Appeared in the Hill Times on April 2, 2007 as Thinking Outside the Canadian Copyright Box Last month, McGill University hosted an important conference on the future of copyright and the music industry. The conference brought together music notables such as famed producer Sandy Pearlman and NDP Heritage critic Charlie […]
Archive for April, 2007
What If YouTube Was Sued in Canada?
My colleague Jeremy deBeer assesses the legal issues from a Canadian perspective.
Quebec Author Lobby Issues Copyright Position Paper
CultureLibre reports that the UNEQ, the primary Quebec author lobby group, has issued a new copyright position paper that criticizes the expansion of fair dealing and calls for an extended licensing system.
Updating Links, Translations
Thanks everyone who has linked to the www.neutrality.ca site. When I created this site, I registered two domains, netneutrality.ca and neutrality.ca… The former is supposed to be for those who might type it in, and it sees a fair amount of traffic. So I’ve added some redirects today to move […]
Putting Viacom – YouTube in Perspective
Henry Blodget points to a Vidmeter study that analyzes YouTube takedowns. The finding? Viacom content represents a very small percentage of overall content and video streaming, confirming the view that YouTube is really about user-generated content, not clips from mainstream media.