The Charlie Angus fair dealing motion has stirred up considerable anger from the Writers' Union of Canada. The organization's copyright committee is urging its members to write to their Members of Parliament to protest motion, advising them to use speaking points that include equating flexible fair dealing with theft, claiming […]
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McGrath on the CRTC Decisions
Denis McGrath posts an insightful analysis of this week's CRTC broadcast policy decisions, accounting for a broad range of perspectives.
CRTC’s Fee-For-Carriage/Value-For-Signal Report: Minority Report Steals the Show
The CRTC released its follow-up report to cabinet yesterday on the consumer impact of new fees associated with fee-for-carriage/value-for-signal (as a side note, the Commission's approach on releases – the financial reports on broadcasters and BDUs last week, the broadcast policy on Monday, and the consumer impact the following day – feels far too manipulative and staged. There was no good reason not to release the broadcast policy and its consumer impact simultaneously).
The Commission conclusion amounts to an acknowledgement that prices will go up, but it believes that Canadians will continue to pay based on past experience of steady price increases imposed by cable and satellite companies. It states:
ACTA’s De Minimis Provision: Countering the iPod Searching Border Guard Fears
The leak of the full consolidated ACTA text will provide anyone interested in the treaty with plenty to work with for the next few weeks. While several chapters have already been leaked and discussed (see posts on the Internet and Civil Enforcement chapters, the definitional chapter, the institutional arrangements chapter, and international coooperation chapter), the consolidated chapter provides a clear indication of how the negotiations have altered earlier proposals (see this post for links to the early leaks) as well as the first look at several other ACTA elements.
For example, last spring it was revealed that several countries had proposed including a de minimis provision to counter fears that the border measures chapter would lead to iPod searching border guards. This leak shows there are four proposals on the table:
The Consolidated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Leaks
After weeks of slow ACTA leaks, today the final major leak occurred – the entire consolidated text, updated to mid-January, has been posted online. Although this is not the most updated version, when combined with the earlier leaked table on the Internet and civil enforcement chapters (which include changes from […]
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