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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 […]

January 19, 2009 — 3 comments — News

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 […]

January 19, 2009 — 1 comment — News

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, […]

January 16, 2009 — 40 comments — News

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.

January 16, 2009 — 1 comment — News

Art Gallery of Ontario Photography Policy Faces Criticism

The Art Gallery of Ontario unveiled a new photography policy late last year that is facing mounting criticism. The policy permits personal, non-commercial photos of some of the architectural elements of the gallery building, but, citing copyright concerns, forbids photography in places where artworks are installed. According to the AGO: […]

January 15, 2009 — 5 comments — News