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Blame the Public

An op-ed in the Globe by Brianna Goldberg notes that CRIA’s response to the high licencing fees keeping online music services out of Canada has been to blame the public.

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October 1, 2010 2 comments News

U.S. Domain Name Censorship Bill Delayed

The EFF reports that the proposed legislation targeting domain names and allegations of infringement has been delayed.  I wrote about the bill earlier this week.

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October 1, 2010 2 comments News

From Rhetoric to Reality: The Key Issues in Bill C-32

This week the Hill Times ran my op-ed (HT version, homepage version) on the key issues in Bill C-32.  The column, based on a post from last week, focuses on digital locks, fair dealing, ISP liability, statutory damages, and the private copying levy. It is posted below.

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September 29, 2010 22 comments Columns

CMEC Seeks Leave to Appeal Fair Dealing Decision

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada has announced that is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada this summer’s Federal Court of Appeal decision involving fair dealing in education.  I discussed the decision here.

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September 29, 2010 1 comment News

Spam Bill Debated in House of Commons

Members of Parliament spent over two hours yesterday debating Bill C-28, the anti-spam bill.  A full transcript of the discussion is available here.

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September 28, 2010 Comments are Disabled News