Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 11, 2012 as Copyright Bill Hits the Home Stretch Days after the Conservative government introduced its copyright reform bill in June 2010, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore spoke out in support of the legislative package by notoriously labeling critics as “radical extremists” who […]
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Liberals Launch Bill C-11 Petition Calling for Balanced Digital Lock Rules
The Liberal Party has launched a petition calling for an amendment to the Bill C-11 digital lock rules. Consistent with views expressed from business groups, creator associations, consumer groups, and education associations, the petition calls for an amendment that would link circumvention to actual copyright infringement. It does so by […]
CBA Responds to Smear Campaign: Not a Secret Committee, No Plagiarism
The Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s IP Committee, Torys lawyer Andrew Bernstein, has sent a public letter to the thousands of IP Committee members responding to the media reports of pressure to withdraw a CBA copyright submission. The CBA letter not only debunks claims of secrecy and plagiarism, but […]
Dear Parliament: Say No to the Internet Lockdown
Open Media has launched a campaign to encourage Canadians to speak out before Monday’s Bill C-11 meeting. The group makes it easy to speak out against SOPA style reforms, harms to fair dealing, and unduly restrictive digital lock rules. Postmedia’s Sarah Schmidt covers the upcoming amendments here.
Music Lobby Smears CBA Paper
The Financial Post runs my blog post responding to the false claims of plagiarism and policy laundering at the Canadian Bar Association as an op-ed in today’s paper.
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