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Unlawful Reading

Of all the responses to the Harry Potter injunction, I think the most disappointing came from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.  It surprisingly characterized the injunction as a “very, very small issue” and suggested that “civil libertarians were not tied up in knots about it.” It should be noted […]

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July 16, 2005 5 comments News

Canadian Ministers Respond to Copyright and Education Concerns

Industry Minister David Emerson and Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla have taken the unusual step of posting an op-ed on the Canadian Heritage website to respond to mounting concerns that Bill C-60 will hamper the use of the Internet for educational and research purposes.  The Ministers argue that the bill […]

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July 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

Working Group on Internet Governance Releases Report

The Working Group of Internet Governance has released its final report. As I wrote this week in my Law Bytes column, the report comes on the heels of the U.S. statement that it has no intention of surrendering control of root zone file.   The WGIG report developed a working […]

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July 14, 2005 4 comments News

CIRA Launches Governance Public Consultation

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, which manages to the dot-ca domain, today launched a critically important public consultation which raises the prospect of a dramatic change to the CIRA board, public elections, and other accountability issues.  I have served for the past four years on the CIRA board and I’m […]

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July 14, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

The Potter Injunction – It Could Have Been Worse

While I thought I was done with the Harry Potter story, this afternoon a blog reader forwarded a copy of the actual Potter Order.  The terms are the same as those posted on the Internet by Raincoast Books.  However, the original is quite revealing since it also includes several provisions […]

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July 13, 2005 1 comment News