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Business As Usual

Kudos to the Hollywood Reporter for jumping in this morning and covering (brief display) the Bulte story with an enlightening piece that includes comments from Douglas Frith of the CMPDA (movies) and Graham Henderson of CRIA. Leaving aside Frith's bizarre comment that on copyright "Canada is beginning to look like […]

January 4, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

Campaign Contributions

I am a law professor, not an investigative reporter or a political operative, so the notion of campaign contributions is foreign to me. I've been posting on the planned Sam Bulte fundraiser being hosted by the heads of the major entertainment industry associations just four days before the election (Tipping […]

January 3, 2006 — 7 comments — News

Tipping Point

If the amount of blog discussion and private email that I am receiving is any indication, the story about the Sarmite Bulte fundraiser hosted by the leaders of CRIA et al is at a tipping point with the potential to crack into the mainstream political press. There is coverage today […]

January 2, 2006 — 3 comments — News

Does This Sound Like a Troubled Industry?

The Canadian Press reports on the thriving Canadian indie music scene. Echoing a recent NY Times article, the report notes that indie labels do a better job of using the Internet and that they take risks that the major labels shy away from. Jeffrey Remedios, the co-founder of Arts & […]

January 1, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

New Hope for a New Year

Let me start by wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy new year. The new year starts with fresh hope for the kind of ambitious access programs that are desperately needed. The BBC again sets the standard with the release of nearly 80 news clips from leading stories over the […]

January 1, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News