Several people have pointed to the excellent new report from the Center for Social Media on quoting copyrighted material in user-generated video. The report provides another illustration of why Canada needs more flexible fair dealing since some of the fair uses would not be applicable here. In other words, Canadians […]
Archive for January, 2008
Sony Recommends DRM Circumvention
Ars Technica points out that Sony, the last DRM holdout, is now advising users how to circumvent its own DRM.
Prentice Calls for “Extensive Copyright Discussions”. . . After the Canadian DMCA Is Introduced
Industry Minister Jim Prentice appeared on CBC's Biznet (RAM file) this morning to talk copyright. As Prentice talked about companies who "intellectualize property" and copyright as "a fascinating issue and a fascinating piece of legislation," he did not reveal much about the forthcoming bill. Instead, he relied on the same […]
Prentice Calls for “Extensive Copyright Discussions”. . . After the Canadian DMCA Is Introduced
Industry Minister Jim Prentice appeared on CBC's Biznet (RAM file) this morning to talk copyright. As Prentice talked about companies who "intellectualize property" and copyright as "a fascinating issue and a fascinating piece of legislation," he did not reveal much about the forthcoming bill. Instead, he relied on the same […]
The 2007 CLawBies
I'm grateful to have been named Best Canadian Law Blog for the second time in Steve Matthew's Canadian Law Blog Awards. This year is particularly special, however, given that I share the award with one of my favourite bloggers, Rob Hyndman. Thanks to Steve and thanks to everyone who reads, […]
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law 
Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
