The Australian High Court today delivered a landmark copyright decision involving "mod chips" and Sony PlayStations. The case goes to the heart of anti-circumvention provisions that create very contentious proposals in Bill C-60 here in Canada. At issue in the Australian case was whether mod-chips, used to modify the Sony […]
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IFPI Reports Canadian Music Sales Up in 2005
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the global recording industry association, has just released its mid-term report for 2005. In addition to the continuing success of the fee-based music download services, the report indicates that Canadian sales are up in 2005. While the increase is not enormous at […]
The Onion, CRIA Edition
While we were participating in a great launch of In the Public Interest, CRIA was across town promoting two new surveys that seek to link seemingly all teenager problems and recording industry woes with file sharing. It is tempting to conduct a detailed analysis on how off-base these two new […]
In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law Published
I am delighted to report that In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law has been published and is now available for purchase or free download under a Creative Commons license (I should note that all royalties will be donated to Creative Commons). I have great hopes for […]
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