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Legislative Summary in Need of Correction

CopyrightWatch points out that the legislative summary for the Library and Archives Act incorrectly says the statute contains a copyright term extension provision.

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July 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

CRIA on Counterfeiting

CRIA has issued a press release hailing a Toronto police raid that resulted in criminal charges for counterfeiting of movies, music, video games, electronic equipment, and clothing.  The arrests come following six months of investigation. Stopping counterfeiting is a good thing and this is how the system should work.  Indeed, […]

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July 18, 2007 3 comments News

Canadians Speak out on Media Diversity

Canadians for Democratic Media reports than more than 1,000 Canadians have written to the CRTC on the Diversity of Voices consultation.  Wednesday is the deadline to respond.

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July 18, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Puretracks Timing

Mark Hamilton notes that Puretracks has now claimed that it will offer Mac compatibility for its DRM-free music "very soon" for about five months.

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July 18, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canada’s Communications Outlook: Average At Best

The OECD has just released its Communications Outlook 2007.  The report contains an incredible amount of comparative data on phone, broadband, and broadcast markets in all OECD countries.  Each country will look for its own rankings (US, UK, Australia), but there has yet to be much Canadian coverage with the […]

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July 17, 2007 6 comments News