Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

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Library of Parliament’s Legislative Summary of Bill C-32

The Library of Parliament has posted its legislative summary of Bill C-32.  The document includes a good discussion of the key issues and differing opinions on the bill.

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October 4, 2010 5 comments News

Publisher Association Seeks Three Strikes and You’re Out for Canada

The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers has written to the Canadian government to criticize Bill C-32.  In addition to criticizing virtually every new exception – including many that are far more restrictive than those found in the U.S. – it argues for a system that could lead […]

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October 1, 2010 18 comments News

Blame the Public

An op-ed in the Globe by Brianna Goldberg notes that CRIA’s response to the high licencing fees keeping online music services out of Canada has been to blame the public.

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October 1, 2010 2 comments News

From Rhetoric to Reality: The Key Issues in Bill C-32

This week the Hill Times ran my op-ed (HT version, homepage version) on the key issues in Bill C-32.  The column, based on a post from last week, focuses on digital locks, fair dealing, ISP liability, statutory damages, and the private copying levy. It is posted below.

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September 29, 2010 22 comments Columns

CMEC Seeks Leave to Appeal Fair Dealing Decision

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada has announced that is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada this summer’s Federal Court of Appeal decision involving fair dealing in education.  I discussed the decision here.

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September 29, 2010 1 comment News