VueWeekly in Edmonton covers C-61 in advance of a talk I'm giving there this week, while the Gauntlet in Calgary laments the lack of attention on copyright during the campaign.
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Australia to Introduce Resale Royalty Right
Lawfont reports that the Australian government has announced plans to introduce a new resale royalty right for visual art.
Lessig on How the DMCA Stifles Political Speech
Larry Lessig pens an op-ed in the NY Times explaining how the DMCA has resulted in copyright law being used as a tool for censorship.
ITWorld Canada on C-61 and the Election
IT World Canada covers the impact of C-61 on the recent election and the prospect for future copyright reform.
Election 2008 – A Digital Policy Scorecard
As the national election campaign launched five weeks ago, I wrote that "the election presents an exceptional opportunity to raise the profile of digital issues." While the economy unsurprisingly dominated much of the political discourse, each of the national parties unveiled platforms and positions that included some discussion of digital policy. With Canadians headed to the polls today, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) offers a scorecard on each party's digital policy positions.
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