Osgoode Hall prof Pina D'Agostino posts on the SCC's Robertson v. Thomson decision. Limits on contractual contracting is an issue I touched on during the 30 Days of DRM. It was also raised by a Senate report on Canadian media, though Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda rejected a recommendation to […]
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Debating DRM
Paid Content has a pair of interesting reports from the MidemNet conference in France including coverage of a DRM debate between representatives from the CEA, RIAA, and MPAA (the CEA response to RIAA's claim that it makes the recording industry look evil – "I don’t make you look evil – […]
ICANN Launches Blog
ICANN has launched a blog, which it says is part of its effort to address criticism over its openness and transparency.
It’s Not Just Music
It isn't only the music industry that enjoyed commercial success in Canada in 2006. The video game industry – both hardware and software – enjoyed record sales with no signs that current Canadian copyright law somehow impedes that commercial success.
Canadian Security Breaches
Lots of coverage today on two major Canadian security breaches – 470,000 Canadians hit by a CIBC security breach, while two million credit cards may have been captured in a hacking job against Winners, a clother retailer.
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