Precedent, a Canadian legal publication, features a cover story on the Canadian copyfight.
Precedent Magazine on the Canadian Copyfight
December 16, 2008
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FTA: “You can think about copyright law like rules for other marketplaces, like the securities market or the business market,†says Barry Sookman
This statement is so untrue and misrepresents the issue. If it was true then there would be no issue. If copyright law really did restricted itself to the market place and left individuals free to make private copies or post derived art on YouTube, then no one would care. Issues of copyright law would not affect private citizens.