I'll be participating on the Squawk Box conference call tomorrow morning to discuss fair copyright in Canada. Update: A podcast version of the call is available here.
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The Georgia Straight on Copyright Reform
"The Conservative government, it seems, just wants the bill tabled, and will deal with the consequences afterward. I wonder if they’re ready to lose a federal election. That’s one hell of a consequence." Read the full article.
More Copyright MPs
My initial posting on the Copyright MPs – the 27 ridings that are home to a university and were closely contested in the 2006 election – attracted a fair amount of attention. I'll be updating the list shortly to include another group of Copyright MPs that hail from ridings with […]
Angus Calls for WIPO Debate Before Copyright Bill
NDP MP Charlie Angus has issued a press release calling on Industry Minister Jim Prentice to abide by the government's commitment to table international treaties in the House of Commons before introducing ratifying legislation by tabling the WIPO Internet treaties before introducing copyright reform legislation. Last week, the Conservatives unveiled […]
ISPs Face New Role in Network Control
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, BBC version, homepage version) focuses on the failure of the DRM, content-locking strategy and the move toward locking down the Internet. I note that this approach envisions requiring Internet service providers to install filtering and content monitoring technologies within their networks. ISPs would then become private network police, actively monitoring for content that might infringe copyright and stopping it from reaching subscribers' computers.
The support for locking down the Internet revives an old debate – the appropriate role and responsibility of ISPs for the activities that take place on their networks.
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