Industry Minister Jim Prentice responds to yesterday's copyright column with a letter to the editor in the Toronto Star.
Archive for June 17th, 2008
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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