The Sony rootkit story continues to be remarkably resilient as new developments emerge a full month after the story first began circulating in the blogosphere. I covered developments up until about a week ago in a recent column. Three Business Week stories now shed additional light, raising several points that […]
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Government Introduces Net Pharma Legislation
In another last minute move, the government on Friday introduced Bill C-83, a bill designed to address U.S. and big pharma pressure over the sale by Canadian Internet pharmacies of cheaper pharmaceutical products into the U.S. While the bill is obviously not going to become law, it does confirm the […]
Canadian Do-Not-Call Legislation Receives Royal Assent
Bill C-37, the do-not-call bill, is now law in Canada. Much to seemingly everyone' s surprise, the Senate put the bill on the fast track last week and granted it the necessary approvals. Supreme Court Justice Michel Bastarache gave it royal assent late on Friday, minutes before the Senate adjourned. […]
The National Post on DRM
The National Post runs a brief masthead editorial today on the Sony debacle and the recording industry's use of digital rights management. The editorial is further evidence that this story remains in the public eye nearly four weeks after it first broke. The key quote (unfortunately the full editorial is […]
The Notice and Takedown Effect
Although Bill C-60 isn' t going anywhere given the current Parliamentary situation, digital copyright reform will be back once the dust settles. When it does, the proposed notice and notice system will undoubtedly come under attack, with groups such as CRIA arguing that a DMCA notice-and-takedown system (or even a […]
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