As Industry Minister Jim Prentice prepared to introduce copyright legislation earlier this year, the Conservatives unveiled a new policy that committed to a 21 day House of Commons review period of any treaty prior to the introduction of any ratifying legislation. I argued that this would seemingly apply to the […]
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Angus Warns of DMCA Lobbyist Parade
NDP MP Charlie Angus has warned Canadians to "watch out for a carefully orchestrated pageant by the trade lobbyists." The release notes that "Angus predicts that certain politicians and lobbyists will try to drum up fear over Canada’s reluctance to sign on for heavily restrictive, U.S.-style Digital Millennium Copyright Act […]
Copyright Conferences and Balance
With all the talk this week about the PPF conference, the Conference Board of Canada is out with its own two-day conference in late May that is the most unbalanced Canadian copyright conference in recent memory.
eMusic Launches Canadian Site
eMusic, the popular online music service, has launched a Canadian subscription service that offers over 3.5 million songs without DRM.
The Copyright Myths
As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright. I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]
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