The Globe’s Time to Lead series looks at how Bill C-32 will affect Canadian culture, with some emphasis on the bill’s digital lock provisions.
News
Copyright Board Rejects Access Copyright Attempt to Exclude
The Copyright Board of Canada has issued a preliminary decision indicating that it is rejecting the attempt by Access Copyright to exclude many intervenors to the proceeding on the university and college tariff. The Board indicated that faculty, students, and staff should be permitted to participate as objectors. The decision […]
Students Call on Government To Drop Book Import Controls
Campus Stores Canada (CSC) and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) have called on the government to remove aspects of the Copyright Act that increase prices of textbooks, arguing amendments would reduce costs for students.
Stop the Meter
OpenMedia.ca has launched a Stop The Meter campaign focusing on usage based billing concerns.
Final ACTA Text Posted
The final version of ACTA (subject to a legal review at a meeting in Australia later this month) has now been posted online. The final version addresses the issues that were left unresolved following the Tokyo meeting this fall.
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