As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation. The July 20 – 24th summary was posted here. This chart bring the data up to July 30th (note that the government has already […]
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Sam Trosow reports on Wal-Mart's efforts to shut down a union website by using intellectual property claims based primarily in trademark.
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ACTRA has posted its position on the copyright reform consultation ahead of Monday's roundtable in Halifax.
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CTV reports that the RCMP has dismantled a counterfeit prescription drug ring in the Montreal area. This is good news and yet more evidence that the current law can – and should – address counterfeiting that raises health and safety concerns.
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The Toronto Star considers the ethics of downloading music you already own.
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