Post Tagged with: "copyright"

Tucows Speaks Out on Copyright

Tucows, one of Canada's Internet success stories, has a great post on copyright. Copyright's Creative Disincentive was written by David Weinberger and does a terrific job of discussing copyright and culture. Tucows will be appearing at the final copyright roundtable in Peterborough today and is urging Canadians to contribute to […]

September 1, 2009 — 7 comments — News

Globe on the Push for an iPod Levy

The Globe featured an article over the weekend on the renewed emphasis on an iPod levy (ie. expansion of the private copying levy). While the article suggests that it is the music industry that is seeking the levy, it is more accurate to say that it is copyright collectives and […]

August 31, 2009 — 3 comments — News

American Federation of Musicians Demand NDP Apology For Supporting Balanced Copyright

Yesterday I posted on how security guards outside the Toronto copyright town hall demanded that the Canadian Federation of Students and NDP MP Olivia Chow stop distributing flyers discussing their positions on copyright. It turns out there is further fallout from the incident. Chow was distributing a flyer that included […]

August 29, 2009 — 98 comments — News

American Federation of Musicians Demand NDP Apology For Supporting Balanced Copyright

August 29, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — Stop CDMCA

CBC's Spark has posted video of a media scrum with Industry Minister Tony Clement following last night's town hall meeting. The full video is worth watching (embedded below), but I think the key comment comes toward the end when he discusses the timing of a new bill. In answer to […]

August 28, 2009 — 8 comments — News