In light of the long list of government supports likely to be announced this week in the budget, it is interesting to see that France has unveiled a series of measures to support the print industry including a free one-year newspaper subscription for all French teenagers on their 18th birthday, […]
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Survey Finds Scientists Believe IP Protection Has Negative Effect on Biological Research
Nature Biotechnology has just published an article on the perceived effects of intellectual property protection for biological research. The article involved a detailed survey of academic agricultural biologists on their perception of IP and research. The authors' primary conclusion: Scientists believe that, contrary to the current consensus, proliferation of IP […]
Ottawa Announces $10.7 Million Digital Media Project
The federal government has announced plans to spend over $10 million to establish a "Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media" from Stratford to Kitchener. Coming on the heels of the Nortel bankruptcy, this initiative reinforces the tech shift westward from Ottawa to Waterloo. While tech leadership once resided with Nortel, […]
Mashable on Monty Python’s YouTube Success
Mashable highlights the commercial success of Monty Python's YouTube channel, which is leveraging freely available vidoes into huge increases in DVD sales.
Google Calls for UK Adoption of Fair Use
Google has called on the UK government to adopt a fair use provision, similar to that found in the United States.
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