Post Tagged with: "copyright"

The Download Decade Turns to Copyright

The Globe and Mail's Download Decade turns to the issue of copyright today.  The package includes a lengthy article on the issue, a global map of the copyfight, and the launch of a public wiki on copyright reform.  The wiki is an interesting initiative – the Globe plans to wrap […]

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May 18, 2009 4 comments News

Divisions Between US and EU Begin to Appear Over ACTA

A recent issue of Inside US Trade featured a detailed report (sub required) on the European Union positions in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations.  The article cites comments from Pedro Velasco Martins, an EU official involved in the ACTA negotiations and points to several areas of disagreement: The scope of […]

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May 18, 2009 1 comment News

The Download Decade Looks at the Ethics of Piracy

The Globe and Mail's Download Decade continues with a look at the ethics of piracy, including a short documentary that asks Canadians to compare copyright infringement with jaywalking and stealing a chocolate bar.  The series also reprints the infamous 2007 Pirates of the Canadians article, which played a crucial role […]

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May 15, 2009 2 comments News

Brazil to Submit WBU Treaty Proposal to WIPO

Jamie Love reports that the Government of Brazil has agreed to submit the World Blind Union proposal for a treaty for the blind to the World Intellectual Property Organization.  Brazil will encourage other countries to support the proposal.

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May 14, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Report Shows Canada Declining As Source of P2P Infringement Claims

BayTSP, a U.S. firm that identifies and tracks copyright content on behalf of major movie and music interests, has released its annual report on online trends (the study is not online, but they did send me a copy and Ars Technica, Torrent Freak, and P2PNet have reports).  The report is […]

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May 14, 2009 7 comments News