CIRA announced this evening that Bernard Turcotte, its long-time CEO, will be leaving the organization later this year. The dot-ca domain agency is launching a nation-wide search for a replacement.
Archive for August 2nd, 2007
CP on PC
The Canadian Press has a story on the private copying levy that includes comments from David Basskin and me.
Canadian Heritage Copyright Collective Study Released
The Canadian Heritage sponsored study on copyright collectives by C. Craig Parks has been publicly released. I blogged about an earlier version here.

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Episode 272: Build Canada’s Lucy Hargreaves on Canada’s AI Strategy and the Need to Shift From Being Users to Builders
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