The Senate began debate yesterday on Bill C-59, the movie camcording bill. The bill received enthusiastic support from both a Conservative and a Liberal Senator, but the bill was then sent to the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications for review, suggesting that the Senate might conduct the hearings […]
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Copyright Permission Has No Place in this House
Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 14, 2007 as Let's Scrap Outmoded System of Permission Earlier this year, Nancy Pelosi, the United States Speaker of the House, found herself embroiled in a copyright controversy arising from the posting of a Congressional hearing video on her website. While there was […]
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