By far the most problematic aspect of the ILT provision is the creation of a notice-and-takedown system for search engines. Unlike ISPs – who are subject to the more-balanced notice-and-notice approach – ILTs are effectively subject to a notice-and-takedown system without any of the counter-notification or balancing provisions contained in […]
Archive for August 21st, 2008
Telegraph-Journal on “Harper’s Draconian Copyright Bill”
Charles Moore, a freelance writer whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines around the world, pens an op-ed in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal on the copyfight in Canada.
Guglielminetti on the Canadian Copyfight
Bruno Guglielminetti of Radio Canada continues the French language coverage of the Canadian copyfight.
U.S. Judge Rules Fair Use Should Factor Into Notice and Takedown Demands
Since I've blogged this week about C-61's notice-and-notice approach for ISPs, it is worth noting that yesterday a U.S. judge ruled that copyright holders must consider fair use as part of the DMCA notice-and-takedown system.
The Tyee on Roaming Envy
The Tyee contrasts the Canadian wireless market with the experience in Europe.