Archive for June, 2008

A Week in the Life of the Canadian DMCA: Part Two

The week in the life of the Canadian DMCA continues (day one here) with Rona, Jim and Josee's ten year old daughter.  Rona is a huge American Idol fan, faithfully watching each episode and buying CDs released by former contestants with her savings.  Last January, Jim set the family's PVR […]

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June 17, 2008 46 comments News

Christopher Moore on the C-61 Educational Exemption

Christopher Moore points to one area where I think both user and creator rights advocates should agree  – the educational exemption in C-61 is bad, bad policy.

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June 17, 2008 3 comments News

Prentice Responds to Copyright Column

Industry Minister Jim Prentice responds to yesterday's copyright column with a letter to the editor in the Toronto Star.

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June 17, 2008 24 comments News

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.

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June 17, 2008 5 comments News

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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June 17, 2008 22 comments News