The CRTC released its satellite radio decision earlier today. I'll have more to say about it in next week's column, but the short story is that the Commission has granted licenses to all three proposals but with stronger Canadian content requirements than the two satellite providers had initially offered.
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The Copyright Reform Process
With the Canadian goverment likely to introduce a copyright bill this week, the Hill Times features an op-ed I wrote on the forthcoming process.
The OECD on P2P and Record Sales
The OECD this morning released a much anticipated study on digital music. The study, which is worth reading just for the detailed review of online music services and statistical review of music sales, contains some important conclusions about the impact of P2P on record sales. In short, the study concludes […]
Domain Name Dispute Puts Dot-Ca in the Spotlight
My weekly Law Bytes column (freely available hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version, homepage version) focuses on the recent Canadian parliamentary discussion on domain name disputes. As discussed about ten days ago, the impetus for governmental interest in domain name disputes and Internet governance is the registration of several domain names bearing the names of sitting Members of Parliament by the Defend Marriage Coalition, an opponent of same-sex marriage legislation.