Jeremy deBeer provides some much needed perspective on the CARFAC warning over a Library and Archives Canada copyright license. DeBeer notes that the contract is indeed overbroad, yet so too were CARFAC's exaggerated claims over the impact of signing the license.
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Fair Use at the NY Film Festival
BoingBoing points to this YouTube video involving Brian De Palma and references to the inadequacy of fair use.
The DRM Free-Fall
As Bell unveils a DRM-free music store and Yahoo says it won't invest any more money in DRM-based music stores, the DRM free-fall continues, yet CRIA and its allies puzzlingly continue to focus on legal reforms tied to DRM as their primary legislative objective.
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Howard Knopf assesses the legal battle over the City of Toronto's use of the penny in an advertising campaign.
Downloading and Demonoid
Yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota is unsurprisingly generating an enormous amount of attention – a $220,000 damage award for sharing 24 songs will do that. While Declan McCullagh and Ray Beckerman provide some good analysis about why and what next, it is worth noting that the Canadian context is very […]
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