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National Post on C-32’s Fair Dealing

The National Post ran a story over the weekend on the fight over fair dealing in Bill C-32.

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December 6, 2010 1 comment News

U.S. Senators Introduce Bill For Mandatory Open Wifi in Federal Buildings

The Hill reports that U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Mark Warner introduced legislation on Friday that would require all public federal buildings to install WiFi base stations in order to free up cell phone networks.

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December 6, 2010 1 comment News

Mobilizing User Generated Content Study

University of Western Ontario’s Sam Trosow has posted the results of SSHRC funded research on mobilizing user generated content in Canada.

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December 6, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

Final Version of ACTA Posted

The final ACTA text [PDF] – now incorporating changes for a technical, legal drafting meeting last week in Australia – has been posted.

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December 6, 2010 1 comment News

NZ Govt Copyright Leak: Doubts Value of WIPO Internet Treaties, Supports Flexible Digital Lock Rules

New Zealand is one of several countries currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a regional trade deal that the U.S. would like to see include a major chapter on intellectual property (Canada has been excluded from the talks).  A new leak [PDF] of the New Zealand government’s position on the IP chapter is revealing on several levels, most notably for its criticism of the WIPO Internet treaties and the attempts to limit existing flexibilities on digital locks.  According to the leaked document:

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December 4, 2010 3 comments News