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It’s a Celebration

I know I've said this before, but the Sam Bulte issue continues to resonate, with articles this week in Macleans and the National Post (behind a paywall).  Moreover, constituents are still raising the issue with Bulte at all-candidates meetings.  The Toronto Star reports on last night's meeting, where the fundraiser […]

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January 17, 2006 3 comments News

Yet Another Reason for Fair Use

The Liberal Party has provided a helpful reminder about why we need a fair use right under Canadian copyright law.  The Liberals have called on the Conservatives to withdraw an advertisement titled Even Liberals (currently the top link at the video portion of the party's site) because of copyright infringement.  […]

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January 16, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Time To Clean Up Canadian Copyright

While there has been great interest in the Bulte story for the past two weeks (which continues with Cory Doctorow's terrific op-ed yesterday on the dangers of U.S. style copyright reform in the Toronto Star, Rob Hyndman's great post on the impact of blogs, and the Globe's Matthew Ingram), I […]

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January 15, 2006 3 comments Columns

CRTC Launches Commercial Radio Review

The CRTC quietly launched its commercial radio review on Friday (the Canadian Association of Broadcasters sought a delay that was rejected).  The review promises to attract considerable interest as the Commission has signaled its intention to consider the impact of the Internet and new technologies on the music industry.  In […]

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January 14, 2006 5 comments News

Matthew Good

Every so often there is a posting that you simply must read.  And then re-read.  Speaking Out of Turn, from acclaimed Canadian musician Matthew Good, is that posting.

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January 13, 2006 Comments are Disabled News