monday July 23, 2012 |
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The USTR has launched a public consultation
on Canada's proposed entry to the Trans Pacific Partnership
talks.The deadline for comments is September 4, 2012. A
hearing is scheduled for September 24, 2012.
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Monday July 16, 2012 |
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When the U.S. invited Canada to join the Trans Pacific Partnership
negotiations last month, there was an agreed
upon delay to allow it to complete a domestic approval
process. As part of that delay, Canada was to be excluded from the
negotiations during the approval period and bound by any substantive
agreements reached during those talks. While most assumed that would
only cover the just-completed San Diego round of discussions, it
turns out that Canada will be excluded from the next round of
negotiations as well. The USTR sent the formal letter to
include Canada in the TPP to Congress on July 10, 2012. Last week,
it also announced that
the next round of negotiations will take place in early September in
Virginia. Given the 90-day waiting period from the date of the USTR
letter, Canada will also be excluded from this round of negotiations
and will have to wait until December to formally participate in the
talks.
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Monday June 25, 2012 |
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U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson appeared
on CTV's Question Period on Sunday and characterized last week as "one
of the most extraordinary weeks in the history of the relationship
between the U.S. and Canada." Asked to justify the statement, he
identified four developments: the Detroit bridge, Bill C-11, TPP, and
the border initiative. The inclusion of the copyright bill, a domestic
Canadian legislative initiative, on the list is what is extraordinary.
Later in the interview, when asked about supply management, he
indicated that it is a domestic Canadian issue. Apparently the same is
not true for Canadian copyright.
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