Canwest reports that the clock has run out on Facebook complying with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's privacy finding. The Commissioner now has two weeks to go to court to obtain an order requiring compliance. Update: Facebook is reportedly ready to file a plan to address the Commissioner's issues by […]
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CFHSS Issues Call for Copyright Action
The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) has issued a Call for Action on the current copyright consultation. The CFHSS, which made up of 69 scholarly associations, 75 universities and colleges and 7 affiliates, as well as more than 50,000 scholars, students and practitioners across Canada, focuses […]
Wal-Mart Issues Legal Threat To SmartCanucks.ca
Wal-Mart has issued a legal demand to SmartCanucks.ca over old post promoting a gift card offer.
Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 31 – August 9, 2009
As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation. The July 20 – 24th summary was posted here, July 25 – 30th here. This chart bring the data up to August 9th, though […]
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As some Canadians express frustration over the limited number of townhalls and closed nature of the roundtables, a group has pulled together a do-it-yourself version. Host Your Own Copyright Townhall provides a guide to creating a local meeting on copyright and feeding the results into the consultation process.
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