This has been an exceptionally busy week, but I don't want some important stories to fall through the cracks: The NY Times on how courts are citing Wikipedia entries with growing frequency, while Simon Chester at Slaw provides a comparative Commonwealth look at the issue. Romania's President tells Bill Gates […]
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Scassa on Citizen Journalism and Privacy
Dal law prof Teresa Scassa points to the intersection between user-generated video and PIPEDA.
CBC To Embrace Web 2.0
Tod Maffin reports on a memo circulated today and Ian Ketcheson responds with some suggestions.
Conservatives for Fair Use?
The Canadian Press reports that there is speculation that the latest round of Conservative attack ads may violate someone's copyright. The ads, which show brief clips from a Liberal debate last year, apparently were filmed by a consortium of broadcasters who say that they did not provide the Conservatives with […]
CMCC Speaks Out Again
On a day when Sony settled yet another legal proceeding against it over the rootkit fiasco, the Canadian Music Creators Coalition are making news. The organization unveiled a new website and called attention to Canada's record setting year in digital sales last year, picking up on the fact that Canadian […]