Reports from Geneva, where WIPO is holding its General Assembly, indicate that Canada has come out against a diplomatic conference for the WIPO Broadcast Treaty. The U.S. is now also opposed to the conference, which was seemingly pushed through several weeks ago without consensus support. I wrote about the controversial […]
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Canton on DRM
David Canton, a London, Ontario lawyer who writes a regular technology law column, has a strong piece this week on DRM.

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