My column earlier this week focused on the satellite radio embarrassment and the willingness of Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla to maintain the independence of the CRTC only when it is convenient to do so. I argued that in light of Minister Frulla's claims that her mind was made up, […]
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CRIA and Kazaa
CRIA' s reaction to the Kazaa ruling provides a helpful advance preview of its likely comments before the parliamentary committee reviewing Bill C-60. The release applauds the Kazaa decision (CRIA was ready for this one as its PR firm emailed journalists on Friday with offers to comment on the decision), […]
Kazaa and Canadian Law
Earlier today an Australian court ruled in favour of the music industry in its copyright infringement suit against Sharman Networks, the company behind Kazaa. I won' t venture into providing an analysis of Australian law; see Kim Weatherall's excellent, quick analysis of the case, which notes that this decision is […]
What’s The Frequency, Liza?
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked version) focuses on the explosive battle over satellite radio in Canada. I begin by recalling Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla's position on the entry of RAI, the Italian language television network, into Canada last summer. Despite enormous pressure, the […]
Access Copyright’s Beneficiaries
The Toronto Star today publishes a letter to the editor from Maureen Cavan, the Executive Director of Access Copyright that responds to Monday' s column on education and copyright. Not surprisingly, Ms. Cavan disagrees with the column, arguing that In his column, Geist describes Access Copyright as one of two […]
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