actaconsultationreport.pdf
Articles by: Michael Geist
Government Keeps ACTA Consultation Results Under Wraps
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 3, 2008 as Treaty Consultation Process Snubs Public Earlier this year, many Canadians were taken aback by reports of a secret trade agreement that conjured up images of iPod-searching border guards and tough new penalties for every day activities. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, […]
CNIB Pressures Canadian Government on WIPO Treaty for Reading Disabled
The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meets next week in Geneva where a hot topic may be a proposal from the World Blind Union for the creation of a new WIPO Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons. […]
The Globe on Online Fears
The Globe's Ivor Tossel on the Internet issues that keep him up at night including the "copyright meltdown."
McBride on the Future of Music
Nettwerk's Terry McBride argues the future economic value lies in the meta-data (hat tip: FYI Music).
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