Several people have pointed to the excellent new report from the Center for Social Media on quoting copyrighted material in user-generated video. The report provides another illustration of why Canada needs more flexible fair dealing since some of the fair uses would not be applicable here. In other words, Canadians […]
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Sony Recommends DRM Circumvention
Ars Technica points out that Sony, the last DRM holdout, is now advising users how to circumvent its own DRM.
Public Domain Day 2008
Wallace returns with his annual public domain day list, concluding that "it's your past, your cultural heritage, your public domain. Promote it, celebrate it, and use it, or we will lose it."
CBC’s The Hour on the Canadian Copyfight
I recently appeared on CBC’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos to discuss the mounting Canadian copyfight in the face of reform that might result in a Canadian DMCA.
The Letters of The Law: The Year in Law and Technology from A to Z
While I was away last week, the Toronto Star published my annual A to Z review of the year in law and technology (Toronto Star version, Tyee version, homepage version). From Access Copyright to Zeke's Gallery, there was rarely a dull moment in 2007.
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