Industry Minister Jim Prentice responds to yesterday's copyright column with a letter to the editor in the Toronto Star.
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Canadian Real Estate Association Forces Housing123 Offline
BlogTO reports that the Canadian Real Estate Association has forced Housing123, which offered a Google Maps mashup of MLS data, offline.
Prentice Commits to Private Copying Consultation
Lost amidst the huge backlash against the Canadian DMCA was a very brief comment from Industry Minister Jim Prentice during his press conference on Thursday. Although I did not see it discussed in the media, Prentice committed the government to a public consultation on the future of the private copying […]

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