Post Tagged with: "prentice"

Telegraph-Journal on “Harper’s Draconian Copyright Bill”

Charles Moore, a freelance writer whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines around the world, pens an op-ed in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal on the copyfight in Canada.

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August 21, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Guglielminetti on the Canadian Copyfight

Bruno Guglielminetti of Radio Canada continues the French language coverage of the Canadian copyfight.

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August 21, 2008 1 comment News

Copyright Lobbying Behind Closed Doors

As thousands of individual Canadians speak out against C-61 this summer, certain groups have obtained special access to Industry Minister Jim Prentice and his political team to make their case.  The new lobbying rules require lobbyists to report their communications with politicians, political staff, and senior policy officials.  With the […]

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August 20, 2008 13 comments News

French Language Coverage of Copyfight

French language coverage of the Canadian copyfight from Canadian Press and Branchez-Vous. Update: A commenter notes that the French language blogosphere is chiming in as well (here and here). 

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August 19, 2008 1 comment News

61 Reforms to C-61, Day 41: ISP Notice and Notice – Mandatory Data Retention

One of Bill C-61's few good points is the notice-and-notice approach for Internet Service Provider liability. The notice and notice system involves a notification from a copyright holder – often involving movies, software or music – claiming that a subscriber has made available or downloaded content without authorization.  The ISP […]

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August 18, 2008 11 comments News