The Songwriters Association of Canada's Eddie Schwartz has an opinion piece in the Mark News calling for the legalization of file sharing and the adoption of a new voluntary fee system.
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ACTA Participants Agree To Release Draft Text Next Week
The New Zealand round of ACTA negotiations concluded earlier today with participants promising to release the draft text next week. This obviously represents a major new development that reflects the mounting global pressure for greater transparency that built in the weeks leading up to the negotiations. The joint statement also […]
Halifax Court Orders Newspaper to Name Anonymous Posters
The Canadian Press reports that a Halifax court has ordered a newspaper and Google to provide whatever information they have to help identify people who posted anonymous comments about Halifax's top firefighters.
Clement on Canadian Broadband
The Globe reports that Industry Minister Tony Clement has acknowledged that Canada's broadband leadership has "vanished."
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