Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 26, 2007 as Open Access: Reshaping Rules of Research Last month five leading European research institutions launched a petition that called on the European Commission to establish a new policy to require that all government-funded research be made available to the public shortly […]
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U.S. Copyright Lobby Out of Touch With the Rest of the World
Appeared on the BBC on February 20, 2007 as US Copyright Lobby Out-Of-Touch The International Intellectual Property Alliance, an association that brings together U.S. lobby groups representing the movie, music, software, and publisher industries, last week delivered its annual submission to the U.S. government featuring its views on the inadequacy […]
Bernier’s Troubling Stand on Net Neutrality
Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 12, 2007 as Bernier's Troubling Stand on Net Neutrality Since being named Minister of Industry last February, Maxime Bernier has set his sights on reforming Canada's telecommunications laws. In only twelve months, he has overruled the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on its […]
Movie Piracy Claims More Fiction Than Fact
Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 5, 2007 as U.S. Movie Piracy Claims Mostly Fiction In recent weeks, Canadians have been subjected to a steady stream of reports asserting that Canada has become the world's leading source of movie piracy. Pointing to the prevalence of illegal camcording – a […]
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