Liberal MP Hedy Fry, who has conducted several copyright reform roundtables in B.C. and Alberta, discusses the bill in this interview. Fry says the question is whether the bill can be fixed or should be opposed outright.
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Canadian Heritage Publishes Fair Dealing Report
Canadian Heritage has posted Osgoode Hall law professor Pina D'Agostino's report on fair dealing and CCH decision.
Macleans Settles Copyright Dispute
Macleans has settled a copyright dispute with Rachel Marsden, agreeing to pay $1000 over a photo it used in a recent issue.
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 33: TPMs – LAM and Educational Institution Limitations, Part One
As noted earlier in the series, unlike some other countries, there is no anti-circumvention exception for teaching in Bill C-61. The one nod to the special considerations for libraries, archives, museums, and educational institutions in the anti-circumvention rules comes in Section 41.19 with regard to potential damages. That provision states […]
Digital Advocacy Talk at Google UK
Earlier this year, I was invited to give a Policy Talks@Google talk at Google’s London, UK office. That talk, which focused on digital advocacy, has now been posted online.