Post Tagged with: "copyright"

Why the WIPO Development Agenda Matters

If a picture tells a thousand words, this chart, which graphically demonstrates global royalty flows, instantly demonstrates why the development agenda deserves our support and why Canada – alongside virtually every other country – will continue to face enormous pressure from the U.S. on IP policy.  Note in particular the […]

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January 24, 2007 4 comments News

Zunior vs. Zune

Wired places the spotlight on Zunior, a Toronto-based online music service that focuses on indie bands and pledges no DRM ever.

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January 23, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

YouTube and Copyright Infringement

There have been no shortage of articles about copyright infringing content on YouTube, but these two videos put a different spin on the issue – using YouTube to prove copyright infringement (hat tip – theutube blog).

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January 23, 2007 1 comment News

Robertson Reflections

Osgoode Hall prof Pina D'Agostino posts on the SCC's Robertson v. Thomson decision.  Limits on contractual contracting is an issue I touched on during the 30 Days of DRM.  It was also raised by a Senate report on Canadian media, though Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda rejected a recommendation to […]

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January 22, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Debating DRM

Paid Content has a pair of interesting reports from the MidemNet conference in France including coverage of a DRM debate between representatives from the CEA, RIAA, and MPAA (the CEA response to RIAA's claim that it makes the recording industry look evil – "I don’t make you look evil – […]

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January 21, 2007 1 comment News