Articles by: Michael Geist

MSN Music Pulls the Plug on Consumers

The EFF comments on Microsoft's decision to stop retreiving license keys for music that people have purchased starting August 31st.  After that date, consumers that buy a new computer or upgrade their operating system will be forced to leave their music behind.

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April 30, 2008 1 comment News

eMusic Launches Canadian Site

eMusic, the popular online music service, has launched a Canadian subscription service that offers over 3.5 million songs without DRM.

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April 30, 2008 4 comments News

Culture.ca Shutting Down

A reader notes that Canadian Heritage is shutting down the culture.ca portal, stating that search engine improvements have overtaken the need for the site.

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April 30, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

The Copyright Myths

As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright.  I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]

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April 29, 2008 21 comments News

The Copyright Myths

As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright.  I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]

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April 29, 2008 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA