Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda used the digital media conference at Banff to announce that Ottawa will spend $29 million over the next two years to fund new media.
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TorrentSpy Ordered To Track Users
CNET is reporting a federal court in California has ordered TorrentSpy to create and maintain logs of user activity. The company is appealing the order.
Because the Hollywood Lobby Isn’t Strong Enough
Don Bell, a Liberal MP, yesterday introduced Bill C-453, the Canadian Motion Picture Secretariat Act. The bill would create a new government-backed secretariat, comprised of industry officials, to provide the House of Commons with reports every six months on potential legislative reforms to support the industry.
The Power of Information
A UK Government-commissioned report calls for greater public access to government data.
The New C-47 Provisions
As I blogged earlier this week, the Industry Committee made some noteworthy changes to the Olympic Marks bill. While the posting focused on the inclusion of protection for parody and electronic media, the revised bill also includes a new provision to protect artistic work that is not produced on a commercial scale. The two new provisions are: