Appeared on the BBC on February 8, 2006 as Locking Down Our Digital Future Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on February 9, 2006 as Big Content versus the Amateurs Last week all roads in the digital world led to Rome as hundreds of government officials, policy experts, and companies descended […]
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French Court Dismisses P2P Case
Last week I noted that following the international standard on copyright is complicated, since there are many countries that are moving ahead or already have reforms that better serve the interests of users. Things just got a bit more interesting as a French court has dismissed a lawsuit against an […]
Two Perspectives on Copyright and Education
A pair of postings this morning provide an interesting, albeit discouraging, contrast between Canada and the United States on the role of the education community and copyright. Howard Knopf highlights the dangers of "excess caution", pointing to Copyright Matters, a document produced by several Canadian education groups. The document adopts […]
Two-Tier Email
The NY Times reports that AOL and Yahoo! plan to implement a new email certification program that will ultimately force commercial emailers to pay a fraction of a cent per email to deliver their emails. The program, discussed throughout the week in the trade press (here, here and here) envisions […]
Be Careful What You Wish For
As I read reports tonight that France has advanced plans to legalize P2P, I was reminded that during the copyright reform process, groups such as CRIA are often heard to say that Canada needs to follow the lead of the rest of the world. In light of recent events, I […]
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