With the appeal of the BMG v. Doe case scheduled for next month, it is interesting to see developments in Europe this week that also seek to protect individual file sharers who download for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Archive for March 17th, 2005
National Digital Libraries
Earlier this year, I wrote a column calling on the Canadian government to create a national digital library. The concept was simple — Canada should become the first country in the world to to create a comprehensive national digital library. The library, which would be fully accessible online, would contain a digitally scanned copy of every book, government report, and legal decision ever published in Canada.