Slashdot points to a new Dutch study that finds that file sharing has positive economic effect on social welfare. The study, completed by several independent groups on behalf of the Dutch Ministries of Education, Economic Affairs, and Justice, acknowledges that file sharing may lead to some reduced sales for some […]
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Isle of Man To Create Legalized P2P
According to a New York Times article, the Isle Of Man plans to establish a legalized peer-to-peer system, similar to the one proposed by the Songwriters Association of Canada. The Isle of Man system would involve a monthly license fee paid with broadband subscriptions and then allow for legal downloading […]
DFAIT Consults on Canada – EU Trade Agreement
Howard Knopf points to a DFAIT consultation – with a deadline of tomorrow – on a possible trade agreement between Canada and the EU. Intellectual property figures prominently in the discussion. Note that DFAIT continues to accept comments on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is being treated as an […]
Do-Not-Call List Criticism Mounts as Unwanted Calls Continue
Criticism over the do-not-call list has begun to mount as Canadians grow increasingly frustrated with a system that was designed to fail from the beginning. As I have long argued, the do-not-call list was better characterized as the do-not-hesitate-to-call list given the number of exceptions and jurisdictional loopholes. Sure enough, […]
Gandhi’s Work Enters the Public Domain in India
Lost among the discussion about the new entrants into the public domain in 2009 were reports from India indicating that Mahatma Gandhi's work – 200,000 pages – is now in the public domain in India.
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