An Oshawa school trustee wants copyright fees eliminated for non-profit school boards in the wake of a new bill for $900,000 in photocopy fees.
Articles by: Michael Geist
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Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 2, 2009 as Consumer Choice Key To Ending This Fight For the past two months, Canadians have been subjected to a non-stop marketing campaign pitting two deep-pocketed industries – broadcasters and broadcast distributors – against each other. Television and radio commercials, full-page newspaper […]
Clement on the State of Canadian Copyright Law
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