Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star reports this morning that the CBC may be in discussions with the BBC to outsource management of the CBC Archives to the UK public broadcaster. As Zerbisias notes: "If it were outsourced, it would mean CBC's library of everything from old news footage to […]
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Do-Not-Call List Bill Marches On
The Senate committee examining Bill C-37, the do-not-call legislation, has issued its report. So much for oversight and review – the committee left the bill virtually unchanged with the exception of establishing an option for reduced penalties. The bill is now subject to a Senate vote and goes back to […]
The Court That Gets It
The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday issued its much-anticipated (by trademarks practitioners anyway) decision in the trademark battle between Mega Blocks and Lego (the case is formally known as kirkbi ag v. ritvik holdings inc.) The unanimous court found for Mega Blocks, ending Lego' s attempts to use trademark law […]
Federal Court Issues Reasons for Anti-Net Hate Injunction
The Federal Court has issued its reasons for issuing an injunction against a series of Internet hate postings. In Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Winnicki, the presiding judge had seemingly little difficulty in finding that: 1. The speech at issue constituted hate speech and thus was unlawful.2. The Supreme Court […]
The WSIS Deal
There is considerable coverage this morning (or this evening in Tunis) on the last minute WSIS deal struck yesterday. The gist of the coverage rightly reports that the U.S. emerged with the compromise they were looking for as the delegates agreed to retain ICANN and the ultimate U.S. control that […]
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