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Hill Times Letters

The Hill Times runs three letters to the editor in response to Barry Sookman's column last week including one from me.

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October 30, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

UK Group Calls for Personal Copying Right

As EMI's President states that CDs are dead, the UK's The Institute for Public Policy Research is arguing that consumers' rights should be improved with a "new private right to copy." It is also calling on the government to reject demands for the music copyright term to be extended beyond […]

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October 30, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Diet Coke and Mentos

They're back.

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October 30, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Oda on Copyright Bill Timing

Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda appeared before the Canadian Heritage Standing Committee last week and was asked directly about the timing of a new copyright bill.  The exchange: Belanger (Lib.) – Madame Minister, is it still your intention to introduce legislation on copyrights this fall, or are we now looking […]

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October 28, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Bloc Seeks Regulatory Control Over Telecom

Interesting exchange yesterday in the House of Commons as the Bloc took the government's emphasis on deregulating telecommunications to the ultimate conclusion – "since the government is no longer interested in regulating telecommunications, why does it not just transfer its telecommunications authority to the Government of Quebec?"

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October 27, 2006 Comments are Disabled News