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Corus on the Cost of Copyright

Earlier this month I blogged about a Copyright Board decision on commercial radio royalty rates that represented a big win for the collectives and a big loss for commercial radio stations.  How big?  Today Corus Entertainment, one of Canada's leading radio networks, announced that the new royalty rates will cost […]

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October 25, 2005 2 comments News

Do-Not-Call Bill Passes With Newspaper Exception

The House of Commons yesterday passed Bill C-37, the legislation which creates the do-not-call list.  The bill as passed includes the long list of exceptions (polling companies, political parties, charities, prior business relationships) that I've focused on in recent weeks.  Moreover, all parties agreed to a further exception – newspapers […]

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October 25, 2005 2 comments News

Gov’t Caves To Lobbyists on Do-Not-Call Legislation

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) focuses on the latest developments on Canada’s proposed do-not-call list.  Last week, committee members engaged in a sad display of self-congratulation as a two-hour House of Commons debate on the bill became an opportunity for several Members of Parliament […]

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October 24, 2005 5 comments Columns

Canada’s Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Call List Goes From Bad to Worse

Members of Parliament spent more than two hours on Wednesday debating Bill C-37, Canada' s proposed do-not-hesitate-to-call list.  The debate makes for a depressing read – Canada' s elected officials each trip over themselves in self-congratulation as they render the list ever more useless. For those new to the issue, […]

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October 20, 2005 8 comments News

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Denies PATRIOT Act Complaints

The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has just released a much-anticipated finding arising from complaints over the potential disclosure of personal information to U.S. law enforcement authorities.  The complaints were launched after the CIBC changed its credit card user agreement to acknowledge that customer information could be disclosed to the U.S. authorities […]

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October 20, 2005 1 comment News