Articles by: Michael Geist

Toronto Protest of Canadian DMCA

For those in the Toronto area, there will be a protest against the Canadian DMCA outside Queen's Park on Tuesday, December 18th. Details here. 

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December 12, 2007 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

The Fair Copyright for Canada News Feed

The incredible interest in the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group – nearly 20,000 strong in 11 days – demonstrates the widespread interest and concern with balanced copyright in Canada.  On Thursday, December 13th, Industry Minister Jim Prentice will apparently ignore that concern and introduce the Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright […]

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December 12, 2007 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Canadian DMCA To Be Introduced Tomorrow Morning?

There are rumours in Ottawa this evening that Industry Minister Jim Prentice has decided to forge ahead with the Canadian DMCA with the bill to be introduced tomorrow morning.  There has obviously been a huge amount of coverage of this issue over the past 48 hours (Montreal Gazette, IT World, […]

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December 12, 2007 30 comments News

CBC on the Canadian DMCA Delay

Peter Nowak of CBC.ca reports on the "palpable anger" over the Canadian DMCA and plans for a protest in Toronto on December 18th.

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December 11, 2007 2 comments News

Prentice on the Canadian DMCA Timing and Consumer Restrictions

Courtesy of Steven Chase of the Globe and Mail from a post-Question Period scrum this afternoon: Chase:     Do you intend, with your copyright legislation, to introduce any restrictions on the way consumers use intellectual property? Prentice:   Well, of course I can't speak to the specifics of the copyright bill […]

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December 11, 2007 7 comments News