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“They Haven’t Waited for the DMCA”

A blog reader posts another C-61 mashup titled "They Haven't Waited for the DMCA."

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July 31, 2008 4 comments News

Copyfight Attracts Local Attention

The Tri-City News in Maple Ridge, B.C covers local Fair Copyright for Canada activity. NDP MP Dawn Black describes the bill as a "massive failure."

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July 31, 2008 2 comments News

Avril Lavigne, YouTube Entrepreneur

Interesting article in the Globe and Mail describing how Avril Lavigne has earned about $2 million for herself, songwriters, and music publishers from YouTube.

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July 31, 2008 1 comment News

CRTC Confirms Do-Not-Call Registry By September 30th

The CRTC has today confirmed that the national do-not-call registry will launch by September 30th.  Given the number of exempt organizations – registered charities, political parties, polling companies, newspapers, businesses with a prior business relationship – Canadians will still need to individually opt-out of hundreds of additional organizations for the […]

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July 30, 2008 12 comments News

The Canadian Copyfight 2.0

Last week, I delivered a talk to the Toronto Fair Copyright for Canada chapter that chronicled the Canadian copyfight and stressed how important it is for Canadians to speak out now on the Canadian DMCA.  Audio and slides of that talk have been posted on Blip.tv and embedded below.  A […]

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July 30, 2008 2 comments News