CopyrightWatch debunks claims that the Copyright Act is old and outdated, likely to be a regular theme from Canadian DMCA supporters today. The posting notes that the legislation has been amended 41 times since 1921 (once every two years and two months). The current Act (not including changes from the […]
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iTunes TV Shows Come To Canada
On the day when the government will claim that new copyright laws are needed for a digital marketplace, Apple provided yet another example of why the market is managing just fine without a DMCA. Having sorted out the licensing issues, the company has launched a Canadian version of its television […]
Canadian DMCA To Be Introduced Tomorrow Morning?
There are rumours in Ottawa this evening that Industry Minister Jim Prentice has decided to forge ahead with the Canadian DMCA with the bill to be introduced tomorrow morning. There has obviously been a huge amount of coverage of this issue over the past 48 hours (Montreal Gazette, IT World, […]
CBC on the Canadian DMCA Delay
Peter Nowak of CBC.ca reports on the "palpable anger" over the Canadian DMCA and plans for a protest in Toronto on December 18th.
Prentice on the Canadian DMCA Timing and Consumer Restrictions
Courtesy of Steven Chase of the Globe and Mail from a post-Question Period scrum this afternoon: Chase: Do you intend, with your copyright legislation, to introduce any restrictions on the way consumers use intellectual property? Prentice: Well, of course I can't speak to the specifics of the copyright bill […]
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