Post Tagged with: "copyright"

Oda on Copyright Reform

The Globe has an article today on new Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda's plans for culture and copyright policy.  The copyright comments:

"As a veteran educator – Oda spent six years teaching theatre arts and art to children in Mississauga, Ont. – she also has some caveats about the last government's proposed copyright legislation. 'Last session, our party stood up and said we'd like to look at digital access for learning materials. So we're still looking at copyright legislation overall.' Those who had hoped for the new government to automatically push through the Liberals' bill should not hold their breath."

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February 18, 2006 2 comments News

CCTA To Shut Down

The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, Canada's leading cable association, announced today that it plans to shut down after 50 years of operations.  The CCTA had been hit by several major defections in recent years (Shaw and Videotron being the most prominent) as the key industry players seemingly agreed on less […]

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February 10, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Two Perspectives on Copyright and Education

A pair of postings this morning provide an interesting, albeit discouraging, contrast between Canada and the United States on the role of the education community and copyright.  Howard Knopf highlights the dangers of "excess caution", pointing to Copyright Matters, a document produced by several Canadian education groups.  The document adopts […]

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February 7, 2006 1 comment News

The Sound of Silence

The Canadian Press picks up on the story involving Nettwerk's backing of a defendant in an RIAA suit.  The story includes some additional comments and insights from Nettwerk's Terry McBride.  McBride says that he has the support of all the artists that he manages including Avril Lavigne, the Barenaked Ladies, […]

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January 31, 2006 2 comments News

Lessons Learned

The Bulte story is generating considerable media attention today (Canadian Press, Globeandmail.com, IT Business) as the "bloggers influence the election" angle is an attractive one.  This obviously continues the theme from last week when Macleans, Toronto Star, National Post, and Globe and Mail all discussed the same issue (as did […]

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January 24, 2006 9 comments News