My regular Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) notes that with House of Commons now back to business, a parliamentary committee will be formed in the coming weeks to conduct hearings on Bill C-60. While much of the public' s attention in recent days has focused on […]
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Coming Clean on Copyright
Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 3, 2005 as Coming Clean on Copyright With House of Commons now back to business, a parliamentary committee may be formed this week to conduct hearings on Bill C-60, the federal government' s copyright reform package. While much of the public' s attention […]

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