Senator Yoine Goldstein has reintroduced his anti-spam bill. Bill S-202 is designed to provide Canadian authorities with the tools to address spamming activities.
Articles by: Michael Geist
Coverage of the Why Copyright Film
CBC, La Presse, and the National Post blog about Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law. Update: Roberto Rocha at the Montreal Gazette provides his take on the film.
Obama Transition Team Uses Creative Commons Licence
The Obama transition team website located at change.gov has adjusted its copyright license to a Creative Commons attribution licence. The Canadian government still maintains crown copyright over similar documents.
Lawless Canada Emerging as a Spam Haven
Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 1, 2008 as Canada Emerges as Haven for Spam Last month, a California court awarded social networking giant Facebook US$873 million in damages arising from the activities of a single spamming organization. The decision garnered headlines in Canada not only for the lofty […]
Knopf on IP and the Economy
Howard Knopf has a terrific post on how Canada could use IP and IP policy to address concerns with the economy.
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