Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on April 13, 2006 as Megaphone to the World Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage, the two government departments jointly responsible for Canadian culture, are generally perceived to focus on the issue from competing perspectives. The economic impact of the cultural sector falls within Industry Canada’s […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Removing the C from CRIA
The Canadian Recording Industry Association's submission to the CRTC's Commercial Radio Review may go down as one of its biggest blunders. Earlier coverage of its submission focused on the Pollara report (here and here) that contradicts many of CRIA's claims regarding file sharing and consumer music purchasing habits. Earlier today, […]
Oda Says Copyright Bill Is Coming
After not touching copyright when asked about cultural priorities twice last week during Question Period, Conservate Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has told the Hill Times that the government plans to introduce copyright reform legislation. Oda says:
"Copyright legislation has to be amended to make [compliant] our copyright laws and ratify the international treaties. We will be introducing a new copyright bill that will expedite meeting our international obligations but also making sure that we have a copyright regime and a copyright framework that's appropriate."
While most will take this to mean that a WIPO Copyright bill is on the way, that isn't quite what Oda says.
Disney To Offer TV Free Online
The WSJ reports this morning that Disney plans to offer popular tv shows such as Lost and Desparate Housewives for free online. The changes in the television broadcast industry in the U.S. over the past six months, with widespread Internet distribution of content, is nothing short of remarkable. In Canada, […]
File Sharing Has Saved Music
Music, not the recording industry.
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