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Graduate Students on Copyright Reform

The National Graduate Caucus has issued a release focusing on the need to preserve fair dealing.

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September 20, 2008 1 comment News

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ringtone Appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's ruling that upheld the Copyright Board's ringtone decision.

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September 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

CLA Releases Briefing Paper on C-61

Sam Trosow notes that the Canadian Library Association has released Unlocking the Public Interest, a briefing paper on C-61.

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September 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Elections Canada Says Online Vote Swapping Legal

The CBC reports that Elections Canada has said that online vote swapping does not violate the Elections Act.

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September 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Copyright Lobbying: September Update

Last month, I posted on the data from the new lobbyist registry that includes reports on meetings with senior government officials.  The first batch of entries included meetings on intellectual property with CRIA, Microsoft, CTVGlobemedia, and Google.  The newest update, which covers the month of August, includes the following new […]

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September 17, 2008 3 comments News