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Movie Piracy and Popcorn Farmers

Public Knowledge on how NBC has told the FCC that with reduced movie piracy, "corn growers would earn greater profits and buy more farm equipment."

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June 20, 2007 1 comment News

The Sicko Leak

The leak of Michael Moore's forthcoming documentary Sicko on the Internet has attracted considerable attention. Indeed, when beginning comments on Bill C-59 in the Senate, Conservative Senator Janis G. Johnson opened with: Honourable senators, Bill C-59 will deter unauthorized videotape camcord activities in movie theatres in Canada. The bill amends […]

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June 20, 2007 10 comments News

House of Commons Video Clip Service

I've written recently about the unfortunate restrictions on the use of House of Commons video clips for parody and other purposes.  Kevin McArthur has responded by launching Mycelium, which allows bloggers to easily create embeddable clips of the Question Period stream.

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June 20, 2007 2 comments News

Senate Sends C-59 to Committee

The Senate began debate yesterday on Bill C-59, the movie camcording bill.  The bill received enthusiastic support from both a Conservative and a Liberal Senator, but the bill was then sent to the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications for review, suggesting that the Senate might conduct the hearings […]

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June 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Must Watch

For those reading this in a feed, I've just added a Must Watch section to the website.  While it starts with the recent YouTube video on the movie camcording bill, there will be more added in the weeks ahead as I'm working with law student with a film background on […]

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June 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News