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Canadian Leadership at WIPO Copyright Committee?

Sources this afternoon from Geneva indicate that there is talk of Canada putting itself forward for the chair position of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. This position is absolutely critical to international copyright policy matters as the broadcast treaty, development agenda, and work on limitations and […]

March 4, 2008 — 3 comments — News

Bulte Loses Nomination Bid For Don Valley West

Sarmite Bulte has lost her bid to be the Liberal nominee for the Toronto-area riding of Don Valley West to Rob Oliphant.

March 3, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — News

Publishers Dropping DRM for Audiobooks

Random House and other leading book publishers have announced that they are dropping DRM for their audiobook sales. Random House experimented with DRM-free audiobooks in the fall on eMusic and could not find a single instance where a DRM-free book later appeared on a P2P system.

March 3, 2008 — 2 comments — News

Toronto Star Calls for Copyright Bill

On the heels of the National Post's warning against a copyright bill, the Toronto Star has published a masthead editorial calling on Industry Minister Jim Prentice to introduce a new copyright bill. The Star reported that several copyright lobby groups met with the editorial board in late January to discuss […]

March 3, 2008 — 4 comments — News

LAC Digitization Strategy Respondents Call For Stronger Copyright Position

Library and Archives Canada has released the public responses to its 2007 Canadian Digital Information Strategy. The consultation generated a significant number of responses with many submissions urging the LAC to adopt a stronger position on copyright reform. Key issues include: freeing up orphan works removing restrictive crown copyright provisions […]

February 28, 2008 — 20 comments — News