Post Tagged with: "c-61"

Why Copyright?

Last week I delivered a talk on copyright reform at Concordia University titled Why Copyright.  It focused on the response to Bill C-61, the growth of Fair Copyright for Canada, and the potential for different copyright reform choices.  The talk – slides and audio – are embedded below.

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September 20, 2008 2 comments News

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

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

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

VoteEducation.ca

The Canadian Federation of Students has launched voteeducation.ca, a site devoted to the upcoming election.  Copyright reform plays a prominent role in the list of issues.

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September 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled News