Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a talk at Osgoode Hall titled Facing Up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada. The abstract of the talk was: In December 2007, the Canadian government planned to introduce new copyright legislation that was to have mirrored the U.S. […]
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Toronto Star on Paying for P2P
The Toronto Star reports on a Canadian Music Week panel that speculated on the prospect of paying for P2P.
Facing Up To Facebook: The Fight For Fair Copyright in Canada
A discussion at Osgoode Hall on Facing Up To Facebook: The Fight For Fair Copyright in Canada.
Conservatives Rerun New Year Card Issue
Fresh off the controversy involving Jewish New Year cards, yesterday I received an email from a reader angry over having received a Chinese New Year card from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The same privacy issues again come to the fore – the person is not Chinese and is upset that […]
Senate Committee To Conduct Hearings on C-10
The Senate Banking Committee has issued a news release indicating that it will hear from the cultural community and the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the controversial issue of film tax credits and a Ministerial veto.
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