The Chicago Tribune applauds the SAC proposal, responding to CRIA's "pipe dream" remark by noting that "if anyone's dreaming, it's the recording industry thinking it can police file-swapping."
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CRIA Says No Content Blocking Demands in Forthcoming Bill
CRIA tells the Globe and Mail that it is not seeking copyright provisions "related to content filtering or termination of repeat offenders."
Wikinomics on the Copyright MPs
The Wikinomics blog expands my chart on the Copyright MPs by focusing on vote totals and the percentage of students needed to swing the relevant ridings.
Privacy Coalition Warns on Copyright Reform
Following on Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart's public letter warning against weakening privacy through copyright reform, a broad coalition of privacy, education, civil liberties groups, and academics have signed a public letter raising similar concerns (I am a signatory).
The MPAA Error
Lots of people have written to note that the MPAA has now acknowledged a major error in much-promoted study about the impact of movie piracy. Having overstated those numbers so fundamentally – and relied upon them before the U.S. Congress – it must surely raise questions about the accuracy of […]
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Ignoring the Warning Signs: Why Did the Canadian Government Dismiss the Trade Risks of a Digital Services Tax? 
Why Bill C-2 Faces a Likely Constitutional Challenge By Placing Solicitor-Client Privilege at Risk 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 237: A Conversation with Jason Woywada of BCFIPA on Political Party Privacy and Bill C-4 
Lawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2’s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecy 
Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects
