NDP MP Charlie Angus has warned Canadians to "watch out for a carefully orchestrated pageant by the trade lobbyists." The release notes that "Angus predicts that certain politicians and lobbyists will try to drum up fear over Canada’s reluctance to sign on for heavily restrictive, U.S.-style Digital Millennium Copyright Act […]
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Getting Beyond Canada’s Copyright Myths
The Hill Times features a special op-ed I wrote based on my presentation last week at the Public Policy Forum's conference on intellectual property. Getting Beyond Canada's Copyright Myths (Hill Times version (sub required), homepage version) highlights the same five myths discussed in the presentation (video, audio), namely the importance […]
Getting Beyond Canada’s Copyright Myths
Appeared in the Hill Times on May 5, 2008 as Getting Beyond Canada's Copyright Myths Video version at Blip.tv Audio version Last week, James Rajotte, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, told a Public Policy Forum conference on intellectual property that Industry Minister Jim Prentice hopes to introduce […]
Who Speaks for the Liberals on Copyright?
In an otherwise one-sided account of the Public Policy Forum copyright symposium, Embassy includes some noteworthy remarks from Liberal Industry critic Scott Brison on copyright reform. The article quotes Brison: "'Our position is we would work to find the right balance between creators and users,' Mr. Brison said. He said […]
The Copyright Myths
As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright. I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]