Archive for October, 2007

Chertoff’s Talk

My speech at the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference focused specifically on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff's talk.  His remarks have now been posted online.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canadian Public Domain Told To Cease and Desist

The International Music Score Library Project was a quiet Canadian success story.  Using wiki technologies, it emerged over the past two years as a leading source of public domain music scores, hosting thousands of scores uploaded by a community of students, teachers, and others in the music community.  The site […]

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October 21, 2007 25 comments News

National Post on Copyright Reform

The National Post features a nicely balanced article on forthcoming copyright reform in Canada.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Audio Version of Open Access Panel

I recently participated on an open access panel at the University of Ottawa.  My presentation can be found here; an MP3 version of the panel is here (I'm the final speaker).

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

USTR Declines to Pursue Canadian Film Subsidy Complaint

The USTR has announced that it has declined to pursue a U.S. petition that argued that Canadian subsidies on the filming of U.S.-produced television shows and theatrical films within Canada were inconsistent with WTO obligations.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News