Archive for August, 2009

Designing A Copyright Law That’s Built To Last

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 17, 2009 as Designing a Copyright Bill That's Built To Last As the national copyright consultation launched earlier this summer hits the midway point, the first four weeks have attracted considerable interest.  There have already been more than a thousand submissions, one town […]

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August 17, 2009 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

CFHSS Issues Call for Copyright Action

The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) has issued a Call for Action on the current copyright consultation.  The CFHSS, which made up of 69 scholarly associations, 75 universities and colleges and 7 affiliates, as well as more than 50,000 scholars, students and practitioners across Canada, focuses […]

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August 16, 2009 8 comments News

Wal-Mart Issues Legal Threat To SmartCanucks.ca

Wal-Mart has issued a legal demand to SmartCanucks.ca over old post promoting a gift card offer.

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August 16, 2009 1 comment News

Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 31 – August 9, 2009

As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation.  The July 20 – 24th summary was posted here, July 25 – 30th here.  This chart bring the data up to August 9th, though […]

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August 15, 2009 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 31 – August 9, 2009

As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation.  The July 20 – 24th summary was posted here, July 25 – 30th here.  This chart bring the data up to August 9th, though […]

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August 15, 2009 7 comments News