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The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 18: Canadian Bar Association

The Canadian Bar Association, which represents 37,000 lawyers, law professors, and students from across the country, released an important submission on Bill C-32. The submission, which was approved as a public statement by both the National Intellectual Property and the Privacy and Access Law Sections of the CBA, did a nice job setting out the debate over Bill C-32 (I was once a member of the CBA’s Copyright Policy section but was not involved in the drafting of the Bill C-32 document).

The CBA submission is notable as a strong counter to the frequent attempts to characterize critics of digital lock rules or other elements of the bill as “anti-copyright.” Far from the claims that there is near unanimity in support of DMCA-style reforms, the CBA submission confirms that the legal experts who work on copyright issues on a daily basis are deeply divided on many issues. While some members supported the digital lock rules, there was a clear divide:

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October 28, 2011 2 comments News

Canadian Bar Association Hit By Security Breach

The Canadian Bar Association has been hit by a security breach.  The CBA has advised affected members that: Your records may have been affected by this unauthorized activity. The files contained personal information relating to online orders (name, address, phone, fax, member number) and encrypted credit card information. We have […]

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January 10, 2008 1 comment News

Electronic Binoculars: Surveillance and the Law

Canadian Bar Association 2005 Annual Meeting link

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August 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled Conferences

The Internet & Democracy

Canadian Bar Association 2005 Annual Meeting link

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August 15, 2005 Comments are Disabled Conferences