Post Tagged with: "copyright"

The Year in Canadian Tech Law From A to Z

My last weekly Law Bytes column of 2005, features my annual A to Z review of the year in Canadian law and technology (Toronto Star version, freely available version).  From legislative proposals involving copyright, network surveillance, and Internet pharmacies to case law focused on popular consumer products such as the […]

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December 25, 2005 1 comment Columns

That’s What Friends Are For

In May 2004, the Canadian Heritage Standing Committee released what is now widely described as the "Bulte Report", a remarkably one-sided report on the future of Canadian copyright.  The report addressed WIPO, ISP, and education issues, siding in every instance with the views of rights holders such as the Canadian […]

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December 22, 2005 6 comments News

France Considers Extending The Reach of Private Copying

Bloomberg is reporting that late last night the French Parliament voted to extend the reach of private copying by expressly providing that "authors cannot forbid the reproduction of works that are made on any format from an online communications service when they are intended to be used privately'' and not […]

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December 22, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright

Copyright debate on TVO’s the Agenda (view and listen/MP3 on TVO.com).

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December 17, 2005 Comments are Disabled Audio, ExtPodcasts, News Interviews, Tv / Radio

Election Answers

For the past two weeks, I have featured columns focusing on law and technology issues within the context of the upcoming election.  Last week I focused on the Liberal record during its minority government and this week I posed "big picture" issues that need answering. I got my first answer […]

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December 16, 2005 1 comment News