The OECD’s latest report on country broadband statistics places Canada in eighth position worldwide. While the release notes that this makes us the leading G7 country, this says more about how poorly the G7 countries rank than anything about Canadian success. Indeed, it wasn’t long ago – in fact, only […]
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Report Questions UK File Sharing Costs
The Guardian runs a story on a Jupiter Research report that finds that the UK's recording industry has overestimated the costs of file sharing by as much as a factor of four. The report doubts the industry's methodology and its claim of the impact of P2P on sales.
More Unintended Consequences
The EFF has updated its report on the "unintended consequences" of the DMCA, citing numerous examples of the law's chilling effect on speech and innovation. With seven years of experience, when does unintended become intended?
Removing the C from CRIA
The Canadian Recording Industry Association's submission to the CRTC's Commercial Radio Review may go down as one of its biggest blunders. Earlier coverage of its submission focused on the Pollara report (here and here) that contradicts many of CRIA's claims regarding file sharing and consumer music purchasing habits. Earlier today, […]
Oda Says Copyright Bill Is Coming
After not touching copyright when asked about cultural priorities twice last week during Question Period, Conservate Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has told the Hill Times that the government plans to introduce copyright reform legislation. Oda says:
"Copyright legislation has to be amended to make [compliant] our copyright laws and ratify the international treaties. We will be introducing a new copyright bill that will expedite meeting our international obligations but also making sure that we have a copyright regime and a copyright framework that's appropriate."
While most will take this to mean that a WIPO Copyright bill is on the way, that isn't quite what Oda says.
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