At its annual meeting in Ottawa earlier this month, the Canadian Library Association passed a resolution on Access Copyright's Captain Copyright. The resolution is powerful rebuke from one of the groups that the Captain Copyright program presumably hoped to attract. It criticizes the biased approach on copyright, the linking policy, […]
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The Toronto Wifi Plan
Tyler Hamilton has a terrific article on Toronto Hydro’s progress in creating a city-wide wifi system.
Canadian Digital Security Companies Warn Against Anti-Circumvention Laws
Many of Canada's leading digital security companies, including Third Brigade, Certicom, VE Networks, and Borderware Technologies, have issued a public letter to Ministers Bernier and Oda on copyright reform. The letter, signed by Brian O'Higgins (widely regarded as a world leader in authentication and digital security issues as a founder […]
European Commissioner Calls for Copyright Balance
Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for Internet Market and Services, has issued his annual policy strategy in which he notes that "protection of intellectual property and copyright also raises important questions of their effect on consumers" and calls for balance in that respect.
Alouette Canada’s Official Launch
Alouette Canada, a collaborative open digitization initiative from many of Canada’s leading academic libraries, had its official launch today. This is an exciting development that has the potential to bring thousands of Canadian titles to the Internet. In order to bring millions of titles to the Internet, however, it seems […]
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