Post Tagged with: "prentice"

Copyright’s 10K

As many readers of this blog will know, last Saturday night I started a Facebook group called Fair Copyright in Canada. I sent an invitation to 100 or so "Facebook friends" in the hope that some would join and that we could create a useful resource for discussion on the […]

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December 9, 2007 28 comments News

The Prentice Open House

Reports are beginning to come in from those who attended today's Jim Prentice Open House.  There are some photos and comments at the Facebook group.  Feel free to add your experience in the comments and many thanks to all those who took the time to share their concerns with the […]

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December 8, 2007 19 comments News

Canadian DMCA Placed on the Notice Paper

As expected, the government has placed the new copyright bill on the Notice Paper for next week.  This confirms widespread rumours that Industry Minister Jim Prentice will introduce the Canadian DMCA next week, most likely on Tuesday.

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December 7, 2007 16 comments News

Calling in Your Regrets on the Canadian DMCA

Cory Doctorow points to an event being organized on Facebook to meet with Industry Minister Jim Prentice at his open house in Calgary on Saturday.  If you are in Calgary, the open house runs from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 8th at 1318 Centre Street NE, Suite 105.  […]

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December 7, 2007 15 comments News

Prentice’s Plan For a Decade-Long Delay of Consumer Copyright Concerns

If the introduction of a Canadian DMCA were not bad enough, sources now indicate that Industry Minister Jim Prentice plans to delay addressing the copyright concerns of individual Canadians for years.  Rather than including consumer concerns such as flexible fair dealing, time shifting, format shifting, parody, and the future of […]

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December 6, 2007 11 comments News