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Balanced Meal Review

Accordion Guy provides coverage of last night's Online Rights Canada Balanced Meal event at the Drake Hotel in Toronto (plus yet more coverage of the Bulte story in today's Globe and Mail, a piece that I overlooked in National Post from earlier this week, and don't miss the comments from […]

January 20, 2006 — 3 comments — News

The Sam Bulte Podcast

As Sam Bulte gears up for her fundraiser tonight (and Online Rights Canada holds its event at the Drake Hotel at the same time), several people have written to ask whether Sam Bulte really tried to argue that CRIA et al are not hosting a fundraiser for her as was […]

January 18, 2006 — 23 comments — News

A Balanced Meal

Online Rights Canada has just announced that it will be holding a bash of its own on Thursday night at the Drake Hotel (invitation here) in Toronto. As the notice indicates, the event is strictly non-partisan and will provide people with the opportunity to learn more about balanced copyright reform. […]

January 17, 2006 — 2 comments — News

It’s a Celebration

I know I've said this before, but the Sam Bulte issue continues to resonate, with articles this week in Macleans and the National Post (behind a paywall). Moreover, constituents are still raising the issue with Bulte at all-candidates meetings. The Toronto Star reports on last night's meeting, where the fundraiser […]

January 17, 2006 — 3 comments — News

Yet Another Reason for Fair Use

The Liberal Party has provided a helpful reminder about why we need a fair use right under Canadian copyright law. The Liberals have called on the Conservatives to withdraw an advertisement titled Even Liberals (currently the top link at the video portion of the party's site) because of copyright infringement. […]

January 16, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News